The creative pursuit formerly known as NaNoWriMo
In 1999, 21 people in the San Francisco Bay area decided, for reasons known only to themselves (and those of us who followed them later), to embark on a month of creative excess. They locked themselves in rooms, closed blinds, drank huge amounts of coffee and ate who knows how much sugar. All in the […]
The surprise of feeling excited
The Burn For a long time, I’ve felt that I might have a bit of the old burnout… but it’s a much-used term that’s often nebulously defined, and the literature on what to do about it if you do happen to have it is even worse, from my perspective at least. I want a plan. […]
Putting limits on, to open up my life
For someone who wants to do everything (and nothing), working out what the constraints are can help speed things up.
Treat your Anxiety with a Motorcycle
Nothing has ever been better for my anxiety than riding a motorcycle. Not a drug, not a breathing exercise… just me and Charlie and big sweeping curve.
TTRPG makes everything better
I’m strongly of the opinion that every single person can benefit from tabletop role-play gaming, with the tiny caveat that you need the table that’s right for you.
Define Success
One of the things business coaches and life style guru’s say is that before you can be successful, you have to define exactly what that means. Does successful mean having a lot of money? Being a millionaire? Does it mean having influence in an industry or with a demographic? Does it mean being famous and/or […]
EDS awareness month 25
Hi. My name is CJ, and I have EDS. May is Ehlers-Dalos Syndrome (EDS) and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder (HSD) awareness month. There are 13 kinds of EDS, many have overlapping symptoms, some have genetic tests available and all are a significant pain in the ass. I have hypermobile or hEDS. That means that my tendons […]
In the beginning was the word
Funny title, right? That’s John 1:1 for anyone not in the know. There’s a lot of discourse on exactly what this phrase might mean, how it should be interpreted and since I’m publishing under the title of Swamp Witch, I’m not going to weigh in on any of them… but I do feel something when […]