I wanted to give some examples of what my daily writing practice is like. At the end of each day I sit down and write about the three best things of that particular day. This is something I started way back in 2017 (what feels like one hundred years ago) when looking for a clean slate for a new year. It’s evolved into my single best mental health support strategy, keeping me grounded and focused on the things that matter. Surprisingly, the things that matter are often very small things – focusing on the really good cup of coffee, a silly thing a squirrel is doing, the way the air feels on that first chilly morning in September.

I write about the everyday. But in the everyday I think I have found the truth, that being with people I love, taking time to reflect on what’s good, putting myself out into nature each day, all of these deliver more benefits than I can count. Trust me, I have 9 years of evidence to support my theory. 😉

Here’s a recent example from when I was preparing to put my cyanotype artwork into a local artisan holiday market.

Or an everyday day in October of 2024 when I realized it was likely to get too cold to do this again and so I took off my shoes and socks and walked barefoot in the grass. I did this in 2025 on a sunny day when it was warmer than it seemed like it should be in November, and the funny thing is I had forgotten I had done this the prior year, too. Perhaps every year I find a day when it’s warm enough and probably not going to be warm afterwards and take my shoes and socks off to walk in the grass like a proper tree hugger. I like to think of the past me selves that had this same great idea independently of each other. I’m proud of these past mes.