I returned from Washington late Sunday night, only to find I had brought a bad cold back with me. This is the kind of cold that makes me feel like the distance between my neurons has doubled, so that any thinking I might wish to do happens… very… slowly. So even though I don’t usually talk [...]
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Kindred Spirits Lurk in the Rain Forest
Posted in Writing, Life, tagged writing, Amy Sundberg, Rainforest Writers Retreat, kindred spirits, writing retreat, rain forest on March 13, 2012 | 13 Comments »
It’s all in your Point of View
Posted in Life, tagged Amy Sundberg, memory, perspective, Phantom Tolbooth, point of view, POV, Rainforest Writers Retreat on March 8, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Today I am away from home, attending the Rainforest Writer’s Retreat in Washington. Ah, the bliss of days on end in which I have no obligations except those of basic upkeep and writing, writing, writing! After which I get to converse with other writers to my heart’s content. In other news, my husband and I [...]
Taking the Red Pill
Posted in Life, Personal Development, tagged Amy Sundberg, assertiveness, Backbone Project, change, happiness, people pleaser, personal development, taking risks on March 6, 2012 | 9 Comments »
I haven’t been writing recently about being a people pleaser, or becoming more assertive, and other topics like that. You know why? Because it’s hard. It’s hard to change how you react to things. It’s hard to tear your life apart, examine it from every angle, and then slowly put it back together again. I [...]
The Pursuit of Excellence, or How Becoming Awesome Takes More Than 30 Days
Posted in Arts, Life, Personal Development, Writing, tagged Amy Sundberg, arete, commitment, excellence, focus, mastery, practice, priorities on February 2, 2012 | 13 Comments »
I have devoted my life to the pursuit of excellence. The Greeks called this areté, striving for excellence, living up to the best of one’s potential, and facing challenges with courage and persistence. I wanted to be the best student. I wanted to become a skilled singer. I wanted to travel around the world. I [...]
Bad Luck, Good Luck
Posted in Life, Personal Development, tagged Amy Sundberg, bad luck, free spirit, good luck, luck, optimism, positivity on January 24, 2012 | 10 Comments »
I am a very unlucky person: I had a difficult childhood. I suffer from chronic health problems. My mom died when I was nineteen. I don’t fit in easily with many groups. I attract people to me who take advantage of my over-niceness/over-empathy. Sometimes people have treated me very poorly. There have been many times [...]
The People Who Are No Longer Here
Posted in Life, tagged Amy Sundberg, missing on January 12, 2012 | 7 Comments »
Sometimes I miss the people who are no longer here. Some of them are dead. Some of them (most of them) I didn’t know all that well. I miss the ones who died young in a special way, because I’ll never find out who they might have been. I had a high school classmate who [...]
Life is a Work in Progress
Posted in Grief, Life, Personal Development, tagged Amy Sundberg, fear of change, optimism, pain, perfectionism, personal development, positivity, priorities, what if, writing on January 10, 2012 | 7 Comments »
I don’t really like pain, and I don’t like to feel uncomfortable. Sometimes I daydream about my ideal life, when I have fixed all my problems, have everything I want, and am exactly where I want to be in my career.I will never achieve that ideal life. And thank goodness, because if I did I’d [...]
Symbol of the Year…not to mention Award Season
Posted in Life, Science fiction and fantasy, tagged awards, Campbell Award, Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Scythe, symbol on January 5, 2012 | 10 Comments »
Yesterday, I received my symbol of the year in the mail. Yes, it is the Scythe from Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 7. Full geek points to you if you recognized it. For those of you not familiar with the show, the Scythe is a mystical weapon forged for the Slayer (into every generation [...]
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