#BlogLikeCrazy is always a good time to do another edition of “30 Things I Love Right Now” because — content! Let’s go!
- Listening to podcasts while I take afternoon walks
- Daydreaming about starting a podcast of my own
- Going to dance performances at the Alabama School of Fine Arts
- Knowing I don’t have to grade any of the dancers’ papers when I get home
- Brainstorming goals for 2020
- Planning how I’m going to achieve them all
- Planning my 40th birthday celebration and trip, even though I have yet to turn 39
- Brainstorming my 40 before 40 list
- Being a regular contributor to The Birmingham Times, the paper that gave me my first byline when I was only 19 years old
- Finally feeling like a journalist again
- Finding out the National Association of Black Journalists 2023 national convention will be held in Birmingham!
- My partnership with Alabama Media Group and Reckon Women that allows me to help women get published and get paid.
- Seeing a See Jane Write Collective member land her first cover story!
- Waking up to Instagram notifications from clients saying I’m the best writing coach they’ve ever had!
- Being my husband’s wife.
- Being my husband’s girlfriend, too.
- My Smarty Pants pin collection, which I earned for all the money I’ve raised for the Women’s Fund of Greater Birmingham
- The Fultondale campus of Church of the Highlands is opening soon
- Suave natural hair care products
- Blazers and boots
- Sparkly nail polish
- Sweet potato cupcake from K+J’s Elegant Pastries
- Warm Grain bowls from Panera Bread
- Thinking about how epic it would be to host a See Jane Write Girls Night Out at Dread River Distillery
- Learning how to use Instagram Stories to boost my business
- Taking Fridays off
- Being a good girl gone freelance
- Being my own boss
- Being the CEO of my life
- Making lists like these