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Journaled today about feeling buried… in fear. First cracking of the journal in weeks. Sigh.

I’m right there with you: a writer not writing. Thank you for your insights and questions. It mattered to me that you braved putting words to my bottled up thoughts. One can feel alone and disqualified. You’ve reminded me that I’m neither.

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So glad this encouraged you and so glad you wrote some today. You’re not disqualified, there’s time for you to find your words. Cheering you on! 💗

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Well goodness if I don’t need to read this again and then pick up my pen. So much fear, so much distraction, so much busyness

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I hear this. The distractions are endless. I just reinstituted some app use limits on my phone to help with this very thing.

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Morning Pages changed my life. I’m nearly 900 in over the course of about 7 years, but it’s been amazing to learn what my own voice sounds like--it helps me BE more with others instead of fearing their judgment.

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So impressed that you’ve kept at morning goes for 7 years! I took a long break...it’s good to be back. It helps...

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That should read, “kept at morning pages” whoops!

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Lol -- if you do the math, you’ll see that I had lots of breaks too! 😅 I didn’t *really* start again until 2020 provided the perfect opportunity to finish The Artist’s Way. From there, I only looked back when I needed to reset.

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You’re talking to me, right? ❤️

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Maybe? Writing to us both….☺️

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I’m glad & grateful that you are here. 🤎

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Thank you, my friend!

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Write on, friend. Here’s to carrying the light, writing imperfect words, and beginning again. Again.

Also, I love you.

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Oh thank you, Summer. I love you! 💗

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I’m so very sorry for your loss. Thank you for the beautiful words here.

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I absolutely love this, Kris. I relate to it so, so much. Thank you for your sharing so beautifully and vulnerably. I am grateful for your words ... and the heart from which they flow.

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“Maybe, instead of striving for brilliant ideas, the goal is to simply carry light.”

Just beautiful and so, so true. Thanks for speaking into those places that we writers don’t always talk about… like not writing and battling the fear to begin again. With you in that fight!

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