SquarePeg Books

Category: Random

  • Don’t Let Someone Fall in Love With a Curated Version of Yourself

    How do you do that? Don’t we curate ourselves all the time, especially in public? How many of us do NOT have memories of actions, of posts, of prior thoughts or beliefs that we cringe over, despite the fact that we’ve changed and grown and become better over time? Isn’t marketing all about curating yourself…

  • Changing Habits

    My husband has noted that “you’re at your best when your hair’s on fire.” I don’t want to be that person, but I can’t deny that he’s got a point–when I’m forced to work at breakneck speed because of an externally imposed deadline, most of the time I not only get things done, but pull…

  • You Are Building Yourself From Scratch, With No Instructions

    Sometimes I piddle around on a horoscope site. Not because I firmly believe my fate is aligned with Jupiter and which house it’s currently in, but because sometimes the opening line makes me stop and think for a moment. This one caught me a few weeks ago, because it feels like I’ve been trying to…

  • A Word Too Many People Use Too Much

    Impossible. It’s a defeatist word, I tell myself. It’s an easy answer when things are really hard. It negates any possibility of hope. It dismisses potential options. To be fair, it is statistically improbable a human can reverse gravity using only the power of their mind, but let’s not go with the obvious. It’s true…

  • Daily Prompt 5NOV2024

    Do you need time? This question can be taken in so many ways. Do I need time away to get my shit together? Yes. Do I need more time in my schedule? It would be nice and very helpful. Do I need a magic fairy to grant me 2 or 3 additional lifetimes? I’m of…

  • IWSG November 2024

    November 6 question – What creative activity do you engage in when you’re not writing? Ummmmmm . . . .that would be everything except writing. Sewing, spinning, crochet, getting into some knitting, weaving, occasionally a junk jewelry moment, dabbling in video (not very well, but that’s kinda the point). . . The list is extensive.nstead…