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The Carrying-On: Continuing to create when you’re feeling silenced.
Another writer asked me the other day if “the misery of writing when the social fabric is unraveling” gets in the way of my creative process. He asked me this because I write things so imbedded in the current cultural climate. I was really struck by this question, mostly because I’ve never really considered my… Continue reading
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How the season of Lent changed Easter for me
Although I knew what Easter represented, I don’t think I fully grasped the magnitude of the holiday until a few years ago. That’s the blind, innocent faith of a child who was lucky enough to be taught the bible from a young age. I guess I saw it like, well of course He rose from… Continue reading
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2018: The year we stop defending ourselves for being basic
(Dakota in this photo embodies just how basic and unbothered I plan to be this year.) It’s January 1st, 2018 (okay it’s not, but it was 12 days ago when I started this…) I’m doing a lot of January 1st things, like regretting alcohol and browsing Pinterest for ideas about starting a bullet journal and… Continue reading
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Lessons in adulting: Trader Joe's Edition
Though I’ve been sort of skirting the edges of adulting for a long time now, I have to admit that I’ve gotten used to taking a lot of shortcuts. Like, I know how to do my taxes and when to get my oil changed, but I haven’t been the savviest in a lot of the… Continue reading
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Things to think about while putting your life into boxes.
“Sit. Feast on your life.” –Derek Walcott I always come back to this poem in my mind. I found it in the beginning of my favorite book, The Time Traveler’s Wife, by Audrey Niffeneger. And, you know, since I am currently finding myself unable to do all the writing that needs to be done, instead… Continue reading
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On motivation by proximity to people who are better than you
*as demonstrated by this super-high-quality-photo-in-the-bar-we-went-to-every-night I feel I should start by prefacing this by saying that RWW brought with it a huge sense of community, which in writing is soooooo important. Writing is a pretty personal and essentially lonely process. But, good writing? It takes other people. Other minds. Someone that sees what you’re trying… Continue reading
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Tab on Sabbatical (RWW Residency pt. 1)
I'd had plans for my next post. It was a follow-up to this post detailing some of the fun things I've gotten to do lately, how I've been coming out of my cage and I've been doing just fine, ultimately proving my last post to just be a humble brag about how guys, come on, you… Continue reading
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Why I'm done being a brat about bridesmaid-ing
I have a love-hate relationship with being a bridesmaid. I’m kind of a grump about weddings in a way that completely doesn’t make sense with who I am as a person. I can romanticize pretty much anything. I love seeing people in love. I am extra as hell with my Pinterest projects. My family has… Continue reading
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(I wasn't gonna do this but) thoughts on PLL S7|E11 'Playtime'
(Previously, on Tab in Transit, I started to live-blog reactions to PLL each week. It just felt right. Perks of being a mercilessly devoted fangirl of that caliber is that it has been 6 looooong months and I have convenient Sparknote versions of my thoughts on most of the beginning of season 7. So, now… Continue reading
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