Tag Archives: 1000 words

Praise

Posted on September 13, 2023 by CM

Praise God, it seems. I don’t know some days it’s so easy, but it’s important to celebrate that fresh wave of love when it does return, and ride it as long as possible. I think cherishing it makes it last … Continue reading →

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Falling Into Place

Posted on September 12, 2023 by CM

An Adele song plays that I love, that I haven’t heard in ages. I can hear music again. A wellness coach I follow encourages occasional “consumption fasting” in order to get out of self-numbing patterns (not automatically watching shows or … Continue reading →

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Focus, Unity, Dogs

Posted on February 5, 2023 by CM

I start to get embarrassed about this blog when I think about the kind of writing I’ve done in the past and am ultimately capable of, but so what? This has its own value. It’s raw data. Let is live … Continue reading →

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Don’t Slip

Posted on February 3, 2023 by CM

I missed one day, and then did about 200 words yesterday, so I want to jumpstart the chain and keep this new habit going. I think mid-day or evenings are the best time for this. My impulse would have been … Continue reading →

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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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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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