Writing With Abandon
Reflections and ramblings about life as an educator, writer, reader, knitter, and over-thinker. Trying to do the writing only I can do.
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“Amy, Dev, Mer, can you hang back at the end of the call?” Rafa asked before the rest of the team jumped off. Our colleagues logged off and I settled into my chair. “Amy, I asked you to stay back just for a minute to clarify one thing about L’s Ecuador itinerary,” Rafa started, with…
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I woke up, again, without any idea of what to slice about. This is going to be harder than I thought. (But I guess that’s why they call it a challenge!) I told P last night that I missed the spontaneity of in-person work, how slices really do just appear when you are interacting with…
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I arrive 10 minutes early and the class is already packed. Yoga mats are squeezed up against each other, just a hand’s width apart. Five in each of what looks like seven or eight rows. “Hi sweetheart,” the instructor, Susie, says to me as I carefully enter the room. “Find a sticker and center it…
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Day two and I’m already scrambling for what to write. I could probably wait until inspiration hits today, but I’ve decided instead to participate in the monthly REPORT trend — first seen as a leftover slice idea on Elisabeth’s blog. My coworker, Teghan, also does a sort of monthly round-up on her Substack, Field Notes,…
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P’s phone buzzes, and I shut my eyes tighter. Sleep still has its arms wrapped around me, my head heavy, my body warm under the covers. It buzzes again. What time is it? I whine inside my head. I roll over and tap on my phone screen: 6:48am. Ugh. A Saturday morning when I might…
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How will I choose to use my time? (This time being the 8 minutes before my workday begins.) I’m choosing to slice. I saw Ana’s call in our KLA Slicers WhatsApp group chat. I saw Kim’s slice waiting to be read in my inbox. I have Oliver Burkeman’s Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals…
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I get it from my momma — a flight response when faced with certain things, usually medical, often at an unideal time. I start to feel woozy, dizzy; it’s hard to concentrate on the person speaking. My anxious imagination starts spinning, thinking I am in danger alongside the other person. My heart rate and blood…
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“You are our emergency contact ❤️” Gi texts me, with a photo of her computer screen. She and Jason are completing their condo application — they’re moving from their apartment for the first time since I’ve known her — and they need to provide at least two emergency contacts. I made Gi my emergency contact…
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Since January 1st, I’ve been reading and journaling alongside The Book of Alchemy by Suleika Jaouad. Described as a “guide to the art of journaling,” Jaouad’s book offers itself as your companion if you wish to complete a 100-day journaling project — there are ten sets of ten short essays by various writers, followed by…
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On the team Slack channel: [2:34 PM] Me: Omg I’m dying [2:34 PM] Me: Their video kept zooming all over the place [2:34 PM] Me: C didn’t even get a word in [2:34 PM] C: The constant panning and zooming of the camera was so funny [2:34 PM] Me: I had to really hold it…
Writing With Abandon 