Daily Dispatches: Day 12

COVID-19, Real LifeJena SchwartzMarch 25, 2020Comment

Daily Dispatches: Day 9

COVID-19, Real LifeJena SchwartzMarch 23, 2020Comment

Daily Dispatches: Day 6

COVID-19, Real LifeJena SchwartzMarch 23, 2020Comment

Learning How to Pace Myself (Or, How My Bulldog and I Are the Same Person)

I was talking to my wife yesterday about being tired. I don't know exactly where it comes from, but I have some residual shame about being tired. I'm a person who gets a lot done and also crashes hard. I don't always pace myself well.

Real LifeJena SchwartzFebruary 17, 2020personal growth, English Bulldog, english bulldog, bulldog, Chalupa, Slowing DownComment

That Kind of Weeek

The kind of week when you carry a mix of awe and gratitude and sadness and clarity and none of it makes sense yet it all makes complete sense.

Real LifeJena SchwartzJanuary 29, 2020Everyday life, Phillipe Petit, tightrope walker, bittersweet, prose poetryComment

Cleaning Fit

I might resist change, but I also welcome it. It's how we keep things moving, keep energy flowing, and make room for what's new. If it hadn't been for that stench, I might not have had a cleaning fit today.

Real Life, ObservationsJena SchwartzJanuary 2, 2020Comment

Success: Looking Behind the Curtain

The more we look behind the curtain, the healthier we can be in our expectations of ourselves and the more compassionate we can be with each other.

11 things on a snow day

I worked up a sweat shoveling a path for poor Chalupa, who was like, hey lady, where is a dog supposed to relieve herself around here?

Real LifeJena SchwartzDecember 3, 2019Comment

Thanksgiving Thoughts

This is a day of sorrow. And this is a day of giving thanks. I wonder as I type the words whether both can be true, and am not at all convinced that the answer is yes.

Real Life, Resistance, ObservationsJena SchwartzNovember 28, 2019Comment

11 things (beats staring at the blinking cursor)

Real Life, Creative Process, ObservationsJena SchwartzNovember 25, 2019writing exercise, writing practice, 11s, yoga, 30 day yoga challenge, Yoga with Adriene, Thanksgiving, Family, divorce, CoparentingComment

All the Way Here

Why bother writing if you’re not writing something? It’s a fair question.

11 things during my son's piano lesson

Real LifeJena SchwartzOctober 22, 2019writing practice, showing up, listening, lists, 11sComment

My One and Only House

Overwhelm happens. And thankfully, so does perspective.

Real LifeJena SchwartzOctober 14, 2019health, wellness, annual exam, pap smear, cervix, cancer, melanoma, gratitude, perspectiveComment

"Be the Chicken"

Maybe I'm not so much like the chicken after all. But I do love the simplicity and whimsy of the picture, so perhaps that, at the end of the day, is why I like it and will keep it on the fridge.

Observations, Real LifeJena SchwartzSeptember 23, 2019creativity, Spontaneity, creative process, writing prompt, playfulnessComment

It's Not a Performance

It's like the rabbi reminds the congregation at the start of the Torah service, every time there is a bar or bat mitzvah: We are not here as performer and audience, but as a community.