Category Archives: Creating

I meant to submit this to Man Repeller and completely spaced the deadline. Here’s my best feel-good story. So, there’s this guy. Okay, so he’s at least fifty years old. And no, nothing romantic. But he sends me emails about twice a week. They’re short, typically no more than a few sentences. But inviting, alwaysContinue reading “Girl walks into an art studio”

I wrote this back in February. I submitted it to Man Repeller’s Writers Club contest. The prompt was, “Tell me a great love story.” It didn’t get published. I’m going to publish it here now. It was Adam’s turn to sing. Adam hadn’t performed in front of us once all semester. He had severe anxietyContinue reading “The greatest love song I barely heard”

Look at this video: What do you think about the person who made it? Do you think they had too much time on their hands? Or what if it was the opposite? What if this person was putting off some other things they were supposed to be doing: homework, housework, bills, groceries (ahem, I needContinue reading “Procrastination – a possible leeway into creativity”

Writer’s block sucks. This is what I do when I struggle with writer’s block: Write to myself. There’s a lot of writer’s block advice out there, and I understand why: it’s everywhere. You’re trying to write something, anything. You’re writing a book. You’re writing a personal essay. You’re finishing some homework assignment. You want to getContinue reading “The best thing I do for writer’s block”

I’ve been told time and time again that I shouldn’t compare myself to other people’s lives, and I completely agree with it. But it’s also the hardest thing to do. I even left social media so I wouldn’t and I STILL have a problem with comparing myself. Turns out, we humans might just be hardwiredContinue reading “Apparently it’s impossible to not compare yourself but here’s what you can do instead”

Yesterday morning I woke up too early for a weekend: 5 a.m. I decided not to fight it and try to go back to sleep, but instead turned to my phone and started scrolling through my Google feed. I found this story on Man Repeller written by Haley Nahman about why it’s so hard to makeContinue reading “My own friendship complex”

Let me get it out of the way: I do not love the way politics went in the United States. But I really struggle with the constant narrative dominating the internet that 2017 was the worst year. Really? Was it really the worst year ever? What about 1347, when the Bubonic Plague wiped out a third ofContinue reading “2017 was not a dumpster fire year, in spite of what the internet thinks”

I used to be an avid reader. I’d hole up in my room and devour books, usually Harry Potter. In fact, I read so much that being physically active was NOT a thing in my life. Now it’s more the opposite. I don’t read like I used to and that’s sad. So at the beginningContinue reading “Standout books I read in 2017”