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How to find joy in the journey: a ‘retirement mentality’

By ChrisMadaySchmidt | June 15, 2021

Finding joy in the journey. It’s a cliché, right? Because how can you find joy when you’re digging in the trenches, managing a household, caring for an aging parent, grieving a loss — not to mention coping with global, and even local, unrest? Self-help books and speakers tout the need to detach our focus from…

The power to take flight: ‘What if?’

By ChrisMadaySchmidt | June 8, 2021

One of a writer’s tools includes asking the what if question, and then throwing our characters under the bus (sometimes literally). I ask myself the what if question often. Not just on paper for the stories I tell, but when it comes to my life as a whole of its sum parts. For example, what if I…

A big or little thing called perspective: it’s all in how you look at it

By ChrisMadaySchmidt | June 1, 2021

Welcome to my inaugural blog post! Although it actually marks my 959th entry (you can access previous posts at Always The Write Time Blog), I’m excited to hang out with you at my new home—where today’s topic focuses on perspective, brought to you by a recent hike in the mountains. While my surroundings changed from…

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By ChrisMadaySchmidt | March 15, 2021

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