Hello everyone! Not to cause any alarm, but I'm a bit burnt out after the past two weeks. A lot happened both in my personal life and my professional life that has made it very difficult for me to sit down and read for a few hours a day. Pushing through the last of my … Continue reading Book Review delay due to Life Burnout
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Author Update #1
Hi Everyone! This is the first of many monthly updates to my Author timeline. I’m hoping that by sharing my progress once a month, it will push me to make significant progress to share with everyone. It’s a way of keeping myself accountable while also sharing my progress and expected release dates for my books. … Continue reading Author Update #1
Resolutions and Goals
I was planning to post this earlier, but I decided to wait. With New Years behind us, the surge of what I call “New Year's Hype” has quieted down. I refer to it as hype as there’s this undeniable energy we all get at the prospect of starting a new year and working towards a … Continue reading Resolutions and Goals
Book Review Delay by a Day
Hi Everyone! Sorry to do this, but this week got away from me a bit. Rather than rush the book I'm reading which is a disservice to the author, I decided to take a day to finish reading it. It'll give me time to write a more insightful review that is worth reading. I'll have … Continue reading Book Review Delay by a Day
New Year, New Decade
Happy New Year everyone! Hope everyone had a wonderful New Year celebration. One of the most talked about subjects regarding the end of this particular year is that it is the end of a decade. Now normally I don’t make too much of a big deal regarding New Years but the decade ending was something … Continue reading New Year, New Decade
Reflection and Break for the Holidays
Hi everyone! I do say Reflection quite a bit I realize. Going on a small break over the holidays. I’m planning on using the time to reflect on my goals and how I approached them this year. There was a lot I had hoped to achieve this year but I got side tracked repeatedly and … Continue reading Reflection and Break for the Holidays
Revisiting The Importance Of Self Care
Earlier this week I saw a tweet that took me a bit off guard. One of the artists I follow tweeted about how men shouldn’t have to meet expectations everyone expects of them to have value. The points she had listed were admittedly all things I had thought of as failures in my own life. … Continue reading Revisiting The Importance Of Self Care
Focus in a World Full of Noise
A great example of how difficult focus can be is how I spent 40 min on YouTube before I actually started writing this article. It can be so hard to concentrate when there are fun and easier alternatives surrounding us. Video games, movies, YouTube, anything can be more enticing as it doesn’t require as much … Continue reading Focus in a World Full of Noise
Being OK with Imperfection
First off I wanted to apologize for how late this post is. Last week I was working on finishing the 3rd, and hopefully final edition, of my first book. I focused a lot on the artwork and formatting to print correctly on Amazon’s publishing service. Getting the cover art to fit correctly can be very … Continue reading Being OK with Imperfection
Return from Hiatus and what I’ve learned
Hello everyone! I apologize for my hiatus, September was a bit of a crazy month. Between weddings, trips planned, and catching up with old and new friends, it was a rather hectic time. But in that time I feel like I’ve learned a lot about valuing myself as a creative and a as a person … Continue reading Return from Hiatus and what I’ve learned
Raph's Cozy Musings 