Wonderful interview! I am also a stubborn and introverted over thinker. I also very much related to this section: "All my goals and hopes and dreams around writing have suddenly felt a lot more urgent. With my time feeling more limited, I want to make the best use of it." After my second (my kids are similarly aged at 6 and 2.5), I had PPD that kinda threw me into a mid-life crisis because I hadn't written in 10 years. I started by just finding my love of reading again for a year then slowly moved back to writing.
Thanks for such a lovely comment! Your comment sounds so familiar to me! The early years of motherhood have been so challenging mentally. I was also reading a LOT of self development books. Last year, I made a resolution to not read any of those for the year, and instead I fell back in love with fiction - and then writing. It’s a good feeling huh?! X
Thank you for your lovely comment Heather and glad that Rachel's words resonated with you. I love that you started by finding a love of reading again and then moved on to writing. And making the best use of out time too, I think it makes us more focused, less time for procrastinating which is a good thing!
Lovely interview, thank you both! I really resonated with what Rachel said about creativity being an emotional outlet and somewhere to process all of the huge feelings woven into mothering xx
Thank you for your lovely comment Lyndsay ❤️ - I loved that part of the interview too. I really do think that creativity has a huge effect on our wellbeing as mums.
Wonderful interview! I am also a stubborn and introverted over thinker. I also very much related to this section: "All my goals and hopes and dreams around writing have suddenly felt a lot more urgent. With my time feeling more limited, I want to make the best use of it." After my second (my kids are similarly aged at 6 and 2.5), I had PPD that kinda threw me into a mid-life crisis because I hadn't written in 10 years. I started by just finding my love of reading again for a year then slowly moved back to writing.
Thanks for such a lovely comment! Your comment sounds so familiar to me! The early years of motherhood have been so challenging mentally. I was also reading a LOT of self development books. Last year, I made a resolution to not read any of those for the year, and instead I fell back in love with fiction - and then writing. It’s a good feeling huh?! X
Thank you for your lovely comment Heather and glad that Rachel's words resonated with you. I love that you started by finding a love of reading again and then moved on to writing. And making the best use of out time too, I think it makes us more focused, less time for procrastinating which is a good thing!
Lovely interview, thank you both! I really resonated with what Rachel said about creativity being an emotional outlet and somewhere to process all of the huge feelings woven into mothering xx
Thank you for your lovely comment Lyndsay ❤️ - I loved that part of the interview too. I really do think that creativity has a huge effect on our wellbeing as mums.
Yes, and sanity! xx