Category: Going Mental
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Day 4: #whyshewrites
Today’s prompt: What’s your writing snack? Interesting question and not sure I have a writing food. However, a good cup of coffee is a must for my writing sessions. Something about the scent of coffee helps me focus my mind to write. Without it, I feel as if a writing session is incomplete. 😛 ~T…
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Day 3: #whyshewrites
Share a photo of your writing space My writing space is almost always in a café – a Starbucks’ one at that. Since most of my adult life has been spent away from my home country, I fell in love with the Starbucks’ experience early on when I felt homesick and craved the essence of…
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Day 2: #whyshewrites
While I’m in the flow…. Favorite motivational quote. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” ~Aristotle I do not know if this counts as a motivational quote, but it has been one of my favorite quotes since I was in college and fell in love with Aristotle’s…
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#WhySheWrites
It seems suitable to kick off May and also restart my concerted effort to write regularly again with a challenge by #whyshewrites – as first noticed by a fellow writer @kamsinkaneko from #theslowpath. I have been meaning to get myself back into the habit, but, well, excuses abound and one thing leads to another so…
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#AYearInNails
As a teen I had no interest in being feminine. Doing so came with the fear that attention of the unwanted kind would be given to me. Previous examples as a child had proven it so. Therefore, my feminine mother was probably frustrated with my tom-boyish ways. However, as I got older and became comfortable…
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Waking Up With Gratitude
This morning, I had the luxury of not having much on my schedule until the afternoon. Although I had initially thought to try a new hot yoga class at my gym, I was not committed to that plan. 🧘🏽♀️ So, when I looked at The Power by Rhonda Byrne book, I thought it was as…
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Aspiring Inspirations
I have always hated being asked Who inspires you and why? It’s always sounded like a cliché question and a kind of judgment since most people annoyingly say The Dalai Lama or Mother Theresa or some other icon of sycophants’. Sound cynical enough for you? 🤷🏽♀️ In my reality and view of the world, I…
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What Goes In
One of my goals this year is to read more. Though I do read a relatively good amount most years, it is usually done in a binge-style manner on holidays like a plant 🌱 soaking up water when it’s soil is dry. So, to avoid this pattern and to shift what gets inputted into my…
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Sumo January 2019 Tokyo Tournament
Back in the day, I used to really love sumo. I would watch it regularly on Japanese TV as something of an oddity in the culture. My early days of studying Japanese was challenging because I really had no appreciation for much of its culture despite learning the language. Perhaps it was too close to…
