| SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER | What is your source of joy? Reader Q&A: Writing about your own life. How do you write dialogue when you don't remember what was said? How do you find a title for your memoir?
I love de Botton’s quote. The things worth fighting for do unbalance us. When my focus is the writing, when a story overtakes my thinking, nothing else in life matters. In. 2022 my word for the year was balance. I spent six months of that year with vertigo, literally fighting for balance. It is the unbalanced times that cause us to reflect. When things are on an even keel we can get lost in the doing.
This is so true Raelene. When we're unbalanced, we're forced to reflect, not when things are running smoothly. Sorry to hear about your vertigo, but what a powerful metaphor, especially when your word for the year was balance! I was thinking that it might be my word for next year, but now, after reading your experience, I am hesitant, what if it's a bad omen?
I love de Botton’s quote. The things worth fighting for do unbalance us. When my focus is the writing, when a story overtakes my thinking, nothing else in life matters. In. 2022 my word for the year was balance. I spent six months of that year with vertigo, literally fighting for balance. It is the unbalanced times that cause us to reflect. When things are on an even keel we can get lost in the doing.
This is so true Raelene. When we're unbalanced, we're forced to reflect, not when things are running smoothly. Sorry to hear about your vertigo, but what a powerful metaphor, especially when your word for the year was balance! I was thinking that it might be my word for next year, but now, after reading your experience, I am hesitant, what if it's a bad omen?
Great newsletter. Love the Q & A! xx
Thank you for the feedback! It was a long one...😊