Monthly Archives: January 2023

A Good Rambling

Posted on January 31, 2023 by CM

I am filled with an impossible love of everyone I know, because I know it’s the only true thing that exists. I hate the feeling, the cellular knowledge that the beauty I see in everyone is a singular beauty borne … Continue reading →

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Everythingness

Posted on January 30, 2023 by CM

All I truly know is that I am a child of God and I can have faith in that. Today I started a new job and had a few hours of training, during which a human woman spoke to me … Continue reading →

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Missing My Only Friend

Posted on January 29, 2023 by CM

Alas, yesterday when I didn’t have to write, I wanted to. I wanted to write my daily 1000 words. So here I am, on Sunday. Writing, I have accepted, will be my only true companion. As my tattoo decrees language … Continue reading →

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1000, again.

Posted on January 27, 2023 by CM

I’m so afraid of writing. It’s astonishing that almost everyday it is still terrifying. It’s dangerous to study writing, to have to show your writing to people you never chose. It’s amazing the intellectual deficiencies of the educated, of academic … Continue reading →

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Further Ramblings

Posted on January 26, 2023 by CM

It’s nice to have a streak to keep going. However many days of blogging. The main goal is to write every day, and the secondary goal is to write 1000 words a day. That helps keep the purpose in perspective. … Continue reading →

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It Comes Down to Justice

Posted on January 25, 2023 by CM

It’s been around two weeks of this project, methinks. Good. Keep going. I’m studying for the LSAT and applying to Harvard, among other schools. I have the grades, and now I need a high score. I’m excited. I miss thinking, … Continue reading →

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Rule of Thirds, and Other Notes

Posted on January 24, 2023 by CM

In an episode of the Rich Roll podcast, Olympian Alexi Pappa describes not hitting her mark in her last training session before the Rio Games. Her coach tells her not to worry about it, citing the Rule of Thirds. Pappa … Continue reading →

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More Words

Posted on January 23, 2023 by CM

I am so quickly winded at even the briefest escapades in writing. It’s disheartening, but that itself is motivation to get better. Every negative is a positive in disguise, if you’re stubborn enough. It’s so necessary to be stubborn that … Continue reading →

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Persist

Posted on January 20, 2023 by CM

Writing quickly loses its beauty and must be intentionally rediscovered. Perhaps this too is true in love. You must remind yourself of what you find beautiful in your beloved, and keep finding new things. People often consider this type of … Continue reading →

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Musings, again.

Posted on January 20, 2023 by CM

I still do not fully understand chairs. I lack the grace with which to properly seat and raise myself. I suppose it’s less that I lack an understanding of chairs and more that I lack an understanding of how to … Continue reading →

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