Hey HC! Two things: have an amazing holiday and, on your return, please try not to feel pressure to “write a more interesting newsletter”. I love what you do, am constantly enthused and energised by the writers you link to and am reassured to hear your struggles and triumphs. You have no need to be more I interesting. You’re smashing it just as you are! Take care and thanks again for all your work 😀
For heaven's sake, honey pie, you don't need to write a more "interesting" newsletter. I adore it as is. Likewise your podcast. You and your works are entertaining, fascinating and amusing. So there. Enjoy your time off! ("Sucking up to the boss" indeed...I was never any good in corporate work settings! Never could get the feel of how to spout BS with a straight face.)
I've just sat here pondering this. For me, I *think* it is both. There are times when I need to sit and write and find that place because if it brings on that sense of flow and timeloss then that, to me, is relaxing. I can emerge from that and feel refreshed and inspired and full of wonder. So, yeah, writing leading to the relaxation. But then there are times that I can feel that--as you aptly describe--unfurling of the brain that makes me want to grab the keyboard and start writing.
Thanks for this Hattie, the idea of the brain unfurling when travelling and being out in the world really resonated with me. I listened to the podcast with Geoff Dyer on a flight back from Krakow to Belfast today! Three days away there definitely sparked ideas. Hope you have a good break!
Thanks for the shoot-out, Hattie! I like what you wrote here. “But what can you do?” Exactly! I often feel bad about how slowly and non-linearly my work progresses, but, like, that is how it is! If I could sit down and just crank it out, believe me, I would . . .
I love your team-building mindset. What inspires you? Holidays! Traveling! Of course! Truth is the most inspiring of all things.
Hey HC! Two things: have an amazing holiday and, on your return, please try not to feel pressure to “write a more interesting newsletter”. I love what you do, am constantly enthused and energised by the writers you link to and am reassured to hear your struggles and triumphs. You have no need to be more I interesting. You’re smashing it just as you are! Take care and thanks again for all your work 😀
For heaven's sake, honey pie, you don't need to write a more "interesting" newsletter. I adore it as is. Likewise your podcast. You and your works are entertaining, fascinating and amusing. So there. Enjoy your time off! ("Sucking up to the boss" indeed...I was never any good in corporate work settings! Never could get the feel of how to spout BS with a straight face.)
Great read, Hattie.
I've just sat here pondering this. For me, I *think* it is both. There are times when I need to sit and write and find that place because if it brings on that sense of flow and timeloss then that, to me, is relaxing. I can emerge from that and feel refreshed and inspired and full of wonder. So, yeah, writing leading to the relaxation. But then there are times that I can feel that--as you aptly describe--unfurling of the brain that makes me want to grab the keyboard and start writing.
They are intertwined and it is a beautiful thing.
Thanks for this Hattie, the idea of the brain unfurling when travelling and being out in the world really resonated with me. I listened to the podcast with Geoff Dyer on a flight back from Krakow to Belfast today! Three days away there definitely sparked ideas. Hope you have a good break!
“Straightforward day-to-day work feels deeply unappealing.”
I feel so incredibly seen.
Thanks for the shoot-out, Hattie! I like what you wrote here. “But what can you do?” Exactly! I often feel bad about how slowly and non-linearly my work progresses, but, like, that is how it is! If I could sit down and just crank it out, believe me, I would . . .