Category: Friends

Friday Morning FYI – 3/11/2016

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Welcome to your Friday Morning FYI  – my chance to share observations/wisdom/rants in short, easily consumed form.

I recently told a trusted friend I was working on my first adult novel. As any readers of this site know, everything I’ve previously written has been middle grade. Anyway, she was excited to hear I was stepping up my age range, eager to see what I could turnout if I let loose and gave my darker voice over to a larger, more complex narrative. That brings us to this week’s FYI:

Any of us can do anything we put our mind too, but we’re often better suited to one version/aspect of something than another.  The problem is we often don’t know what that is, and ‘decide’ rather than ‘discover’ our talent. The artist who paints and paints and paints, only to find out much later, thanks to someone’s prompt or request, they’re a phenomenal sketcher, and then becomes a world-class tattoo artist, for example. Or someone who writes short stories, thinking a novel is beyond them, and a few years later becomes a bestselling novelist.

Experiment until you find your comfort zone, and then experiment more. You’ll probably surprise yourself.

 

Thanks for reading,

{RDj}

Friday Morning FYI – 3/4/2016

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Welcome to your Friday Morning FYI  – my chance to share observations/wisdom/rants in short, easily consumed form.

It’s snowing this morning in NJ. Not the fun easy-to-enjoy snow, the tiny, frozen, feels-like-darts-to-your-eyes sideways snow. It’s hate snow, really. I love winter, but no one loves hate snow. When I got into my office, a coworker looked up and said, “You must love this weather.” That leads us to this week’s FYI:

When you love something (or someone), you need to accept the worst with the best. This is not new information, of course, but I’m seeing it all around me more and more, especially when writing/reviewing/reading. Also with friends, coworkers, people on the train, etc. In the moment, it’s easy to rage at something bad that’s happened, but when you take the time to sit quietly and reflect, everything is part of a process, or cycle, or series, and everything teaches you something. Except Fuller House. That sh!t’s useless on every level.

 

Thanks for reading,

{RDj}

Friday Morning FYI – 1/29/2016

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Welcome to your Friday Morning FYI – my chance to share observations/wisdom/rants in short, easily consumed form.

This week’s FYI is a personal reminder as much as it is an FYI. I’ve written this kind of thing before, but it sometimes bears rehashing:


People who are not at peace cannot help you find peace, just like someone who doesn’t know how to cook can’t prepare you a meal. Surround yourself with people who can provide what you need, understanding your needs change as you grow. Yes, this means it’s sometimes necessary to move on from people you once thought (and maybe still believe are) important if they’re no longer on your frequency.

 

Thanks for reading,

{RDj}

Friday Morning FYI – 1/22/2016

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Welcome to your Friday Morning FYI – my chance to share observations/wisdom/rants in short, easily consumed form.

This week’s FYI is a Copy->Paste from The Writer’s Circle. I normally don’t do that, but this image resonated with me and reminded me of a friend who doesn’t like to refer to herself as an artist despite her talent:

 

Scared Artist Quote

 

Thanks for reading,

{RDj}

PS – Why didn’t any of you gentle souls point out I’d been titling this month’s FYIs as 2015!? I’m looking at you, Tabitha and Amy, my retweeting friends ;).

Friday Morning FYI – 1/1/2016

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Welcome to your Friday Morning FYI – my chance to share observations/wisdom/rants in short, easily consumed form.

Strap in, kids. Personal nonsense ahead:


I normally don’t get sentimental about the new year, but some what-I-call big things happened to me (or around me) in 2015. A relationship ended, and another began. My mother went home, as did my sister-in-law. Books were read and written. A new friend blew in like the autumn’s howl and right out again, and other friends grew brighter in my eyes. Connections were reconnected. Offended a few, will do the same with this post I’m sure, and made some smile.

Obviously not all these things were good, but certainly not all were bad, and each taught me (or made me remember) something. For that I’m grateful.

Happy New Year. May we all continue to learn and grow in 2016, and keep moving forward.

 

Thanks for reading,

{RDj}