by Ira | Apr 6, 2019 | Challenge, Journal
Today, I went with the flow. I accidentally went to therapy an hour early. I shook my head, chuckled at myself, and just took a walk and looked at 4K TVs at the Best Buy down the street. There were like three or four other things that didn’t go as planned...
by Ira | Apr 5, 2019 | Challenge, Journal
This week was a relief, you guys. I felt like me. I didn’t get a ton of writing done, but goddamnit, I felt like ME. And I *did* get shit done this week. I put in my time. I didn’t over-achieve or even try to…I just achieved. I have a much better,...
by Ira | Apr 4, 2019 | Challenge, Journal
Tonight’s entry number is the year I was born. Crazy! I’m feeling better. This week has been a good one for my psyche. I feel calm, focused, and energetic. At least until I get home, and then I feel tired. But that, I think, is normal. Got my new project...
by Ira | Apr 3, 2019 | Challenge, Journal
I had good ideas today. Clear. Ideas that I think work. I’d been doubting the beginning of my book. It was feeling too hard. Too much. Too complicated. But that was the darkness, not the light. The clarity I had today on how to start this story solidified that...
by Ira | Apr 2, 2019 | Challenge, Journal
I finished reading the first book of my Story Grid certification requirements today. The Killer Angels. It was pretty good. Dragged in parts. Not a book that made me really feel anything, BUT…it was rather spectacular in its ability to bring to life those...
by Ira | Apr 1, 2019 | Challenge, Journal
Finished watching The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, season 2. It was really good. Except for the last two episodes. Which is a shame, because endings really matter so much, don’t they? We, as an audience, are so much more willing to forgive a bad beginning, or even a...
