In the toxic academic culture academics should use their time off to write their next A level journal article

Keywords: Living, Post-growth work , academia , covid-19 pandemic , degrowth , mental health awareness , postgrowth work , rest , stress , toxic culture , vacation , worry

Rest does not come easily after working a lot. I find this to be a culturally shared pattern and thus, to some extent, beyond one’s individual control. People are rewarded for working too much, while rarely it is asked for what and why. This is among the set of reasons why I want to make degrowth world possible (others being eg. ecological crisis). We need a society that values other things than continuous economic growth that pushes for higher levels of exploitation and capital accumulation. We need more wellbeing for humans and other-than-humans.

https://eevahoutbeckers.fi/2021/07/02/on-a-journey-from-stressful-to-restful

It makes me giddy just thinking about it

Keywords: big magic , creativity , elizabeth gilbert , writing

[Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear”] is changing my life at the moment – as someone who has lost a bit of inspiration, of motivation, to write, with a demanding day job and other priorities. Elizabeth is reminding me of why it’s important to pursue your creative passions without fear or agenda, and without this, I wouldn’t be close to sitting in a coffee shop, writing this post, and thinking about what I love.

https://aprilinhk.com/2016/01/10/on-believing-in-magic

In “Make a Scene”, Jordan E. Rosenfeld goes over the architecture of a scene, the core elements and the scene, and 10 scene types (the opening/first scene, suspense scenes, dramatic scenes, contemplative scenes, dialogue scenes, action scenes, flashback scenes, epiphany scenes, climatic scenes, and the ending/final scene) as well as other scene considerations such as multiple points of view, emotions, secondary and minor characters, scene transitions and scene assessment and revision

Keywords: 90 days novel writing challenge , 90 days to your novel , 90 day writing challenge , emotions and writing , find your calling , novel , sarah domet , writer , writing , writing scenes

Although you don’t have to comment below, I would really appreciate it since Domet recommends a “buddy system”. So, please feel free to comment, share how your novel writing is going, ask questions, and so on. Thanks!

https://jjettswriting.wordpress.com/2021/05/31/planning-to-compartmentalize-scene-by-scene-by-scene

The idea factory between my ears is still up and running but the distribution center has been closed for over a year

Keywords: communication skills , current events , dealing with difficult people , inspiration , life , relationships , release the past , self determination , smart life choices , social media , being who you were meant to be , emotional vampires suck , emotional withdrawal can be healthy , family drama , i am doing this for me , i cannot moderate your drama anymore , in the land of reverie , vaguebooking , walking away is healthy

I haven’t really written anything of merit since January. I simply lost the will to come up with pithy prose and, if I’m being completely honest, I just don’t feel like sharing my life, my memories and my hard earned wisdom with people anymore. Why should I? Each request for input is now met with suspicion because the maliciously ignorant are huffing and puffing around every corner waiting for the chance to spray their troll shit all over, ruining a good joke and an even better bit of satirical therapy. I used to share because it was cathartic for me but, it was also an attempt to save others from making the same mistakes I made. Now, I don’t care as much, if I ever really did at all and the unsolicited opinions of strangers mean even less to me but, now, this time in space does feel different. It’s hard to explain but, the air in this social media reliant world feels thicker and harder to breathe yet, also much easier to stop trying to exist in such inhospitable environs.

https://landofreverie.com/2021/05/25/it-was-the-unintentional-emotional