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Balance
All in? All out? Full speed or full stop? It seems difficult to decide between the two options, as though there is only two options. My writing life has been one extreme or the other, like trying to drive a car through a crowded city with only two options: slamming one’s foot onto the gas…
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Barriers
We are our own barriers. Even the barriers in the way, we obsess over them. We choose to see them as such, allowing them to block us, to keep us from moving forward. Yes, they prevent us from one thing or another, but it is we who choose to let it stop us in our…
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For Me or For Thee?
There is a question in writing and creativity on who it is that the artist is creating for. Should the artist create for themselves, or should they create for others? Reasons for both abound. But which is best? I’ve thought about this question a lot after hitting another wall in my writing. Days of non-writing…
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To Build a Habit
Time is relentless. No matter how much we may wish for it to slow, allowing us the opportunity to complete all those things that nag us in our day, it marches on still. It is cold, heartless, giving little care to us. Thus, we must always fight ourselves, hoping to master that ability to use…
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Thrown
I threw my back out. It is not always obvious the importance of stretching and warming up. Normally, I exercise later in the day (often right after work), so I’ve already warmed up. Last week, though, that was not the case. I was traveling for work, and due to my schedule, I knew that if…
Jeremy C Kester
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