Greetings, dear listeners!
January has a way of making us feel like we should already have our writing plans figured out—clear goals, steady discipline, and a strong start. Sound familiar?
In this episode, I want to gently interrupt that pressure. Instead of asking what you should produce this year, I invite you to consider a different starting point—one that’s quieter, more humane, and often more effective for long, complex writing projects.
This episode is about shifting attention away from ambitious promises and toward something that can actually support you as a writer in the context of your real life.
I talk about a few specific things that are worth noticing if you want your writing to feel more sustainable and less fraught this year—not as a system to optimize, but as information you can learn from over time. If your writing has felt inconsistent, frustrating, or harder than you think it “should” be, this conversation is meant to meet you with understanding rather than jumping to bigger goals before you can hold those goals.
You don’t need to fix everything at once. You just need a way to start paying attention—kindly, curiously, and without judgment.
