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More often than not, by doing your thing—as opposed to what you think you ought to be doing—you kindle a fire that helps keep the rest of us warm. Oliver Burkeman said this. He was a columnist for the Guardian, and his final piece has several bits of life wisdom like that. (It also has a brief treatise on why we shouldn’t listen to celebrities because they likely pursued fame
For some time I’ve been thinking of turning a corner with my blog. This year is challenging in a million different ways, and for me one of these challenges is the need to redefine my identity as a writer, or perhaps my relationship to writing, my expectations for it. I started blogging when posts were supposed to start a conversation, but I find that’s not why I write. I write
Hi! I’m in a midlife crisis. Can you believe it?! I could have died before I was thirty! Instead, here I am with the rest of Gen X women sort of wondering why I’m not as successful, rich, famous, or together as I thought I would be by now and occasionally despairing about it. THIS IS GREAT! Right now, you’re probably thinking, “She’s kidding about the crisis, right?” The answer