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Semi-professional reader, lightly-published poet, and instant photography enthusiast
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The TLDR is up top so I won't repost it here, but thank you for reading this all the way if you have, and remember to be gentle with yourself and keep reading.
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...reading more over the past few years (and trying to especially ramp up this year) and THAT has also been helping me.
Even writing this post has been enjoyable and maybe I'll start doing a book review from time to time with a little life update (if that's what I'm calling this) attached.
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...the act of writing is what makes me (and everyone else) a writer.
At the advice of my wonderful and loving partner, I starting keeping a daily journal, somewhere at least I could get out all the refuse of my day and hopefully feel better. So far I can say it has helped me.
I've also been...
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...I felt it affecting my mental health, but this book helped me immensely over the past couple weeks with being gentle with myself and coming to a reasonable understanding of what being a writer means to ME.
Being a writer means writing. Whether it be poetry, journal entry, or micro-blog post...
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...I have held myself to an unreachable standard and definition of writing. It has to be poetry. I has to be GOOD poetry. It has to be a perfect description of the subject and an encapsulation of my entire emotion. Oh, and it has to be no longer than two pages.
When I failed at those goals...
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...NOT recommend it for anyone who is not ready to look deep within a mirror.
But for anyone else who is ready (or at least thinks they are ready), I HIGHLY recommend this read. It has helped me in a two-fold way, both with my own internal image as a person but also as a writer.
For too long...
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...the true gem I found. It's the kind of book I will return to multiple times throughout my life. The vibe is uniquely comforting yet critical enough to sink deep within me, asking some of the most difficult and pressing questions of life. This book has almost been a type of therapy and I would...
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Congrats! It's on my TBR list and I cant wait to get to it
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This Is Happiness by Niall Williams
I'm about halfway through and loving it!
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Guess it's time to brush up on my Mandarin again 🤷♂️
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It came highly recommended so I'm looking forward to it!
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Thanks!
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Reddit keeps auto-removing my posts so now Bluesky gets to enjoy these! 😊