A place where I write
by Kate
It’s been a week since I started my Blaugust journey. As with every event centered around a month of activity, at this point maintaining a consistent writing habit feels like a very doable thing. Being a NaNoWriMo veteran, there’s part of me that feels some similar feelings as I go through this practice of daily …
by Kate
In the recesses of my mind, is a memory of receiving a “student planner” on my first day of seventh grade. They gave us these things and made it seem like they were going to be our literal keys to navigating the halls of the high school, and I remember using it with a limited …
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by Kate
I’m really, really trying to figure out ways to post here more regularly, especially since this blog is just… a blog. It’s not themed for a specific thing, other than my own personal life. With that in mind, one thing in my life is TikTok. When it really started becoming a household name in 2020, …
by Kate
Week two of Blaugust has begun, and it’s supposed to be an introduction to myself. I wrote this post a little over a month ago and that’s probably as much of a deep dive as I’m willing to get into for this month. Instead, I think I’m going to take this introductory week to share …
by Kate
The least conducive activity to writing (for me anyway) is having our TV on. Regardless, it’s our most-used appliance, for everything from Netflix marathons to hopscotching through YouTube’s algorithm. In this age of smart TVs, practically every program or movie is at our fingertips. There’s dozens of new things friends and the majority of the …
by Kate
A year ago, our household tested positive for COVID for the first time. We’d spent so much time and effort avoiding it, and then it showed up and was entirely unpleasant. As the anniversary of our infection approached, my wife’s job saw an outbreak beginning to bloom, and I started seeing more references to people …
by Kate
Yesterday, I threw together my writing prompt based post, went through the ritual I’ve seen others use to share their post on any algorithm based social media site, and then immediately complained about it to my best internet friend. I’m sure there’s some definitive information somewhere on the internet, about what you should and shouldn’t …
by Kate
I don’t think of myself as a curious person. If I’m being honest, I feel more nosy than anything else. I associate curiosity with the word “why,” a word I don’t feel like I use all that often, at least not when it comes to my personal life. I use it a lot in my …
