Got clutter in your hard drive? (your mental hard drive counts as well!). In this post, I will appear to contradict myself, so bear with me. My premise? Sometimes, in order to unclutter you must gather all the clutter into one space. With your clutter stacked up together, the task of truly purging will be … Continue reading How to Get your Hard Drive Clutter-Free: A Contradiction
Mom, please accept my apologies... (pretty please, on my knees, with a cherry on top!) I'd like to officially apologize to my mother for all those times I thought I knew everything, when, in fact, I knew almost nothing. Actually, I probably owe a few of you this same apology. It's free for the taking. Now … Continue reading The Dunning-Kruger Effect and an Apology to my Mother
or Seeing the Unseeable A week ago, I received a gift of teeth--and the gift of perspective. For the first time in my life, I was able to see a part of myself I understood so little about. My mother always insisted I had a big mouth. In fact, more than once she has noted … Continue reading Perspective and The Gift of Teeth
Good question—who is out there in my audience? Until last year I thought I was writing for myself. My writing teacher rolled her eyes (at least that's what I imagine she did. She was on the other side of the screen, so I’ll never know). She said, “A writer does not write for oneself unless … Continue reading Audience: Who Are You Writing For?