Discovering Writer’s Block

I need help. I’m writing this partially as a self-reflection exercise to debug this mental block but appreciate any pointer and/or sanity check to calibrate my possibly skewed reality, please. Situation: The past 3 years I have slowly developed a collection of files and notebooks filled with drafts, cues, and notes of thoughts and ideas…

The Shift

formulas, techniques, and howtos don’t work, but they help questions don’t answer, but they help experience don’t satisfy, but they help necessary but not sufficient of course I’m not talking about “how to properly defrost chicken in a microwave” or “how to boil perfect devilled eggs”. things that are predictable and mechanical to a large…

I Wish You

I wish you: the bliss of satisfying any earworm you have are surrounded by people who get your jokes have someone who says “me too!” at your confessions, and really listen get clarity over what your priorities are and own them with minimal second guessing have people who will call you out when you’re being…

Arguing with Reality

I caught myself arguing with reality the other day. I was annoyed that despite having slept for 12 hours in total the day before, and 8+ hours the night before, I still feel exhausted at 12pm. It doesn’t make sense. I thought I have bounced back from the food poisoning. I mean hey all symptoms…

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