Adding Me to My To-Do

Dear Self,

As you know, I took a new position at the beginning of the year, one that calls for more of me. The writer me gets nudged out so the minister me can do her thing. Personally, I’ve been brainstorming with myself to find balance―like adding me to my to-do list.
I started adding my novel writing life on my to-do list. It works sometimes. Now I have the idea of dedicating a day to that part of me. I can make it an easy day. I can add rest and relaxation in there too.

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Dear Tanya,

Your intention moves the energy toward your dreams. Go easy on you. Leave self-judgement off your to-do list. You are on the right path.

Love, Your Self

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(You know, that sounds just like something Luther Andersen, the mystical lighthouse keeper of the Light at Mystic Creek, would say.)

Fiction writer and author, Tanya D. Dawson, has written a story for the young adult in all of us. Her pending novel, Andersen Light: A Mystic Creek Novel [working title], is an atypical tale set in our everyday reality alongside an unknown world of extraordinary others. This becoming-who-you-are adventure breathes fresh air and light into the world of YA fiction, without giving up the angst or the weird. While Andersen Light is primarily set the fictional town of Mystic Creek, Oregon, Tanya lives and works in the American Southwest.