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🌱 Spring Is Busy

Published about 2 months ago • 1 min read

Spring is busy.

Somehow this surprises me every year. The weather is amazing, the daylight lasts longer, the activities stack up, summer plans are being made, and end-of-school-year events start lining up. And that book on time management I've been meaning to read since January is still sitting next to my bookshelf.

But honestly, I love spring. I don't feel like I have the time to get to everything I want to, but that's okay. I can enjoy the season for what it is and focus on what is most important. Sometimes that means checking something off my to-do list, and sometimes that means taking a walk in the sunshine because it's a perfect 75 degrees.

In the meantime, I'll be checking my calendar so I don't overcommit or accidentally double-book and apparently think I can be in two places at once. I definitely have not already done both of those things this month. Nope.

(I realized the double-booked issue several days ahead and was able to figure it out, thank goodness.)

What's spring like for you? I'd love to hear about what you've got going on—work or personal!

Links I Loved

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I know this is from last month, but this article about Judy Blume's biography fascinated me.

Book Riot gives a recap of some interesting stats from the Pew Research Center on Americans' reading habits.

A funny writing-related meme.

Merriam-Webster's social media manager is so good at their job.

Can I make this into a sign for my house?

A Book on My Nightstand

My Libby holds JUST came in for Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke and London Falling by Patrick Radden Keefe. Why do library holds all come in at the same time? It's a law of the universe.

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Brittany Redderoth

Book Editor for Indie Fiction Authors

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