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2 Additional Lessons From My 6-Day Writing Challenge
Photo from Pexels Hello WordPress Friends! I am pleased to share that I hammered out a piece and submitted it for publication all in one day today. This draft had been sitting in my folder for months on end. For whatever reason, I could not get it finalized despite spending a little bit of time…
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4 Lessons From My 6-Day Writing Challenge
Photo by Pexels Inspired by Youtuber Chimdi Ihezie, I chose to embark on a 6-day Writing Challenge this week following last month’s 30-day Writing Challenge where I fell short. Six consecutive days of writing and publishing felt so much more palatable, realistic, and motivating, than the original 30 days I had set out to tackle.…
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Positive Affirmations To Close Out Your Week
Today marks the fifth consecutive day of me writing and publishing on this here blog, and it feels rewarding. Last night, I felt tired from what I recognize to be the fringes of end-of-week burnout. I sense burnout all too well. Anyone working an 8-to-5 job for five consecutive days knows how to power through…
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Love Letter to Evaline Cheng
Greetings to all on this fine Thursday afternoon! In the past, you’ve seen me write love letters to people who have inspired and motivated me. I learned recently that my approach has been problematic due to playing into celebrity worship. My close friend sent me an article from Wear Your Voice Magazine titled, “Kill Your…
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Adapting to a COVID-19 World
Photo by Yohann LIBOT on Unsplash The pandemic changed the game for everyone. If you told me two to ten years ago that I would spend my days at home, not seeing anyone for weeks on end, I would laugh in your face and say, “No way, that’s not me.” My battery charges around other people. To give…
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Updates, Newsletter-Style
Featured Image from Pexels Hey WordPress fam, Happy Tuesday. I can’t believe it’s the 9th of November ~in the yEaR oF oUr Lord~ 2021. Life is truly experienced one moment at a time. Before you know it, it’s almost mid-November! This time last year, the world found out that Joe Biden had been elected as…
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Hello, It’s Me (And Free Links to My Medium Stories)
Like this turtle, I’m resurfacing on WordPress. (Photo via Pexels.) Hey WordPress fam, Thank you for coming back to my blog after a few months of inactivity in this part of my universe. As you can see, I updated the theme of my site to keep it fresh. 🙂 If you’re curious what I’ve been up…
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Note to Self and Whoever Needs to Hear It
Featured Image by dylan nolte on Unsplash “Nothing will work unless you do.” – Maya Angelou If I were to be my own boss, I need to show up for myself the way I would if I were reporting to someone else. Why would I report to someone else with all of my might and energy, all of…
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Speak your goals into existence
In this lifetime, I would like to: Write three books and have them published, sold, and enjoyed by the masses Make a living off my writing House my work in different publications Run a community-based, grass-roots yoga studio Turn my stories into a movie adaptation with a large enough budget to qualify for nominations and…
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Why I write
Everything we know about the world came from humans. Every piece of art, every discovery, every instrument, every song, every artifact, every book, every poem, every story came from people. We create society, we interpret meaning, we advance science, we unearth history, and we share knowledge. It is the impact of millions – no, billions…
Melissa Chanthalangsy 