tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post906056156278983005..comments2024-03-28T19:02:37.054+00:00Comments on More than Writers: Know Yourself, by Lucy Millsauntyamohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08213728883228063200noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-50912841369042382872015-10-28T21:19:32.324+00:002015-10-28T21:19:32.324+00:00Thank you everyone for your comments - good to sha...Thank you everyone for your comments - good to share common experiences.Lucyhttp://www.lucy-mills.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-64829846291032338532015-10-28T13:43:36.477+00:002015-10-28T13:43:36.477+00:00Fantastic post - when I finally faced and accepted...Fantastic post - when I finally faced and accepted my depression as part of my life battle I began to more easily recognise days I could cope and when I could not - just knowing yourself and listening makes such a difference - embracing the sofa slump days with you xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01925242441001910367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-81977574864997845592015-10-27T19:53:08.788+00:002015-10-27T19:53:08.788+00:00Good stuff - very universalist! Who doesn't be...Good stuff - very universalist! Who doesn't become exhausted? No point in pretending or beating oneself up. (Though I do - so hard to 'waste' a day or two regaining energy...)Mari Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05606125048044373268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-21742609221576652972015-10-27T14:51:44.195+00:002015-10-27T14:51:44.195+00:00Thanks for your honesty. The hardest thing for ach...Thanks for your honesty. The hardest thing for achievers (and writing anything is an achievement) is to accept non-achieving times and not panic. It always feels like you have permanently lost it. Terrifying. I think a lot of us will empathise with this post. It's the same with praying. Those times when you can't think of a thing to say to God. Trying to hang on to the fact that he already knows what's going on inside us and accepts and loves us just the same. Fran Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13497526684591168192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-50717229129034689682015-10-27T13:02:40.111+00:002015-10-27T13:02:40.111+00:00Thank you for this, Lucy. I had moments like this ...Thank you for this, Lucy. I had moments like this which lasted years, because my teaching job left me so exhausted I couldn't write at all. Now, I'm retired and, even over the last few weeks, my writing brain has started to regrow.<br />(Sorry about deleting previous post. It contained a typo.)Rosemary Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05797123703252258773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-17998395196609897662015-10-27T13:01:17.093+00:002015-10-27T13:01:17.093+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Rosemary Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05797123703252258773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-31408157511719707942015-10-27T09:51:51.958+00:002015-10-27T09:51:51.958+00:00Thank you for this, Lucy. I've just had one of...Thank you for this, Lucy. I've just had one of those moments, except that it's lasted over a week! We do have to learn to care for ourselves - if we were musicians, we would care for and maintain our instrument, the same goes for our 'writing brain'.Veronica Zundelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248292370623296757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1643092331729126387.post-1696217479789374272015-10-27T08:25:07.237+00:002015-10-27T08:25:07.237+00:00Beautifully put Lucy. It is true, we do need to kn...Beautifully put Lucy. It is true, we do need to know ourselves and understand that often, what our bodies are telling us, is only temporary.Wendy H. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022089775887274043noreply@blogger.com