Skip to content

Life Is About Creating Yourself

A project in creativity, happiness, healing, and living a life of intention.

  • Howdy
  • Blog
  • About Me

Year: 2019

  • Home
  • 2019
  • Page 3

Open me this time next year

By NataliePosted on December 11, 2019January 1, 2020
  • Habits & Goals
  • Happiness

Do your future self a favor and write yourself a letter to open this time next year. It’s a common exercise, but a beautiful gift. […]

Open me this time next year Read More

Writing Update: Bless Critique Partners

By NataliePosted on December 10, 2019
  • Writing

My main writing update from this past week is that one of my new critique partners from my queer writing group read my story and […]

Writing Update: Bless Critique Partners Read More

Icebreakers

By NataliePosted on December 9, 2019
  • Happiness

I have been in charge of icebreakers for our leadership offsite planning meetings for four years now. That’s four years, four meetings a year (we […]

Icebreakers Read More

What Balance Means

By NataliePosted on December 8, 2019January 1, 2020
  • Happiness
  • Self-Care

Here’s what balance means to me: the discipline to get shit done, to stick to routines, to say yes and show up, to move my […]

What Balance Means Read More

A Holiday-ish Saturday Listicle

By NataliePosted on December 7, 2019
  • Happiness

In which I hang up my seventh-day advent calendar ornament because I actually put up all six of my Christmas decorations last weekend In which […]

A Holiday-ish Saturday Listicle Read More

2010 Memory Poem

By NataliePosted on December 6, 2019
  • Poetry

I’m going to cheat a bit tonight and share an old piece of writing, but it was just such a bizarre find. I’m working on […]

2010 Memory Poem Read More

Create at Work

By NataliePosted on December 5, 2019
  • Happiness

One of my goals for the year of Create was to put creation and writing into my work life. I had started off at my […]

Create at Work Read More

Breathe Down

By NataliePosted on December 4, 2019
  • Poetry

Calling me back, soon All those safeguards Against mindlessness I plant anchors For routine, and focus, And aspiration And I keep them But life comes […]

Breathe Down Read More

Writing Update: Comp Titles

By NataliePosted on December 3, 2019
  • Books
  • Writing

One of my beta readers, Katie (who is an incredible editor), was kind enough to give me comp titles with her initial editorial letter for […]

Writing Update: Comp Titles Read More

Coloring Fawkes

By NataliePosted on December 2, 2019
  • Happiness

Adult coloring books are such a beautiful concept. I say that as someone who doesn’t care much for crafts, but cares a lot about having […]

Coloring Fawkes Read More

Posts navigation

Older
Next

Subscribe via Email

Recent Posts

  • A New Chapter: Dear Reese
  • Defying Gravity
  • 7 Months
  • Purees
  • Workday D&D

Categories

  • Books
  • Entertainment
  • Habits & Goals
  • Happiness
  • Nerd Stuff
  • Poetry
  • Self-Care
  • Travel
  • Uncategorized
  • Writing

Currently Reading

Archives

Copyright © 2025 Life Is About Creating Yourself. All Rights Reserved | Blog Diary by Theme Palace