I’ve placed nothing in magazines, but received the best rejections of my life. I’ve published next to nothing on my blog and Substack, but I have more followers on my TikTok account than I ever thought I would have. I’ve also logged the least amount of hours for writing this year than any other year … Continue reading 2023 Year in Review
If you’re sick of yearly round ups from people who’ve written a million words, climbed Mt. Fuji using only their hands, and developed rippling abs, you’ve come to the right place. I set many resolutions last year and kept only one of them. But many wonderful things happened this year that I never expected. I wanted to share the numbers and explain how they don’t express the larger message: that I’m getting close to writing the kinds of stories I’ve always wanted to write, and the life to support my writing. This is the fifth data-backed story of my year.
What did I achieve? What did I miss? What went sideways, and what pleasantly surprised me? This is the data-backed story of 2021.
I’m thinking about how I can’t separate doing from being. You are what you do, not what you think. So what have I been doing? I’ve been trying to stick to the productivity routine I had before the pandemic. Thoughts on loneliness and productivity.