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Adult ADHD: A little neurospicy

July 1, 2024 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Train(s) of thought: "I don't have a train of thought, I have seven trains on 4 tracks that narrowly avoid each other when the paths cross and all the conductors are screaming." - Author … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Love & Other Incurable Ailments, Notes on Life Tagged With: ADD, ADHD, concentration, motivation, writing tips, Writing with ADHD

You are always a writer: motivation

June 3, 2024 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Are you unable to write? Don’t worry if you fear you've lost motivation. I don't know who said it, but "writing is like a disease. It may go into remission, but it never leaves you." This sounds … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Notes on Life, The Writing Life Tagged With: Fiction, grief, motivation, poetry, suicide, writing tips

Never a singer but I can dream

May 27, 2024 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Dreams: A few weeks ago I blogged about finding a blue notebook that I'd kept when I taught journaling at a women's shelter over twenty years ago. I wrote along with the women during writing … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Notes on Life, The Writing Life Tagged With: aspirations, dreams, goals, journaling

The Fear is Real: heights, bridges, and other debilitating fears

April 29, 2024 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Shake it up: Here I am in Tucson, Arizona, smiling hugely from way up high. I look giddy with happiness. Truthfully, I was giddy with fear. You can't see how hard I'm shaking. My entire being! With … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Notes on Life Tagged With: acrophobia, cognitive behavioral therapy, fear of bridges, Gephyrophobia, phobias

Simple beliefs that hold true

April 22, 2024 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

A journaling exercise When cleaning a deep, dark and very dusty closet recently, I found a little blue notebook that I wrote in when my friend Rebecca Vlasic and I conducted journaling workshops at … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Notes on Life, The Writing Life Tagged With: beliefs, diaries, journaling

How do you hang up the phone?

March 18, 2024 By Linda K Sienkiewicz

Hang ups: We end phone calls with the mere tap of a finger. When I was young, it was exciting to hang up on someone by slamming the receiver down. Slam your cell phone down and you might shatter … Continue reading >>

Filed Under: Notes on Life Tagged With: changing language, Language, outdated words, slang

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Author, poet, artist, cynical optimist, corgi aficionado, crafter & klutz with just enough ADHD to keep it spinning. More here.

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