Four Reflections After Taking Time Away From Writing

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Two months ago I stopped writing to focus on my paid work. I was excited to see my earnings finally increase to something that felt fair to me. I wanted to commit to the process that was guiding me towards financial stability and independence for the first time in nearly two decades.

At the time, I understood that to mean that writing as a practice would have to take a back…