Hellooooo

A bite-sized life update. Spoiler alert: I quit my job.

Hello friends,

A week-ish ago, Jami Attenberg came to town and taught a creativity workshop. I actually took her workshop back in the summer at the Mississippi Book Festival, but I couldn’t pass up an opportunity to see her in Nashville.

During the workshop, Attenberg talked about how she likes to write her newsletter like a letter and I thought, yesss. This is the way. I am many things, but at my core, I am a blogger. So hello, welcome to this letter.

Long time no speak, I know. In random order, here are a few things that have been going on in my world. My husband and I bought a log cabin in the woods and have been slowly getting it ready to move into. My grandmother died. I started seeing my ED RD again. I quit my job. And then, obviously, everything happening politically. Each one of these things could be a stand-alone essay, but like I said, this is a letter.

I’m ok. I have a great therapist. My nervous system is kinda out of whack, understandably, so I’m going to prioritize chilling the fuck out for a minute. I’m going to spend this month project managing our move. Once we’re settled in the new house, I’ll figure out what I want to do for work.

If I can get into the right headspace for it, I’m going to write. The big goal is to write a memoir-in-essays. The more immediate goal is to just write and see what comes out. Will I finally be able to get out of my own way? Time will tell.

Comments are wide open for notes of congratulations and support, as well as any writing hacks you figured out while writing your own book, especially if you’re a perfectionist with a generalized anxiety disorder.

Thanks for being here. Until next time!

Kim