by Mary B Safrit | Jun 10, 2021 | Relationships and Community, Teaching
I used to preemptively apologize like it was my job. Now, I only do it like it’s a small side hustle. If you’re a chronic over-thinker ™, mayhaps you also notice this tendency. A couple of years ago, it seemed like every time I hung out with a friend or group of...
by Mary B Safrit | May 20, 2021 | Relationships and Community
If one chooses to date in this modern era, one quickly realizes that getting ghosted is part of the game. To those unaware of this phenomenon, bless your heart. Ghosting is when a human person to whom you are speaking in a romantical fashion stops communicating...
by Mary B Safrit | May 13, 2021 | Relationships and Community
I am an extremely competitive person. Like, beyond what is cute or reasonable. It’s something that I’m learning to embrace about myself, but it has been a journey. If you are *ahem* passionate even when it comes to trivial game playing, it can cause communication...
by Mary B Safrit | Mar 11, 2021 | Relationships and Community
Last October, I flew to Michigan to gather with coaches and fellow writers. For many of us, everything we have been doing this year was leading up to this trip. The trip during which we would get to meet one-on-one with editors. *gulp* I was a bundle of nerves...
by Mary B Safrit | Dec 29, 2020 | Relationships and Community, Teaching
If you’re like me, this is the time of year when I generally reflect and look ahead to the coming year. Though 2020 has been abnormal, to put it mildly, some traditions help to steady the ship. Here are 20 things I learned in 2020. Given the choice between doing...
by Mary B Safrit | Oct 1, 2020 | How-to's, Relationships and Community
It is an overwhelming time to be a person. Wildfires, persistent and systemic racial injustice, a pandemic, the upcoming election. On top of the psychological and emotional taxation of these realities, we have our own personal lives to live. We continue to work or...
