It’s been four months since my last stress update. Figured it was time to make another one. (Here’s a link: https://www.leahcutter.com/2025/05/more-of-that-stress-thang/)
Daily, I still ask the three questions morning and night (AM: what am I looking forward to, what am I grateful for, what social interaction can I have.…
I’m currently sick with a sinus infection. While I’m unhappy that I’m still sick, I’m still kind of okay with it.
Let me give you some of my history with sinus infections.
Back in April of 2004, I came down with a sinus infection.…
While I was at Worldcon more than one person asked how I managed to write so many books and so many words.
So I thought I’d explain a bit of my process in greater detail for those of y’all who are interested.…
Read, or don’t, with your own self-care in mind.
I’ve been wanting to lose weight all year. I’ve tried numerous times and been unsuccessful.
A large part of why I’ve been unsuccessful is because there’s something wrong with my body chemistry.…
I’ve read more than account by people saying things like, “Sure, that was the most difficult/challenging/awful time of my life, but now, I’m grateful for it!”
I kept thinking that there was something wrong with me, because I didn’t feel that way about last year.…
In May, I began doing what I’ve been calling my Ten at Ten. Basically, ten affirmations at ten AM every day.
I know that for some people, daily affirmations are a cop-out. They say the words, but never honestly follow up on doing the things.…
I recently listened to a podcast about doing hard things.
The problem with doing difficult things two-fold. First, defining what is hard. The other, is knowing why you would do that.
Defining Difficult Things
I do things every day that other people might consider really hard, like getting in twenty minutes of exercise before breakfast.…
I set word count goals at the start of every year. Then, midyear, I review them and make changes if necessary.
TLDR: sticking with my original goal of 500K. Think that’s doable.
Longer version:
For the first four months of this year, I was doing 50K a month.…
I recently learned about the “iceberg” theory, that you’re only aware of 10% of the stuff that goes on in your mind, while the other 90% is happening beneath the surface.
However, there are ways to strengthen that connection. I’ve always considered myself an unconscious writer.…
It’s been about a month since I last talked about the work I’m doing regarding lowering my stress levels, so I thought I’d report in.
I had a couple of bad weeks, where I felt as though I was losing ground in terms of the work I’d done.…