Monthly Highlights: April 2021
April has been a challenging month for me personally, for a number of reasons. Yet I’m very proud to say I met the goal I set at the start of the month of publishing at least 20 stories on Medium!
With so much work hitting the internet, I’m excited to whittle it down to some of my favorite articles from the month of April. Per usual, I will break it down by category so you can find the work that most matches your interest areas.
I know they say we should fit ourselves into niches as writers, but I believe we all contain multitudes and should write about the things that speak to us. And so, without further ado, here’s some of what I felt drawn to write about this month.
Mental Health/Chronic Pain
I reflected on the last time I rode a rollercoaster prior to receiving the diagnosis that makes it medically unadvisable for me to ride them ever again, accepted by Invisible Illness
I penned some thoughts related to body image and diet culture in my first article for Write Like a Girl
Travel
Remembering my cross-country Greyhound trip to Idaho and the events that transpired in the Sawtooth mountains in my first for World Traveler’s Blog
Azula, Andy, and I went backpacking a few months ago for my very first time, which I wrote about for World Traveler’s Blog
I returned to my Ohio roots in this reflection on my first trip to Hocking Hills post occipital neuralgia diagnosis, also for World Traveler’s Blog
Books & Reading
I reviewed Sarah Penner’s The Lost Apothecary for the fabulous new Medium publication, Coffee Time Reviews
After buying yet another Reese’s Book Club pick, I went down a rabbit hole exploring what other celebrity book clubs are out there for this roundup posted in Books Are Our Superpower
Coffee Time Reviews published this reflection on why we can never really read the same book twice
Running
I’m back on the run after a hiatus, which is always an interesting experience, as outlined in this article
As summer approaches, I rounded up my favorite summer running essentials for In Fitness and in Health
Identity/Self
This reflection on my history with coffee (or lack thereof) sparked more conversation than I expected
Whew! That’s just a small sample of the things I wrote about this month, and boy does it feel good to reflect back on what went right after this past month.
Before I go, I’d be remiss if I didn’t also mention that I’ve started a page on Buy Me A Coffee, where you can support my creative work if you feel so called. One of the perks on offer is access to behind-the-paywall friend links to all of my posts. So far, I have a whopping 0 supporters, so you could say it’s going pretty well.
Happy “it’s gonna be May” and happy reading, my friends! I’ll see you next month with my next writing recap.