Summer is here, and it promises to be a busier summer than last. Despite this, I am plotting and planning, carving out the time to physically pick up books and read. My choices reflect where I am presently in life and accurately represent the varied interests I am working through. Here’s my Summer 2021 reading list.

For some people, creative freedom and a creative practice might mean movement, poetry, theatre, crafting, or painting. For me, it’s a mixture of creating visually as well as in writing. It goes back to why I got into communications in the first place. I wanted to tell stories. I wanted to share the lives and the experiences of people. My creative practice will be about sharing my life and my very own experiences.

Who else had high hopes for 2021, and then the first week of the year had other plans? While we are all thinking about our plans for this year and bettering the last, I want to share my 5 tips for slow living in 2021.