Tag: Creative Work
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I was scrolling through Pinterest again–somehow this often sparks me to write mental health pieces. But I saw this quote and thought, “Are you supposed to do all of these things in one day? The same day?” I’ve put an ungodly amount of work and therapy into learning how to cope with, recognize, and offset…
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Find Me On The Internet
Photo by freddie marriage on Unsplash Want to see my writing outside of Emma In Print? Wit and Delight: Writers Weigh in on Their Messy Routines Popsugar: “How I Keep Stress From Taking a Physical Toll.” The Bleu: “Just Ask: Getting What You Want.” The Bleu: “Everything You Should Be Watching This Fall.”
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4am//4pm
4pm// The pending. Reach for coffee (“but it’s just a little one”). Sly and percolated, the idea of a nap. The nannies are tired. They wish their kids were too. 2am for the cardiologist beneath blackout curtains, forehead stamped with ownership from the face shield. Gently polishing wine glasses behind the bar with music blasting…
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The Cetaphil Commitment
Photo by ian dooley on Unsplash My take on the ManRepeller Writer’s Club Challenge The prompt: We want to hear about what you think is the most worthy/underrated/surprisingly useful commitment: the little thing you do that makes the biggest difference in your life. [February 8, 2020] I remember standing in the garage of my childhood home…
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Quarantine Notebook
Photo by Kenny karlys on Unsplash A window into these past few months. Written mostly in the spring. My personal holding pattern looks like waking up seven minutes before work, afternoon naps on the couch, wandering around Trader Joe’s with no plan, and drinking a beer in the shower while listening to “clubby” music. It’s one…
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Unlocking Your Inner Child
Photo courtesy of Pauline Loroy (@paulinel) on Unsplash “So when you realise you’ve gone a few weeks and haven’t felt that awful struggle of your childish self — you’ll know you’ve gone some weeks without meeting a new challenge, and without growing, and that you’ve gone some weeks towards losing touch with yourself.” –Ted Hughes in a letter…
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City Guide: Minneapolis
Photo by Weston MacKinnon on Unsplash Ah, the Land of 10,000 Lakes. Minnesota is often overlooked as an ice-desert nestled in the flyover states. And that’s fine — us locals like it that way. As our beloved Prince once said, “I like the cold weather — it keeps the bad people away.” The Minneapolis and St. Paul area is small…
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Coffee Table Dinner Parties
Photo courtesy of Marcus Nilsson | @pissinginthepunchbowl on Instagram We hurt and we burn and we bloom, and also wonder off to the side why they seem to have it more figured out than us. We sit on pillows and cross our legs on the hand-me-down rug around the coffee table. Drinking organic white wine…
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Apartment Dance Parties And Other Embarrassing Rituals
Photo by @megangalante via Instagram Let me name some of the things I’ve done in the last week that I would die if you were actually around to witness. Blasting Lizzo through my apartment and (trying to) twerk with a spatula in my hand. This wasn’t the cute, prancing around scene you’ve seen in a…
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Let’s Get Physical: Stress
It was 3AM as I calmly hopped in the back seat of an Uber. The driver turned around confused and said, “We’re dropping you off at the emergency room?” It was a first for both of us. I felt foolish, but this was the easiest way to get to the hospital as a young woman…
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