I think human nature, for some reason, makes disappointment easier to see, feel, focus on. When my mind is reeling from the day or i am in a moment of frustration, i remind myself to find things to be grateful for. I try to list a minimum of 5. Even if it is something as simple as, "I'm grateful that my socks didn't scrunch down in my shoes today" :)
Me too, DeVonna! My gratitude notebook is much larger than this little daily disappointments one, as it should be. There's gratitude to be found even in misfortune.
i know the feeling of disappointment when your work disappears, but i'm kind of glad yours did, so you could write this beautiful essay. if gratitude and disappointment are like two sides of a coin, then maybe they balance each other, and some disappointment may actually be necessary, so we know why it is we're grateful...
and this is great advice i'm going to take!: "when a writer finishes a piece, their first edit should be to find the one line they’re most proud of and strike it through. It’s almost always overwritten and untrue." thank you :-)
I think human nature, for some reason, makes disappointment easier to see, feel, focus on. When my mind is reeling from the day or i am in a moment of frustration, i remind myself to find things to be grateful for. I try to list a minimum of 5. Even if it is something as simple as, "I'm grateful that my socks didn't scrunch down in my shoes today" :)
Me too, DeVonna! My gratitude notebook is much larger than this little daily disappointments one, as it should be. There's gratitude to be found even in misfortune.
i know the feeling of disappointment when your work disappears, but i'm kind of glad yours did, so you could write this beautiful essay. if gratitude and disappointment are like two sides of a coin, then maybe they balance each other, and some disappointment may actually be necessary, so we know why it is we're grateful...
and this is great advice i'm going to take!: "when a writer finishes a piece, their first edit should be to find the one line they’re most proud of and strike it through. It’s almost always overwritten and untrue." thank you :-)
Don't practice it too zealously. I could find no such line in your latest piece. ;)
She definitely found the right home with you guys, and I know that no one is disappointed in that.
And we got lucky with her too! ;)