Tag: work-life balance

• 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

• 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

• Wrestling with Resting

  It is Friday and I am taking A Rest Day. They’re hard. I love them, and I need them, but settling into Rest Mode is like dealing with new sheets or a new pair of shoes. Every single damned time I have to fuss with things and poke at them until they feel comfortable. I…

  K. M. Herkes

  January 14, 2022

  Writing Life

  measuring progress, Navel Gazing, work-life balance, writing

• Weekend Update

  

  Life & plans did not go as expected, but it’s all good.

  K. M. Herkes

  January 9, 2022

  Writing Life

  cat adventures, dream geography, winter, work-life balance, writer’s life

• First Caturday Saturday

  First day of the Gregorian calendar year. For me, a snow day, baking day, sleeping-in day, rest day. New Year’s Day is not about productivity for me. Things usually get done, many things actually, usually enjoyable ones, but it’s rarely focused goal-targeted labor or anything society recognizes as Useful — not because I have a…

  K. M. Herkes

  January 1, 2022

  Media Consumption, Writing Life

  movies, new year, not a rant, not a resolution, winter, work-life balance, writer’s life