Category: Thoughts
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Focusing on Happiness—Week Sixteen
What I’m happy about this week: possibilities. I’m feeling them right now. Lurking right beneath the surface of my creative well. Stories I’ve longed to write, ideas taking shape in my mind’s eye, new projects that I think will bring me great joy.
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Back and Forth
Writing is an intense process that takes a lot of time and energy. It’s given me some of the greatest joys and greatest frustrations I’ve ever experienced. One of the most challenging parts for me is the back and forth that happens at the beginning of pretty much every project. This is before the writing…
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Focusing on Happiness—Week Fifteen
What I’m happy about this week: the winter woods. There hasn’t been much snow on the ground, but the woods have a decidedly winter cast to them. You can feel the restiveness of the forest as the trees fall deeply into their slumber. I love being able to see the patterns in the branches and…
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Letting Go…Again
I set myself an overly ambitious goal in December to finish a rough draft. I’m not sure I can even call it a goal. I’m not sure what was behind me thinking, “Gee, I wonder if I can write an 80,000 word novel while hosting family holidays and dealing with the busiest time of year…
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Focusing on Happiness—Week Fourteen
What I’m happy about this week: getting back to my routine. This is the perfect counterbalance for last week’s post about vacation.
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Focusing on Happiness—Week Thirteen
What I’m happy about this week: I’m on vacation! There are so many things making me happy this week, I couldn’t pick just one. It’s my first real vacation in years (I guess it’s a staycation, but those are the only kind I take 😉 ). Here are the highlights, starting with…I saw my first…
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Focusing on Happiness—Week Eleven
What I’m happy about this week: snow. The first snow is falling upon us today.
Cassandra Chandler 