#write31days: Day 14 – Try

I want out. I want out of the full-time-working-for-someone-else gig. I want to be free to do my own thing, in my own way and on my own time. I used to feel selfish and irresponsible for wanting those things. But today, I don't. Why? Because I believe those desires are not born out of my …

#write31days: Day 13 – Invite

I got in trouble once for altering an invitation. I was a kid; in middle school or high school, I think. My older sister and I had been invited to someone's birthday party but my sister was the more popular kid in school between the two of us. She got invited to everything and I …

#write31days: Day 12 – Write

I attended a session at a writing conference a few years ago where the speaker said something that stuck with me. It was a Christian conference so she was talking about the call to write and how, sometimes, God's first call to write for a person might be very specific. "Lucy, write about organizing and …

#write31days: Day 10 – Listen

That small voice inside of you telling you there's more to life than what you're experiencing now? Listen to it. It's speaking for a reason. And that reason likely has something to do with how, who or what you were created to be, do or say. Creators create with a purpose. There's a point to the …

#write31days: Day 9 – Plan

I'm a planner. I like to look ahead and get an idea of what my next steps should be to get to a certain place or goal. I understand that those steps may change between here and there, but at least I can have some sort of roadmap. I live with a free spirit, though. …