Back in September 2021, I bought a new cardigan in a lovely colour. Unreasonably proud of myself for choosing something not black, and riding the dopamine high of my first new item of clothing after a 15-month shopping fast, I said to myself, laughably, “This is it: I’ve found the perfect cardigan and won’t need to buy another one again!”
"What it means for my writing life is that I need to pay attention only to the task at hand, like writing a sentence or making a drawing"--yes! Reminding myself of this over and over again forever.
I just got that issue of the Atlantic in the mail yesterday, and am definitely interested in reading that article and the others. (And as an aside, it was one of the approximately two issues each year that don't make me want to crawl into a hole upon seeing the cover, lol.)
"What it means for my writing life is that I need to pay attention only to the task at hand, like writing a sentence or making a drawing"--yes! Reminding myself of this over and over again forever.
I just got that issue of the Atlantic in the mail yesterday, and am definitely interested in reading that article and the others. (And as an aside, it was one of the approximately two issues each year that don't make me want to crawl into a hole upon seeing the cover, lol.)
LOL. Strategic avoidance of the news is how we get through this thing!