Just Me

  An old To Do list. As you can see, I didn't get everything done in that day. Some things got moved around. But I DID get the ball rolling, by having a plan and/or getting materials needed for when I could do those things. “Newsletter Stuff.” It’s something I write down in my planner after I have done something for the newsletter – whether it’s adding new books just published, new articles or interviewing someone. Getting it down into my planner is a reminder that I have started working on something – and that, no matter what else happens in my day, I got something for THAT particular task done!   It also serves as a reminder that I can come back later to work on it some more, if I didn't finish everything I had to do for it in that time I had available for it. Usually, I am not able to finish an entire task in one sitting, but, hey, at least I got started on it! At least I made some time for it in my day, and it's there for me to go back to in the event I have the time ...

I did something on my personal Twitter account yesterday that I don't normally do: I tweeted a bunch of personal stuff – stuff I would not publicly say because there are just too many people out there who don’t understand or don’t care. Plus a lot of trolls! So what’s tweeting about it going to achieve? Nothing! I needed a more productive method of getting all of those words out, so I decided that I will spend time this week focusing inward and writing about it.   I was planning to write about all of it in my memoir and I figure now is as good a time as any to do that! Hopefully it will heal my broken heart.   I am not worried about getting things wrong when I write about all this in my memoir. That dream brought EVERYTHING back -- everything I was trying to forget. That was part of why I was hurting and crying so much afterward. I have a file folder of all chats and email exchanges between me and him. I also have two blog posts: this and this one . Plus the benefit o...