Tag: writing
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What’s New With Me: 3 Life Updates
1. I’m going back to the workforce. I want to secure my financial future. Holding down a predictable income stream will relieve the pressure of feeling like my creative endeavors have to pay off overnight. I won’t be stopping there. Landing a job will only give me a foundation from which to build, and rest […]
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Reflections on Creating Content on Medium and YouTube
Everyone needs a little place to call their own. A sanctuary. Somewhere to rest and let their hair down to be themselves. To me, that’s been this blog here on WordPress. My corner of the internet where I get to simply be. Others have a Youtube channel, a Medium publication, a WordPress of their own. […]
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A Sign Post in my Writing Journey
(Photo by Patrick Robert Doyle on Unsplash) No catchy titles, no attention-grabbing intro. Just sharing what’s on my spirit. Here’s the thing. I notice my evolution on WordPress in my short 10 months on the platform. I love WordPress for the intentions that brought me here: to find my voice, to house my thoughts in one place, to […]
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The Kardashians: How Public Opinion Shapes and Shifts
(Photo via Hayu.com) Everyone seems to have an opinion on the Kardashians. They can be very polarizing, which is why they present a perfect opportunity to explore the origins of one’s opinions. Per my last post, I’m following Ijeoma Oluo’s writing exercise and launching into my investigative process on how I came to hold my […]
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Where Do Your Opinions Come From?
(Photo by Pexels) Not gonna lie – I procrastinated writing for several hours today. It doesn’t feel great. There’s something in the background of all this app-switching between Twitter, Youtube, Instagram, and Medium and the subsequent bombardment and over-stimulation of clickbait, news, articles, images, and overall content that is deteriorating my attention span. It’s dangerous […]
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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. […]
Melissa Chanthalangsy 