I’m a frayed knot. In addition to being the punchline of a joke, that about sums up how I feel at the moment. There’s a lot of moving parts, and I am trying very hard to align all of them and frankly I keep failing at that. Which worries me, because my screwups have the… Read More Frayed Not
I’ve been asked, a few times, to write about the ongoing pandemic and assorted concerns. There is a lot of fear in the world. On one hand, I do understand. It’s a tiny thing, too small to see, and we instinctually fear disease, always have, always will. That being said. I’ve written before, early… Read More Keep Calm and Add New Knowledge
I have so little time for sitting and thinking. I find myself musing in the car as I drive. Or standing in the lab watching the clock during a reaction time. Or waiting for… something to happen at work. It does not lend itself to deep insightful essays. My thoughts are broken up like a… Read More Short Time, Fast Thoughts
July is drawing to a close, and we have passed the halfway mark of 2020. This is going to be a year we all remember in different ways, for different reasons… but we will remember it. Memorable isn’t always a kind appellation. I’m thinking about this as I am relaxed and happy and sleepy… Read More Silver Linings
I’ve been reading an excellent book on psychotherapy on my lunchbreaks, and listening to my usual podcasts at work to fill in the time. Given that lunch is only 30 min, the reading is obviously moving slower, even if I do read quickly. But a combination of Tomasz Witkowski’s acerbic take on the, ah, art… Read More Coping
I was sitting here wondering what I could write about, when it dawned on me – slowly, and through a lot of clouds – that what I needed to write about was not writing. I have been acutely conscious that since sometime in, um, possibly January (in other words, all of this year) I have not… Read More Creativity Amid Chaos
Or: How to Coax your Brain into Cooperating This is a two-part post, in which the parts are related, but different techniques will work best. Actually, different techniques will work for each person, since we’re all motivated uniquely. There are, however, some human commonalities that I can tap into which might help spark an idea…… Read More Forcing Fiction
It’s my Monday over at According to Hoyt, and I wrote an essay on masks, humanity, and internet arguments. The arguments I’d been involved with online – this week one direct and personal, the other tangential and more amusing than stressful – reminded me of these masks we wear. It seems to me that when… Read More Unmasking
I’ve been debating something these last few days, and with great reluctance, I’m taking a step I really didn’t want to. But the alternative is to risk harming my school work, and that’s not a choice, either. I’m going to step away from the blog until Finals. There will be daily content – I’m scheduling… Read More The Final Stretch