This, DistilledPerseverance AudiencePerfectionismLiberationLetting things goUnfinishedInterestedFreedom I have mentioned the importance of seeing things through and finishing things, but one of the most important things I have learnt over the years is when to shelve things or just to let them go. I’m sure we all have things in life with which we persevere because they …
Category: Assorted Cogitations
Online Identities and Digital Spaces and Places
This, DistilledOnline identity and personasThe need to createThe joy of notebooksTessaHedron: A Writer’s NotebookDistribution and platformsInteraction and engagementPrioritisation and restoration I am fascinated by elements of identity. When I was studying for my research degree, I started out with a theoretical underpinning broadly based on concepts of identity, before realising that grounding my thesis in …
Reflection, Creative Practice, and The Project
This, DistilledReflecting on my earlier thoughts about prioritisationA progress report on earlier ideas and plansAutumnal resets and the cult of reinventionTraining your body and doing the repsAction as identityIdentifying the weakness in my creative practiceChallenging myselfDoing the right thing at the right timeIntroducing TessaHedron: A Writer’s Handbook Back in March, in a burst of energy, …
Thoughts on Turning Forty-Three
This, DistilledThe art of celebratingVignettesEnergy, and lack thereofIdentityOptimism despite challengesDecorating for ChristmasReflections and taking stockA momentary Christmas pause My birthday falls in the middle of November. I never knowingly under-celebrate anything, and my friends and family are familiar with the fact that I will stretch out my birthday celebrations as long as possible. As soon …
The Summer Book
If you arrived at this post hoping to read a relatively objective review of The Summer Book, I am afraid you will be disappointed (please do see the postscript below, though, if that is what you are after!). Throughout the drafting, this has become more of a reflection on reading and life – specifically, my …
The Unwonted Fatigue of Being Online
A thought occurred to me today: what would it look like to only be online one day a week? Obviously, this couldn’t include working hours, as my job very much requires me to be online the entire time (unless I have in-person meetings on the rare days I am in the office, or I manage …