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I think we all know I’m highly motivated by social accountability. It’s why I’m quick to tell you guys my goals- because once I say them out loud to you, I don’t want to have to come back and say, “I didn’t do the thing I told you I was going to do.” • Social accountability WORKS for me. I do working dates with @mmdeep1 once a month, because knowing she’s sitting across from me working motivates me to stay focused. It’s also why I love writing retreats- seeing everyone else at work, making it happen, helps me get my butt in gear. • With all that in mind, I have two things to say. 1. I’m going to have 15 chapters of the next book written by the end of the year. 2. What would y’all think about a free online writing retreat? I’m still trying to think of how to make it work, but I think it could be fun.

Finding my book in a public library never gets old. I look for it any time I’m in a library I haven’t visited before. • Sometimes it’s hard to remember that my book on the shelf at a library or a bookstore or anyone’s home is the culmination of over two years of work. I’m entirely too impatient with myself when I start writing something new. I want to sit down and write a book—but that’s not how it works. I have a hard time recognizing/rewarding progress, because I’m too focused on the final product, constantly thinking, “I haven’t written another book yet” instead of “I’m a total badass for writing these two pages today.” • I blogged about this feeling—the need to give yourself credit for the steps you take toward your goal, and to be kind to yourself in the process. Link in bio!

If you go to @wisebirdcider and don’t take a picture of your cider slushee, I’m pretty sure they make you leave. • Super happy this new cidery is in town! The location is great AND you can find food trucks there on weekends, which we all know makes me super happy. (They tell what truck will be there on their Facebook page!)

I am not good at keeping things alive, (aside from my kids, and with Ella’s “no fear” lifestyle, that’s like, a JOB). I just forget to water things. 🤷‍♀️ • Anyway, my mom has asked me to stop buying flowers because I kill them and it’s depressing. I’ve had these flowers on my front porch since right before the Derby. That’s over two months, you guys. LOOK HOW ALIVE THEY ARE. SOMEBODY TELL MY MOM.

I did my first Artist Date yesterday- spent some time wandering around my favorite vintage shop. I love antique shops. My grandparents were antique dealers, so I grew up running around antiques and antique malls, playing around things that were several years old and full of their own stories. I love old things—I always prefer to buy something old rather than new. I like the idea that this thing has history, that someone loved it once, and that I can still use it. (I didn’t buy this typewriter, but I wanted to. 😂) • It was an excellent morning. I know a few of you have started doing Morning Pages. Have you tried Artist Dates yet?

This is my favorite book. It’s a nonfiction collection of stories about the happenings of a tiny town in Alaska. • From the back cover: “Tiny Haines, Alaska, ninety miles north of Juneau, is accessible mainly by water or air and only when the weather is good. There’s no traffic light and no mail delivery; people can vanish without a trace; and funerals are community affairs. As both obituary writer and social columnist for the local newspaper, Heather Lende knows better than anyone the goings-on in this breathtakingly beautiful place. Her offbeat chronicle brings us inside her busy life: we meet her husband, Chip, who owns the local hardware store; their five children; and a colorful assortment of friends and offbeat neighbors, including aging hippies, salty fishermen, native Tlingit Indians, as well as the moose, eagles, sea lions, and bears with whom they share this wild and perilous land.” • I can’t even explain to you why it’s my favorite. I’ve never read any other book and thought- “This is my favorite thing I’ve ever read.” But when I read this one several years ago, I fell in love with it. • What’s your favorite book?

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