HeyJaredNight Shift Writing
Behind-the-scenes musings and confessions of a writer, podcaster, artist, chaos tamer & small-space homesteader. A lot of my work centers upon the themes of starting over, or of the practice of self-sufficiency--even in less than ideal circumstances.
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The Generation And Life Experience Gap For One Person, Is Someone Else's ‘Normal’ (opens the original)
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Hi! I'm Deb, and welcome to The Night Shift, where just about anything is up for discussion. It's about 5 AM as I start this post. Chevy is my writing buddy today; the other pets are in bed and are quietly snoozing away. The neighborhood is quiet, as you'd expect before dawn.I have coffee.Let's do this thing.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Td1a!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2F
Communication About Starting Over And/Or Levelling Up, Sometimes Comes Down To ‘Adult Show and Tell’. No, Not Like That. (opens the original)
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Hi! I'm Deb, and welcome to The Night Shift Podcast, where just about anything is up for discussion. Cooper is my podcast buddy today; the other pets are quietly snoozing away. The neighborhood is, unfortunately, neighborhood-ing. It is, what it is. I have a soda to drink.That-all said, let's do this thing.So. I want to talk about the two worst-kept secrets of personal growth, which are that, 1. You definitely can stand up one day, say ‘Alright, that's enough of that’ and change your life from t
Let's Talk About A Writer's Life A Bit. (opens the original)
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Hi! I’m Deb, and welcome to The Night Shift, where just about anything is up for discussion. It's about midnight as I start this.Cooper and Parkour are my buddies to write with tonight; the other pets have been put to bed, and are sleeping soundly.The neighborhood is surprisingly quiet. For now.So..without further ado..Let’s get this thing going. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Td1a!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2F
Starting From Here: First Adventures In Communicating To Others That You've Evolved Past A Prior Role (opens the original)
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Hi! I'm Deb, and welcome to The Night Shift, where just about anything is up for discussion. It's about 1AM as I start this post. Chevy is my writing buddy tonight; the other pets have been put to bed and are quietly snoozing away. The neighborhood is .. neighborhood-ing. I have a pear-scented candle burning on the stove; for atmosphere. I have coffee.Let's do this thing.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Td1a!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progres
Memories of an almost immediately post 9/11 world. (opens the original)
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Hi! I'm Deb, and welcome to The Night Shift, where just about anything is up for discussion. It's about 2 PM as I start this post on the Daytime Shift, shortly before I conk out on the Evening Shift (I do have to sleep sometime).I'm up and running at roughly three quarter speed with plenty of glitching because there is weed pollen about. Achoo! The neighborhood is a bit noisy; there's some construction going on, one street over from where I am sitting. I wish I had coffee, but Parkour accidental
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