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Posted on September 4, 2020January 3, 2021

Intentions for my 46th trip around the sun

I always get excited for a new year. When the calendar year flips, it means fresh notebooks, a fresh year number in the date, an actual fresh calendar. The newness of a new year inspires us to look forward, to make resolutions, to try to change ourselves for the better. The problem with the official … Continue reading Intentions for my 46th trip around the sun

I resolve to chill out
Posted on January 1, 2017April 14, 2017

I resolve to chill out

Over the past week on vacation in Florida, I have fallen in love again. With wind, with sea, with freedom, with language. But most importantly, with time. I have fallen in love with personal time to care  for my body, to dream, to think about what’s important in life. As a result, on this first day … Continue reading I resolve to chill out

Posted on January 9, 2016January 9, 2016

2016 Resolutions: Create Balance

2015 was an exciting year: we bought a house, got kittens, and I helped organize a mini-conference for our company’s annual meeting. My only resolution in 2015 was to dedicate ten minutes per day to writing, and that resolution ultimately provided an opportunity for me to speak at WordCamp US. I noticed, though, that by … Continue reading 2016 Resolutions: Create Balance

Ten minutes a day
Posted on January 1, 2015January 1, 2015

Ten minutes a day

It is New Year’s Day, January 1, 2015, and I thought I wasn’t going to make any resolutions this year. I’ve got a new job, and in the second half of 2014 I set goals to make sure I didn’t forget my personal life in the excitement of my new work life: exercise four times … Continue reading Ten minutes a day

Posted on December 23, 2013February 9, 2014

Strategies for a year of craft: a weekly writing schedule

I’m all fired up after declaring I will dedicate next year to craft work within my writing practice: technique, structure, word choice, revision (gulp). The moment I pressed publish on my previous entry, 2014: The year of the craft, the moment I made the decision to postpone submitting until I have a firm grasp on … Continue reading Strategies for a year of craft: a weekly writing schedule

Posted on December 19, 2013February 9, 2014

2014: The year of the craft

Our daughter gets angry when she can’t do something perfectly the first time she tries it. She grumbles when she can’t get the stitches right the first time she knits, or she throws down her first macrame when the chevrons don’t match up, or she cries when she begins with the “expert” pattern for her … Continue reading 2014: The year of the craft

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Andrea Badgley is a mom, wife, reader, and writer. She grew up on the coast of Georgia and now lives with her husband and two children in the Appalachian mountains of Virginia. Her work appears in Southern Women’s Review, on the Brevity blog, and on The Daily Post. Follow her on Twitter @andreabadgley.

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