Comments on: What’s Holding You Back; or, sometimes the thing you are battling in the thing you need to embrace https://webbish6.com/whats-holding-you-back-or-sometimes-the-thing-you-are-battling-in-the-thing-you-need-to-embrace-2/ Jeannine Hall Gailey's Poetry Blog Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:30:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Jessie Carty https://webbish6.com/whats-holding-you-back-or-sometimes-the-thing-you-are-battling-in-the-thing-you-need-to-embrace-2/#comment-2691 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:30:35 +0000 http://webbish6.com/whats-holding-you-back-or-sometimes-the-thing-you-are-battling-in-the-thing-you-need-to-embrace-2/#comment-2691 I really needed to read this today as ive been feeling overwhelmed by the none teachjng requirements of my instructors job. I want to embrace the reality of it all. I needed this reminder 🙂

Here is to 2012 and hour continued awesomeness!

]]> By: Sandy Longhorn https://webbish6.com/whats-holding-you-back-or-sometimes-the-thing-you-are-battling-in-the-thing-you-need-to-embrace-2/#comment-2690 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:51:10 +0000 http://webbish6.com/whats-holding-you-back-or-sometimes-the-thing-you-are-battling-in-the-thing-you-need-to-embrace-2/#comment-2690 Great post, although I do hope that you have much improved health in 2012.

There was a time when I had a similar conversation with myself about my teaching load. For personal reasons, I’m not able to be on the market for an amazing 2/2 job in an MFA program. Instead, I teach 5/5 of undergrad comp, lit, and creative writing. Once I was able to embrace that life and work with it rather than against it, amazing things began to happen in my writing life. It took some hard work and focused re-thinking, but it did work. This is minor compared to the health issues you are confronting, but I do hope you will see the same “bright side” that I did.

]]> By: Kathleen https://webbish6.com/whats-holding-you-back-or-sometimes-the-thing-you-are-battling-in-the-thing-you-need-to-embrace-2/#comment-2689 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:48:59 +0000 http://webbish6.com/whats-holding-you-back-or-sometimes-the-thing-you-are-battling-in-the-thing-you-need-to-embrace-2/#comment-2689 I think you are so right! Look clearly at what is, whirl with it, and voila! Also, I love how you put poetry complaining in context. Thank you!

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