It’s four days till Christmas, and I’m heading out the door to celebrate with family — mostly by eating an embarrassing amount of tamales. But first, some end-of-year stats! First, the basics Books read in 2016: 56 (13 since 10/1) Audiobooks: 0 (0 since 10/1) Ebooks: 6 (0 since 10/1) Pages read: 17,725 (3,414 since…
Author: amypeveto
Hello Holidays, Goodbye Focus
For ten-and-a-half months of the year, this is me: via GIPHY But as soon as Thanksgiving hits, I morph into something different: via GIPHY Trying to get me to concentrate on anything is like herding cats. I give up on being productive and spend inordinate amounts of time watching cheesy holiday movies and skipping around…
Review: Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
Seeing your parents grow old is a universal — and difficult — experience. In 2001, cartoonist Roz Chast could see the writing on the wall. Her parents were in their 90s, and not doing well. Her mother was in the hospital after a fall from a step stool, and her father’s senile dementia kept him…
Consider Me Professionally Developed
I despise stagnation. If I’m not learning or growing, it feels like I’m dying. This is partially because it’s the way I am (learning is so much fun!), and partially because I’ve got a lot of baggage when it comes to job progression and success. In my anxiety-infested brain, not having enough to do at…
The Write Stuff: A Mixed Bag
We’re rounding the last turn of 2017, and The Write Stuff isn’t steaming along quite as well as I hoped. Goal 1: Finish four short stories in 2017 I’d love to meet this goal, but the harder I push to come up with an idea, the less creative my brain seems. I’ve been relying on…