Remember to do the fun, inspiring things!

That's a message for myself. Or maybe you, too, if you need it.

One of the things I routinely forget is that I should be reading. I should listen to music. I should knit or spin or weave. I should spend plenty of time doing those things because they inspire me and make me feel good.

And yet.

I have this tendency to neglect those activities when I’m deep in deadline mode. The more stressed out I feel, the more I grit m…