Comments on: In the Recovery Zone, and How to Avoid Despair with Illness (and Writing) https://webbish6.com/in-the-recovery-zone-and-how-to-avoid-despair-with-illness-and-writing/ Jeannine Hall Gailey's Poetry Blog Tue, 09 Oct 2018 01:08:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Brian James Lewis https://webbish6.com/in-the-recovery-zone-and-how-to-avoid-despair-with-illness-and-writing/#comment-12052 Tue, 09 Oct 2018 01:08:51 +0000 http://webbish6.com/?p=7025#comment-12052 Jeannine, you are the most inspiring person I know! Still thinking of others at a time when most people would not. Glenn, once again you win best caregiver and partner!

I agree with what you say about taking on too many projects as well. It’s easy to get carried away and take on too much. That leads to disappointment on both sides and we don’t need that negative energy

]]> By: Deborah Kate Hammond https://webbish6.com/in-the-recovery-zone-and-how-to-avoid-despair-with-illness-and-writing/#comment-11998 Mon, 24 Sep 2018 03:26:45 +0000 http://webbish6.com/?p=7025#comment-11998 You continue to impress and encourage me. Thank you for this beautiful and real post!

]]> By: Poet Bloggers Revival Digest: Week 37 – Via Negativa https://webbish6.com/in-the-recovery-zone-and-how-to-avoid-despair-with-illness-and-writing/#comment-11997 Mon, 24 Sep 2018 03:20:07 +0000 http://webbish6.com/?p=7025#comment-11997 […] So I have to think of some of the same “survival” skills that apply to recovering from illness and apply them to the writing life. Say you haven’t been writing, you haven’t been feeling like you’re doing enough to promote your work, you don’t feel like you have a support network for your writing, etc. Be kind to yourself – relax and give yourself downtime. Be kind to your support system. Subscribe to journals that support you. Write a thank-you note. Read a book just for fun, not for self-improvement or critique, but fun. And if a bunch of editors are virtually shrugging their shoulders at your work, just like with doctors, keep going until you find the editor that gets you. Remind yourself why you are writing in the first place, spend time with what is beautiful, and try to give yourself some joy. Jeannine Hall Gailey, In the Recovery Zone, and How to Avoid Despair with Illness (and Writing) […]

]]> By: Lesley Wheeler https://webbish6.com/in-the-recovery-zone-and-how-to-avoid-despair-with-illness-and-writing/#comment-11996 Sun, 23 Sep 2018 15:59:15 +0000 http://webbish6.com/?p=7025#comment-11996 Joy to you, in larger and larger servings, Jeannine!

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