Tag: accountability

  • Using mangoes + Oprah’s money as opportunities for self-inquiry

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    I have this thing that I call “spending Oprah’s money.” It stemmed from a conversation I was having a while back about Oprah clapping back on Twitter one day. Someone asked when she was going to start giving back to America’s ghettos. “When are u?” she asked.   In my…

  • Being a “good mom” can sometimes look like this…

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    Being a writer and a mom of young children is tough, so having another writer-mom to call friend is fundamental. Tasha is mine, and we critique one another’s work and hold each other accountable to our writing goals. As best as we can, that is. Now back in our groove,…

  • Taking your book (and your body) off the backburner

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    Me and some sista-friends were talking last night about the relationship that food has with how we respond to certain environments. I brought up how I’ve recently started running again. I can’t run in the cold; I just can’t. God bless the body who can. So I’ve been indoors, indulging on…

  • Stop making a big deal out of writing your book. Here’s how it’s messing you up.

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    When I say you’re making a big deal out of writing it, this is what I mean: I just finished a 21-day vegan detox. The first two times I tried it, I failed. Didn’t get past the first week. Looking back, it’s because I made a huge fucking deal about…

  • Don’t feel like writing, but wanna finish

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    First consider why you don’t feel like writing. Are you tired? Sick? Overwhelmed? Confused?  When visiting the ER, triage asks you to rate the pain on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the most painful. Use a similar gauge when determining just how bad you don’t feel like writing, then…