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Schools of Thought

It’s been difficult finding my way lately. More knowledge has made it more difficult, rather than less — as it delineates the myriad possibilities that

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True Grit

A few weeks have passed since my last update, but the time feels infinitely longer. Strangely, time seems to drag when I’m busy – but

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Calling

In the year leading up to this past fall, I was frustrated and beaten down by my job, by the way the transcription industry was

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I Got Shit To Do

“Find a (Good) Study Partner. And not just anyone, either. Find someone that cares about their performance even more than you do. The old adage,

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I, Researcher

The semester ends next week, but I finished my last paper today, and all that remains are 3 tests, for which I am very well

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Haters Gonna Hate

“Keep your eye on the intuitions, and don’t take people’s moral arguments at face value. They’re mostly post hoc constructions made up on the fly,

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Attachment Styles

I mentioned in my last blog post, “Patient, Forget Thyself,” that the last book I finished, Martin Seligman’s Authentic Happiness, had multiple take-aways. The one

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I had a dream last night that my ex-boyfriend Rob* randomly showed up for one of our parties. The other guests were instantly uncomfortable. Rob

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Bring on the Pain

No pain, no gain, right? Right. Right enough anyway, though I suppose that would mean masochists are basically greedy. On second thought, that works. We’re

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Time Capsule

Being confronted with your past self is quite an eerie experience. Many of my close friends know that my email inbox is a nightmare, completely

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Pinpointed

And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin, When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall, Then how should I begin from T.

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First Draft DONE!

Well, this is exciting! This morning I finished the first draft of the book I’ve been writing, the memoir about my (now-defunct) open marriage. I

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Perspective

“You can buy some new running gear if you want,” Skyspook said. He’d been looking online at some leggings for winter biking. As he’s too

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wake

When you leave, my sternum aches. Aches from you. Aches for you. Because you rubbed your knuckles there. Or punched me. Or grabbed me. And

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a friend

Passed a contemplative tuxedo cat on my way home, sitting perfectly still, regarding me with his full attention, unperturbed by my presence as if he

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A Tale of Two Ballots

  I live in Ohio, so apparently my vote is worth its weight in gold. It’s an incredibly different experience being a voter here as

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Archiving the Present

The neat thing about being a memoirist is that life is constantly giving me new material. Every day that I live I gather more experiences,

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Flight of the Valkyrie

Last night I had the strangest dream. For some reason, I’d traveled back to Maine to stay with, of all people, my ex-husband. There were

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Hot Writing Tip

(2:24:34 PM) skyspook: You just need pushes in the right direction I think. You’re like me in more ways than one… you’re blind to your

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So far, so good

The first draft of the memoir is coming along swimmingly. Just crunched the numbers, and I’m averaging 858 words a day. Not too shabby. My

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