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Procrastination, Painting and Perspective

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Procrastination, Painting and Perspective

I have been in a writing funk this whole week. The end of May is swiftly approaching, and I am nine thousand words away from hitting my goal. I have zero inspiration, and it’s looking like I won’t hit 50k by the end of the month. It’s not big deal, but I hate missing goals. I’m a perfectionist and over-achiever by nature and missing goals discourages me. A lot. I’ve been painting our “office” for the past two days, partly [...]

By Melanie|2018-05-19T12:19:44-07:00May 19th, 2018|faith, novel, writing|2 Comments

I’m Grateful for the Followers I Lost

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I’m Grateful for the Followers I Lost

Just when I think I’ve figured things out, there is something that comes along to humble me. It’s a good thing, but I won’t say it isn’t frustrating at times. Last week I wrote about planning. And while I 100% believe that planning is good, there is a huge pitfall for me when it comes to planning. Sometimes I plan, and I expect my hard work, determination, and strategic planning to make all of my plans happen. It never works [...]

By Melanie|2018-05-14T13:51:25-07:00May 14th, 2018|faith|3 Comments