What’s one small improvement you can make in your life?
One small improvement I could make is learning to leave just a little more space for myself in the space between my job and my passions.
I work long hours at the nursing home, often picking up extra shifts because we’re constantly short-staffed. I do it because I care. I love the work. I love the people. I’ll never fully step away from the field. But alongside that, I pour myself into writing poetry, journal entries, collaborations, my solo books, and a growing partnership with a magazine.
I’m also trying to build something of my own, something sustainable, something that lasts a small business rooted in the craft, spirituality , and art. My vision is that within five years, this business becomes my main focus, and the nursing home becomes something I do part-time, from the heart, not out of necessity.
Right now, I say yes to almost every opportunity. I juggle multiple projects at once: two major collaborations, my own upcoming release, and the everyday maintenance of the creative world I’m building.
Not to mention a lot of extra hours on the clock. I don’t resent any of it. I’m proud of all of it. But the improvement I need is rest. Not to stop but, to pause, breathe, and stretch without breaking. To protect the vessel that carries all this love, labor, and purpose. That’s where I can improve.
I would do anything to go on a writing retreat into the wilderness, somewhere with a large lake. I’ll stay in my own tent and use whatever budget needed.
However, I know a week, two at most would enable me to create so much without the need to stop and actually “work” in between, ruining my flow.
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