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drumlincountry · 10 months ago

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So one of the WONDERFUL ladies in my writing group took me aside last time we met and said she'd been thinking about me a lot recently. She said she felt her creative self had been in suspended animation for years and years and years while she was working and raising a family. she said that NOW she's had a new lease on life because she's just retired and even tho she's taking care of aging parents and learning piano she's written more than ever before. And that made her think of me because I always say how I wish I had more time to write & she feels bad that none of the group can give me any advice on that because the only thing that helped her was retiring. But that she empathised and wished me well.

So I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THAT.

#She's not a communist so she didn't connect the dots that the thing that allows one to write is mental energy and free time #And resourse security that means you don't need to sell your life for money AND care for loved ones #Friends. Romans. Tumblr users. I DO NOT WANT MY CREATIVE SELF TO BE IN SUSPENDED ANIMATION FOR 30 YEARS #AND ANOTHER THING #is that she just....understands me so well its insane #As an oddball I am used to being not understood.#So it is strange when someone you've spoken directly to 3 times #And not seen in almost a year #Takes you aside and lays out the central problem of your life before you #Like WTF #Me Fein #I will muse on this some more #I am the youngest in that group by at least 20 years #So retirement won't save me!!

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