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Haven’t I made enough major life changes this year? Apparently not… I started this year with plans to leave full-time employment and part-time writing for no outside employment and full-time writing. So far it’s going great! My commute has gone from an hour or more each way, to about fifteen steps across the hall. So I figured I needed to...
I know, I know…I can hear you now. Technically Summer has a few more weeks to go. But to me, the end of a season has more to do with certain events than it does to a date on the calendar. Normally I think Labor Day is the end of Summer, but for some reason, it seems to feel as...
Ever have small stuff interfere with getting things done? It seems every time I boot up my computer I have seventeen different updates that need to be done. In the past month, I’ve also had a few electronic malfunctions. First, the batteries in my mouse exploded, leaking battery acid everywhere. You’d think that would have been an indication that I should...
The most difficult thing in the world for me is naming things. I blame this on my father – after all, he was going to name me Walter if I’d been a boy. Now, that’s not a bad name, per se, until you combine it with my last name. Walter Mellon – I’d have been the laughing stock of the...
I have struggled this week with self-motivation. I have always been a procrastinator – the one who waited until the night before a paper was due to write it… the one who waited until the final deadline to submit a project. Honestly, it drives my mom nuts! Which, of course, is why I originally liked to do it. But there...
