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I’m Going to Write Fiction (Part 3): Update

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Worldschooling time

My ambition for writing got the better of me.

I suppose that’s kind of cool (tons of ambition), but I had to put the brakes on my writing schedule.

I don’t have the bandwidth to pursue this like I thought.

Something (or someone) suffers.

As most of you know, we’re traveling the world as a family – a digital nomad family. That means we’re homeschooling and worldschooling our daughter, too. The short of it is that when I “work” my daughter doesn’t get a patient mom.

Homeschooling is a lot of effort, and my former process of managing it (versus being a more active participant) doesn’t feel right in my gut.

My intuition is telling me to slow the fuck down.

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I’m Going to Write Fiction (Part 2): Here’s My Writing Schedule

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True to my word last week, I’m deep in my process of writing fiction.

More specifically, I’m following the little plan I set for myself. That means I’m reading two kinds of books, simultaneously, and doing a little writing also. Read more here, where I told all of you about my ambitious plan to write fiction.

I’m reading both novels and “how to write” non-fiction books.

It’s been interesting to read the both side-by-side. As I learn more on the “how to” side, I’m noticing things while reading fiction! Learning the language of how to write helps me see these very aspects in others’ writing. I have many “Oh, I see that thing I just learned about!” or “The author did a great example of ‘showing’ and not telling.” etc.

Your Brain When Writing

In one of the books I mentioned I’d be reading, The Writer’s Process, the author did a great job showing how we use our brains when writing. She also gives advice on how to optimize that. In other words, she details how we have a scribe and a muse in our brain. Plus she teaches the best way to get into flow so you can use both at the same time.

Make a Schedule

The author also talked about the importance of having a schedule for writing – and she backs it up with science along with a clever way of comparing it to baking bread, in which I have excellent experience (learn my process for how to make sourdough bread here!).

She writes, “Schedules give us strength.”

That brings me to today’s update for you.

Inspired, I created a schedule, and I want to share it with you for three reasons.

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My Favorite Travel Shampoo – Shampoo Bar

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My favorite travel shampoo: Shampoo Bar.

As a traveler I look for ways to save on space, weight, as well as taking as much in my carry-on as I can.

It’s not easy.

Because we travel for extended periods of time, I prefer taking some beauty products in full-size so they last me at least a month. As a result, with TSA restrictions on liquids I have a hard time getting all of my beauty products in that small zip-bag.

And this limits me in the number of different products I can take in my carry-on. That’s not good when it comes to beauty products.

There’s a way to help though!

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I’m Going to Write Fiction

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I’ve decided to try my hand at writing fiction.

Confession: I have no idea what I’m doing.

I never excelled at telling Kamea bedtime stories. That was Greg’s department.  I certainly never considered myself as a fiction writer. The gall! Thinking of myself as a storyteller just didn’t register on my radar. Frankly, I didn’t think I was creative enough.

But… I know better. My father-in-law is Shad Helmstetter (author), and I know to watch my “self-talk.”

Here are my thoughts. I love to read. I love to write. Whether it’s blogging, journaling, emailing, or making a million to-do lists. Plus, making a living with words is attractive. I’m a digital nomad traveling the world with my family, and I’m immersed in many unique experiences. I’m surrounded by new material every time I step out our front door.

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My Favorite Coffee Shop in Porto Portugal – C’alma – Digital Nomad Life

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C'alma Specialty Coffee Room
C’alma Specialty Coffee Room – Porto, Portugal. We love this place.

I found a fabulous coffee shop in Porto last week called C’alma.

We’re still in Porto for the next couple of weeks. It’s a lovely place (read why it’s a great place to visit or live here). We walk the streets regularly, and they’re filled with cafes and coffee shops beckoning me with aromas, cute chairs outside under umbrellas, and seeing everyone enjoying their espresso with each one we pass.

But not all cafes are great for digital nomads.

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Thanksgiving Dinner at MUU in Porto, Portugal (Digital Nomad Family)

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As digital nomads, we celebrated Thanksgiving at MUU in Porto, Portugal.

It wasn’t too strange celebrating Thanksgiving without the rest of our family.

In past years, we would always celebrate with our moms (together) for Thanksgiving dinner, so there’s only 6 of us sitting around the dinner table. It was always super casual, but we still cooked plenty of traditional recipes, leaving leftovers for days.

But, because our holidays were always pretty casual, I actually wasn’t too concerned we wouldn’t be there this time. I figured our moms would miss us a bit, but it wasn’t going to be a big deal that we weren’t there.

Besides, we just left Arizona.

It’s possible the reason I didn’t feel guilty about it is because we just left Arizona after having spent over a month there. We chose to go home in October for a few reasons, including voting and choosing a time for international flights that wasn’t overpriced.

By going in the fall, our time spent there helps soften the fact that we wouldn’t be there for Thanksgiving (and winter holidays). As a result, we were able to see family close to those holidays, and still get to enjoy our digital nomad family life living abroad.

Everyone is happy. :)

I finally get a break from cooking.

Living in Porto we have a tiny kitchen, with minimal cooking equipment. There are also no turkeys around. Or cranberries as far as I can tell.

We decided to give me a much needed break from cooking Thanksgiving dinner (I’m always the main home chef every year), and we went out to an amazing dinner.

That’s what this post is about: Thanksgiving dinner at MUU in Porto, Portugal.

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