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July 17, 2013 · 3:46 pm

Getting Down from the Horse, Voting with Choices

long legged horse bronze sculpture I don’t want to be on a high horse. Realizing that I might sometimes put myself in an ideal light on this blog, I assure you, it is always with the intention of encouraging readers to be happy and healthy.

But today, I will confess. Following is a list of things I do that are less than healthy, eco-conscious, socially conscious, progressive or productive. I am not proud, but simply human.

Let me preface the list by saying that some of these shortcomings are due to time and money constraints. If you are fortunate enough to have the time and money to make better choices for yourself, your family and your world, I implore you to do so. When you vote with your choices (economically and socially), you ask the industry and community to take heed. The result will be better options for the rest of us.

Without further ado:

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Freelance Freetime

laptop Smithsonian Natural Health magazines desk I have this running list of things to do that are at once entertaining and productive. Things like “read Smithsonian and Natural Health magazines” (to which I subscribe) and “write for fun.”

Rarely do I get to them, or for more than three minutes at a time.

While these to-do items make me no money and add nothing to my resume, they do remind me why I love to work in words. They remind me of the best of fiction and non fiction. They let me take a tiny break from being Wife, Mom, Freelance Writer, and connect me with both a younger and an older self.

Reading and writing for pleasure have always been preferred pastimes, and always will be. They are at my essence. Further, as a writer, I think it’s vital that I seek out new fascinations and keep tabs on old passions.

I am endlessly fortunate that I get paid to write, even if in a non-glamorous capacity. Sometimes, though, it’s nice to do it freestyle.