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By @grace__pengelly

[Grace Pengelly @Grace__Pengelly]

Some quick thoughts for @_TheMurmuration on how writers get their work done. (Spoiler: it's not magic!)

GOLDEN HOUR #011: a magical thinking library, by @Grace__Pengelly https://t.co/2CKZtFjXCU

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A lunchtime err distraction?

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Is my phone addiction a sin? I've written about our productivity obsession, avoidance mechanisms and acedia for @_TheMurmuration - click here to read & subscribe. 😊

https://t.co/EJNiYBN0E0

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NEW on @_TheMurmuration

Noticing Loss: How shifting baseline syndrome can help us understand the nature of climate change.

https://t.co/5mGRi7bE9O

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What does it mean to be postpartum? Last week's essay reflected on the postpartum experience and considers how it might be reframed for today. @jenniferabanks Read for free below:
https://t.co/qJnjxA5885

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#postpartum #motherhood #postnatal #childbirth #parenting #philosophy

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What does it mean to be postpartum? This week's essay reflects on the postpartum experience and considers how it might be reframed for today. Read via the link in bio.

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I've written about the philosophy of birth & postpartum on @_TheMurmuration
#007: Postpartum is Forever, by @Grace__Pengelly https://t.co/FRbBw5k6uB

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Currently knee-deep reading up on all things postpartum for my @_TheMurmuration newsletter which will go out to subscribers on Thursday. This week will feature wisdom on Natality from @jenniferabanks, Motherhood from @kerri_ni Sign up via the link in my bio 📩

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This week's @_TheMurmuration Golden Hour is a short film about 'morning pages' - preview here: https://t.co/smvqPrICb3

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Thank you to everyone who has been in touch about this essay. It is heartening to know I’m not alone 💚

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‘I no longer care about being good enough. I care more about living a life that is wholly my own, and which reflects more accurately the things I care deeply about’

Thoughts on quitting my job, the meaning of work, and what it means to pursue a vocation:
https://t.co/f2cFRzk9Hn

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🚨 Personal news klaxon🚨
This is my final week of maternity leave and I've decided not to return to the mothership @WmCollinsBooks!From next week I will be taking on freelance writing & editorial work. I've written about why I'm leaving publishing here:

https://t.co/P5Ty6fWAJu

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‘Protest is always an act of the imagination, a way of saying: it doesn’t have to be like this’.

I wrote about attending the Iraq war march as a ten year old and the effect it had on my family. https://t.co/9cGPnX97QZ

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Today's Murmuration reflects on the Iraq War and asks: is there any point in protest?

https://t.co/MAdJIZ77cd

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The Murmuration by Grace Pengelly -- #006: A child’s-eye view of the Iraq War https://t.co/9cGPnX97QZ

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Listening to news coverage of the #IPCC report and feeling anxious? I wrote about how unproductive doomerism is for the climate movement and where our imaginations might lead us ⬇️

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The Shapes of Motherhood, by @Grace__Pengelly https://t.co/mdtANKTr99

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Join us this weekend for What is — what if — so what? at @lethabygallery as part of @MOULD_earth's #ArchitectureIsClimate residencies. Together we'll explore how we demonstrate neighbourhood-scale civic infrastructure for social and ecological transition.

https://t.co/8DtU6RydiR

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The Murmuration by Grace Pengelly: Doomerism is dead, long live the imagination! https://t.co/RROJmhF07A