Last week, I had an extremely busy week and failed to write and post a Thankful Thursday post. Well, I’m not letting this happen again. First, I want to share that I had a four day weekend. Over a month ago I requested August 23 off of work as my personal day. I chose this date because I felt it was lame to request my birthday off, so I chose the Friday after. Well, unfortunately, AWMD training was scheduled for August 22 and 23 so I couldn’t request either of those days off. My supervisor said she would reschedule my personal day to a later date. Well, I got lucky because she rescheduled my day off for August 30, which means that I would have 4 days off instead of 3 because of Labor Day. I am thankful for that because I have felt burnt out at work and I needed a mini vacation, so thank you, Traci for letting me have a 4 day weekend! Second, I got help from a friend, Melanie, with character development for a story I am writing about a dream I had. I’m new when it comes to creative writing, so I struggle with characters and making them sound like individuals rather than cliches. Well, Melanie is an amazing writer and has a lot of experience in creative writing (she has an MFA in creative writing) and she offered to help me with my struggles. She asked me a lot of rhetorical questions and gave me a lot of wonderful advice to bring my characters to life. Had she not helped me, more than likely, I would have been stuck with cliche sounding characters and have no idea what to do from there. So, thank you Melanie I appreciate all of your help. The last thing I want to share is I used my Labor Day to engage in some self-care. I started my day with a great work out at the gym. I then went to my mom’s and gave the dogs a bath. My dogs desperately needed it. After giving the dogs a bath, I came home and cleaned mine and Anthony’s bathroom. Lastly, I spent the day with my Mom strolling Hobby Lobby. My Mom and I could spend hours in Hobby Lobby just looking around and daydreaming. It was definitely what I needed. I feel refreshed and ready continue working.
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9/5/2019 05:51:31 am
Creating characters are so hard to master & a form of art on its own!
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