The Difficulty of Returning From an Unplanned Writing Sabbatical

The small, more realistic steps I am taking to get back on track.

Photo by David Iskander on Unsplash

(I originally wrote this story in September of 2021, in the midst of the pandemic. I realized it was never published. However, I do think the experience of being pulled away from personal goals by life’s unexpected events is evergreen. I wanted to…