I’m finding it very difficult to write reports for work. Not the word count. Those piddly little numbers are but a blink now I’m used to writing 70 thousand words. It’s the writing style. I’d forgotten what it was like when I started writing seriously and had to switch off my scientific brain and switch…
Life
Law of the garbage truck…
My Dad sent this to me and lately it’s been appropriate: One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes,…
Consequences…
If you haven’t heard of the Darwin Awards they are named in the “spirit of Charles Darwin, [and] commemorate individuals who protect our gene pool by making the ultimate sacrifice of their own lives. Darwin Award winners eliminate themselves in an extraordinarily idiotic manner, thereby improving our species’ chances of long-term survival”. The stories listed…
Balancing the five balls of life…
Life has been getting unbalanced of late. I feel like I’m being tugged in many directions, none of which being the direction I want to go. I need to lessen my load. It can be hard to let things go – for me I feel guilt I am letting people down. But I have to…
Is publication a goal?
I remember reading an article a number of years ago by Jenny Crusie. She advocated for writers to give up their goal to be published, and compared it to the pre-feminism era when a woman’s goal was to be married. Both are totally out of your hands. You’ve no control over whether you succeed or…