Oct. 27, 2001
Saturday, October 27, 2001
If I wait for things to calm down a bit so that I can catch my breath, I realise that I will be waiting quite some time. Life doesn’t stop for anyone, especially for me and especially right now.
That’s not a negative thing however. I’m currently riding an energy and creative high and I feel like I’ve got to just go with it for fear of losing all the momentum. After all the months of the ups and downs I …
Oct. 25, 2001
Thursday, October 25, 2001
From April to September I had enjoyed perfect health. I was wide eyed and bushy tailed. I giggled, I smiled, I contemplated, I was quiet, I was content, I was happy – all this despite small bouts of worry, confusion and frustration. Living as I wanted, as a writer, made me feel true to who I was and somehow, this kept me well.
But the last few I had begun to feel quite ill – almost like I had back in …
Oct. 22, 2001
Monday, October 22, 2001
Oct. 15, 2001
Monday, October 15, 2001
October 09th was my deadline to rewrite and submit an article I had written over two months ago to my editor. I sat up late that night trying to combine two different articles into one, and rewrite it to make it better. Somewhere around midnight I lost enthusiasm and clarity and just ended up giving up.
I didn’t want to. I wanted to keep going and I thought about submitting the article late, but I thought that might be worse, especially …
The Chronicles of Girl at Play began in April 2001 as a way for me to chronicle my leaving a successful corporate position to become a self-employed writer.