Annemarie Plenert

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  • back to it

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    It’s September first. The days are still warm but the nights are chilly; people are adding nutmeg to everything they can think of; the yarn stores are entering their busy season. School has started for some people, and for us it starts on Wednesday. I, like many, love the back to school feelings – unblemished…

  • brave

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    Hello, it’s been a while! I’ve decided that this year I am choosing a word of the year, and setting related goals. I’m not going to pretend that this isn’t New Year’s resolutions, a thing that I do every year even when I say I’m not going to. Every year I think *this* will be…

  • before and after

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    It’s difficult to be in the midst of a tough time in our culture. We put a great deal of value on before and afters, on skipping through the tough work with a montage set to a soundtrack, and therefore making it difficult to live in the moments that don’t show a dramatic transformation. There…

  • change

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    I resist change. It’s totally normal; our brains are geared for homeostasis, or keeping things the same, because change is scary and unknown and a threat to survival. Homeostasis keeps us safe, but can also keep us trapped. And I’m feeling trapped. I’ve been at home with my kids for almost eight years. I don’t…

  • routines

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    I thrive in a routine-driven environment. I love to know what is going to happen. I live and die by my planner, and my mental health is directly linked to how on top of my habits I am. When it comes to my writing, I am my most productive when I have a schedule that I follow.…

  • page one

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    I don’t like that I don’t like change. Our culture respects people who transform themselves like phoenixes, lightning their lives on fire and rising from the ashes. Before and after journeys, turning lemons in to Lemonade, underdogs rising to victory. Going through trauma and tragedy and proclaiming that one is better for it. I have…