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On Movement

Cheryl Wilder — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 15:02:25 +0000

I started 2022 chanting joy joy joy. There’s no quantifiable evidence “joy” has helped my mood. But I can say it was a hectic two months, and I kept grounded […]

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On Refuge: Keeping the House in Order

Cheryl Wilder — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 00:44:21 +0000

My focus this fall has been big picture thinking about my career trajectory. It includes a lot of organizing, outlining, and strategy. In other words, it’s a lot of feeling […]

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Lazy Summer Days

Cheryl Wilder — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 22:56:54 +0000

To have a writing process, one needs to be writing. I kept up as well as I could during the pandemic lockdown amidst all the stress and added work of […]

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On Writing Practice

Cheryl Wilder — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 13:48:58 +0000

On Tuesday, March 23rd, I celebrated Anything That Happens with a virtual book launch. (Watch it here.) There were thoughtful, engaging questions from the audience. Due to time constraints, some […]

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On Plenty

Cheryl Wilder — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 15:23:41 +0000

Recently, I came across Henry David Thoreau’s well-known quote, “The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for […]

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On and On and On

Cheryl Wilder — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 18:16:06 +0000

As the days of 2020 melt into one another, Erykah Badu’s song “On & On” replays in my head. The song was released in 1997, the year my eldest son […]

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On Between

Cheryl Wilder — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 11:30:00 +0000

It’s January 2020 and there’s no shortage of “decade in review” lists. I scanned USA Today‘s 10 Lists over 10 years to get my first taste of the past decade. […]

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On Making

Cheryl Wilder — Fri, 30 Aug 2019 14:01:37 +0000

A work of art… is not a living thing… that walks or runs. But the making of a life. That which gives you a reaction. To some it is the […]

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On Dreams

Cheryl Wilder — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 13:01:05 +0000

It’s half way through 2018. A lot has shifted since setting goals for this year. The main thing that’s shifted is my professional focus. Come September, instead of growing my […]

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On Resolve

Cheryl Wilder — Sat, 06 Jan 2018 02:19:11 +0000

To help my four-year-old boys’ learn how to make a resolution, I purchased, “Squirrel’s New Year’s Resolution,” by Pat Miller. The core message is summed up when Bear, the librarian […]

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