Category: Writing Life

• Time for an update post

  It’s a gray achy kind of day, weather-wise, and a grey foggy day, brainwise, but I have taken a dose of my fancy ibuprofen+acetaminophen OTC pills (they are magic, btw, better even than prescription naproxen) and I am doing things I can get done instead of gnawing at myself over things I am not doing.…

  K. M. Herkes

  March 24, 2022

  3. Other Things, Authoring, Writing Life

  brains are weird, lists, work-life balance, writer’s life

• Daylight Saving Time: not the rant you might expect

  

  I have opinions about DST. Maybe you do too.

  K. M. Herkes

  March 17, 2022

  Writing Life

• Oh, that explains it

  My Monday was a total loss. I put in the desk time, but the work was an annoying, ineffective slog, and I ALSO didn’t accomplish any of the many small but important non-desk activities that have been piling up for a while. I was seriously frustrated with myself by the time Spouseman & I went…

  K. M. Herkes

  March 8, 2022

  Writing Life

• I click links & read things. It’s what I do.

  This episode of me is just three rambly items. That is all. Yes, HUGE things are going on In The Real world. Bad things. Humanity being awful to humanity at home and abroad. But. Not here. ITRW I’ve done what I can for now–I’ve put my money where my principles are, voiced words of support–and…

  K. M. Herkes

  February 27, 2022

  Whimsy, Writing Life

  cat adventures, caturday, life, randomness, writing

• The illusion of progress

  Writing a whole post of accomplishment lists has led to pondering WHY I like making “I did this” lists so much. Here’s my answer: it’s a frame adjustment. I know, I know, “WTF frame what?” Stick with me here. Start with the idea of “progress.” See, all our lives we’re taught–both formally and informally– to…

  K. M. Herkes

  February 13, 2022

  Authoring, Writing Life

  brains are weird, philosophy, productivity, progress, work-life balance, Writing Life