This blog post:
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will be in bullet points but will not teach you how to keep a bullet journal.
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will not tell you how to write a poem but can tell you where to find some.
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will not convert you to veganism but will ask you to think about what’s filling your belly.
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will not prepare you for the Great North Run but can recommend an app that’ll get you started.
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will tell you that everything is political and nothing is guaranteed.
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will never cease to be amazed that the Tories can be this incompetent and still cling to power.
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will put its children first (if it had children and wasn’t just a mechanism for communication).
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will not stop you from taking on too many projects but can tell you that it’s okay to say no if they will take up too much of your time and won’t sustain you. (You’ll know which ones they are.)
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can recommend a good audio book.
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can recommend living by a river, or at least taking a walk by a river every now and then.
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can recommend turning off notifications at the weekend.
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can recommend a visit to The Bowes Museum. Make sure you get there in time to see the silver swan perform at 2pm.
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understands the need to find time for writing.
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understands that sometimes writing is the last thing you want to do.
Degna Stone is an Inscribe-supported writer and a fellow of The Complete Works. She recently appeared at Newcastle Poetry Festival earlier in May, and is currently working on Backbone of our Land, a Folkworks commission from Sage Gateshead.