Every morning, an alarm chimes at 08:00, a reminder to take my meds.    I first take some pills, then stumble to the bathroom to use my inhaler, and then go back to the bedroom to take my vitamins.    It may sound silly, but for me that time is sacred, a moment to observe my life. I never talk, I never do anything other...

This is not something I usually blog about but I’m all about simplicity and it’s time I talk about it on my blog.  I have low energy levels and I need to deploy all sorts of tricks when it comes to tidying our home. I’m a creative chaotic, and therefore it tends to be messy here.  It’s not bad, if I’d spend half an hour...

This is a totally staged screenshot of Tot. I wrote about it in yesterday's post. Then I realised I shared about it in my how I plan post but I've since made some changes, and thought it would be fun to write about that. Tot is my only notetaking app, not my only list app, as I do use Keep to share lists with my...

I used an app called Bear for taking notes, and when I did my once in a blue moon cleanup of Bear I realised something: most of my notes were useless. They were either links, random notes, blog posts I'd already put up, some quotes, an old list of ideas for new blog posts, posts for my dear creative soul series, and...

Dear Creative Soul, A couple of years ago, one of my new year's resolutions was to write every day. It seemed an easy goal to set as writing is my passion. I also set a rule that I shouldn't make any plans as to what to write each day. I would just put my fingers on the keyboard and type type type, or pen to paper and...

In random order, because I can’t decide. These are all 4,5 to 5 star reads. 1. Andy Weir - Project Hail Mary  - This book was just so good, tense, moving and perfect. 2. Becky Chambers - To Be Taught, if Fortunate - This is a scifi novella, and it packs such a punch. 3. N.R. Walker - Upside Down - an m/m ace romance...

Dear one, Do you remember when you were just a little bean? It was when you still believed in me. Your little self believed in magic, the power of hugs and in the power of limitless giggles. Then you started to grow up, and the belief in magic started to fade as the pain of life started to stack up inside of you. I can...

I fell down a video rabbithole today. The topic? Gen Z people getting sick of AI and algorithms and making changes in how they use technology. For most that meant simplifying drastically, sometimes buying singular technology like an mp3 player to focus their consumption. It was great to watch. It made me think on how I...

When you look back at your life so far, you probably remember the highs and lows pretty well. What you won’t remember is when everything was simple, uncomplicated, ordinary. What you won’t remember are the times where creating felt seemingly effortless, or when you were so bored that you finally made something new, just...

Growing up, there was always a message on repeat in my life "other people have it worse." It was my mom's way of getting me to stop complaining and do stuff, even when I was sick, or just feeling low. She had grown up with that message, and for her it was normal, always keeping focus on that. The problem with a...

It's so funny how life works. I was working on clearing out my Bear app. It was starting to fill up with notes again and I knew that I could ditch a lot of them. Half-baked ideas can go into my ideas file, already posted things can go to the trash etc. I found a file, an idea for a guided journal to finding creative joy...

I love Christmas movies, and every year I look forward to watching the same ones, and in the recent years I've added some new ones too.Here are the movies, in random order:1. Elf - Who doesn't love Buddy? He's a favourite of mine (and the casting of the movie is spot on!2. A nightmare before Christmas - This could also...

In a week's time I will be in Berlin to see Radiohead play live, for the first time since Glastonbury 2017. I am so very excited for this, and also so very nervous. It's so silly, I always get nervous for big life things like this, but only until I arrive, then I'm good. We're going to drive there, 7 hours in total, but...

I’ve just finished another Monday session at the PT, another one focusing on balance and core exercises, training my muscles to make me a functioning bipedal creature (instead of one losing balance stepping over a doorjamb, or doing mountain 3).  The exercises are tough, and I’ve recognised a pattern after just two...

This is a post for the fellow discovery writers, also known as pantsers.There will inevitably come a time where you just don’t know how to continue your story and it drives you nuts. Or there will come a time where you are afraid of where it might go or are afraid it is going to be bad.Well, I do know what to do,...