Perfect timing. I'm in the sweet relief phase. but also moving into the "so I didn't want to do that any more, but now how to figure out what 's next?" And yes, you do have beautiful handwriting. I bet you got A's in handwriting.
OMG, I'm amazed that you can write so cogently and intelligently while being totally real. This whole sharing ourselves, warts and all, is paralyzingly frightening to me!!! Plus your journal page -- who has such beautiful handwriting? Do I have to write legibly to express myself? (Thus, totally doomed; another excuse to abandon the idea altogether.) Still, I've been itching to find an outlet for my pent-up rage at jobs, the business world and being the oldest sibling in a loving but dysfunctional family. Maybe I just need some writing exercises or process of some sort. Or a group thing with other would-be writers where no one is allowed to laugh or make fart noises when we share our writing allowed. Hmmm. All suggestions are appreciated!
Thank you Cory! And no, legibility is not a requirement. :-D Don't know where you're located, but there are some great organizations offering online and in-person writing classes where you can take workshops on personal essays, etc. Lighthouse Writers Workshop, GrubStreet, Catapult, Writers Digest University, etc. Write, write, write!
Oh, I can SO relate, and this piece comes along at a point where I'm somewhere between stages 3 and 4 ... a place that makes my skin crawl and apparently gives me really weird dreams (like the one I had the other night that was - I kid you not - a mashup of Downton Abbey (which I've never seen), the Marvel Universe, and The Umbrella Academy ... and featured a character played by Jeff Goldblum circa the original Jurassic Park movie getting killed in the first scene). ANYway, it's so true that change is a PROCESS ... and not always a pretty one. Thank you for sharing your analysis of the journey. :)
Perfect timing. I'm in the sweet relief phase. but also moving into the "so I didn't want to do that any more, but now how to figure out what 's next?" And yes, you do have beautiful handwriting. I bet you got A's in handwriting.
OMG, I'm amazed that you can write so cogently and intelligently while being totally real. This whole sharing ourselves, warts and all, is paralyzingly frightening to me!!! Plus your journal page -- who has such beautiful handwriting? Do I have to write legibly to express myself? (Thus, totally doomed; another excuse to abandon the idea altogether.) Still, I've been itching to find an outlet for my pent-up rage at jobs, the business world and being the oldest sibling in a loving but dysfunctional family. Maybe I just need some writing exercises or process of some sort. Or a group thing with other would-be writers where no one is allowed to laugh or make fart noises when we share our writing allowed. Hmmm. All suggestions are appreciated!
Thank you Cory! And no, legibility is not a requirement. :-D Don't know where you're located, but there are some great organizations offering online and in-person writing classes where you can take workshops on personal essays, etc. Lighthouse Writers Workshop, GrubStreet, Catapult, Writers Digest University, etc. Write, write, write!
Oh, I can SO relate, and this piece comes along at a point where I'm somewhere between stages 3 and 4 ... a place that makes my skin crawl and apparently gives me really weird dreams (like the one I had the other night that was - I kid you not - a mashup of Downton Abbey (which I've never seen), the Marvel Universe, and The Umbrella Academy ... and featured a character played by Jeff Goldblum circa the original Jurassic Park movie getting killed in the first scene). ANYway, it's so true that change is a PROCESS ... and not always a pretty one. Thank you for sharing your analysis of the journey. :)