tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190451394398154097.post60226736240019270..comments2024-03-14T19:47:17.502-04:00Comments on Unwritten: What's Your Kryptonite?Mystihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02147640629724678243noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190451394398154097.post-76600060964399950052011-07-18T10:47:37.054-04:002011-07-18T10:47:37.054-04:00This is a great question! My kryptonite is "t...This is a great question! My kryptonite is "time." I hate it. I swear it was ten minutes ago my oldest daughter Rachael was born,and in less than a month she'll turn 25. Family photo albums are so much fun for my clan to look at, but I can hardly do it! It's torture. This is why I'm prone to writing about time travel! lol Hugs, Mysti...love your book and blog.Nora Westonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07544600731809921282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190451394398154097.post-17445518057132828122011-07-12T17:46:08.363-04:002011-07-12T17:46:08.363-04:00Writers are sensitive types, which isn't a bad...Writers are sensitive types, which isn't a bad thing. How else would our characters show emotion if we weren't sensitive creatures ourselves?<br /><br />Like Kristen, I overanalyze things. I'm a perfectionist, and when I make a mistake, I don't handle it well. I sometimes think what I'm working on sucks, and therefore I suck. <br /><br />When all this happens, I take a break. Then I come back later with a different perspective. It's not the end of the world if I make a mistake. It's not the end of the world if I do suck because if if do, I can only get better!Lindsey R. Louckshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16905479544791130030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190451394398154097.post-61136166779964431742011-07-12T17:41:22.295-04:002011-07-12T17:41:22.295-04:00That's what I have to do, just give myself som...That's what I have to do, just give myself some room to mope and know it'll get better soon. It's still rather annoying KNOWING that I'm being unreasonable and not being able to control it :)Mystihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02147640629724678243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190451394398154097.post-18743953690564786302011-07-12T16:29:55.222-04:002011-07-12T16:29:55.222-04:00I allow myself twenty-four hours to feel bad when ...I allow myself twenty-four hours to feel bad when something happens that depresses me. Most of the time things look different the next day and I work to pick myself up again.Louis K. Lowyhttp://thehauntedcave.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190451394398154097.post-54862922950470985042011-07-12T13:34:45.521-04:002011-07-12T13:34:45.521-04:00Thanks for commenting, everyone! It's rather i...Thanks for commenting, everyone! It's rather inspiring to read about your struggles and how you deal with them. Keep up the fight!!Mystihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02147640629724678243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190451394398154097.post-68017700460434111472011-07-12T11:27:13.197-04:002011-07-12T11:27:13.197-04:00Procrastination is definitely my Kryptonite. Somet...Procrastination is definitely my Kryptonite. Sometimes I can be so focused that nothing distracts me from my writing. I hunch over my laptop and type away furiously shushing my husband if he so much as dares to ask me “What’s up?”. Lol! But other times I look for any excuse to distract me. What’s in the fridge? What’s on TV? What was that sound? Wander over and ask my hubby “What’s up?” so that he can shush me (usually because I am distracting him from one of his many fantasy sports leagues). It really doesn’t take much. I usually let myself embrace it for short periods of time and then give myself a good mental kick. Though it doesn’t always work….<br /><br />Oh and I tend to overanalyze things…. Now that I think of it that probably takes the top spot for me. Of course that’s only after I’ve re-read my response a thousand times and overanalyzed it to death! ; )Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550756566704745570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190451394398154097.post-8923873813257240242011-07-12T10:56:52.069-04:002011-07-12T10:56:52.069-04:00I don't get depressed but I do get restless at...I don't get depressed but I do get restless at times and that makes me crazy. If I'm not writing then I'm cropping and editing photos that I took from a previous trip.<br /><br />Writing and creating things is actually my kryptonite. It takes me away from my family and it heckles my OCD so that if I have to break away I am on edge because I wasn't able to finish my self-medication.<br /><br />Snap out girl! You can do it. Have some ice cream and pamper yourself.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901684621715980573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190451394398154097.post-33122694464360211502011-07-12T10:47:50.359-04:002011-07-12T10:47:50.359-04:00Mysti my dear, I've learned to live with my pe...Mysti my dear, I've learned to live with my personal Kryptonite (Depression and Migraine). It ain't easy, but I'm darned if I'll let it get the better of me.<br /><br />Hugs n kisses,<br /><br />Jack :)Jack Easonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13601041734648407356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190451394398154097.post-53192237133129313462011-07-12T10:45:20.465-04:002011-07-12T10:45:20.465-04:00Hi Mysti and all others. Mysti found my website a...Hi Mysti and all others. Mysti found my website and seems we live only a few miles apart, but had never known of each other. Mysti your book sounds fun. I'll have to explore it in more detail. I write adventure/mystery/fiction, period fiction (in the style of Hammett and Chandler)and scripts for TV. Great to see so many authors commenting. As to the depths? I rely on Scotch, Vodka, and assorted wines.McDanielhttp://www.kentuckyfictionwriters.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190451394398154097.post-48056286242493935972011-07-12T10:28:36.177-04:002011-07-12T10:28:36.177-04:00Decision points. When I have to make a decision t...Decision points. When I have to make a decision that's going to affect my business, I freeze. As much as I'd like to say chocolate helps, it doesn't. ;) Exercise does, though. Affirmations and reviewing my goals also seem to be helpful. Sometimes. But in order to do any of that, I have to pull my head out of the... sand... which is easier said than done! ;)Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00570956965314483316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190451394398154097.post-4932840683901949862011-07-12T09:45:27.812-04:002011-07-12T09:45:27.812-04:00Mysti: I go through those days as well. It's l...Mysti: I go through those days as well. It's like seeing-and feeling- everything through a mist of disappointment and sadness. I know it will go away eventually, so I simply go through it, hold onto my patience, and, as soon as I have the time, I sit and read an author that I truly enjoy. Stories that give me new perspectives and insights. They make me fly.Julia Honeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497316179340178624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190451394398154097.post-26224260328125784012011-07-12T09:23:56.447-04:002011-07-12T09:23:56.447-04:00Ryan, looks like procrastination might be your kry...Ryan, looks like procrastination might be your kryptonite. I think you're on the right track, knowing that you need to chip away at it one thing at a time. You've acknowledged it, so all you have to do is put your plan in action.<br /><br />Try taking on the smallest job first. Get it finished. Take a break with writing or something else, then go after the next smallest...work your way up. You'll feel better after every little accomplishment.<br /><br />And hang in there. You'll survive and look back on these days with a sense of pride!Mystihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02147640629724678243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190451394398154097.post-37562170111935404172011-07-12T09:12:07.874-04:002011-07-12T09:12:07.874-04:00Homework.
Unfortunately, I don't really handl...Homework.<br /><br />Unfortunately, I don't really handle it. I leave it to the last minute.<br /><br />But if I acknowledged it properly, and threw it into the sun one fragment at a time, it wouldn't be so bad.<br /><br />It's an especially big problem for me at the moment, because with my final term of high school coming up, I have a 7-minute drama solo to create from scratch, 7 minutes of French improvised conversation to learn and practise, as well as basically giving a presentation of La Belle Époque in French -- a book to desperately read in an attempt to finish it before I have to write a bunch of essays on it, so I can write on it in the exam, and difficult piano pieces to learn for my University auditions which run in August and September. Not to mention the songs I have to learn for my Music practical exam.<br /><br />The only way to make it all less daunting is to chip away at it, and that's something I certainly don't do. I avoid it, and that's fine for a while. Then it comes back, and if I don't deal with it properly this last term, it'll bite me hard.<br /><br />I'm scared.Ryan Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11093880801598251933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190451394398154097.post-69735324341569198152011-07-12T09:01:35.475-04:002011-07-12T09:01:35.475-04:00Why thanks so much. I love fuzzy kittens. My yucki...Why thanks so much. I love fuzzy kittens. My yuckiness is usually related to certain days of the month, which shall remain unnamed.Mystihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02147640629724678243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190451394398154097.post-77009261596001440672011-07-12T08:59:17.169-04:002011-07-12T08:59:17.169-04:00I'm pretty close to you. I get all depressed w...I'm pretty close to you. I get all depressed when I get the feeling that no one cares about me, what I do, or whether I live or die. Of course, that's not true, but I do acknowledge it and just wait it out, trying not to be mean to people who don't deserve it. It doesn't happen out of the blue, it's usually triggered and more prone to show up in moments of stress. But it's okay. I've entrusted this to Batman and he's keeping it safe for me ;)<br /><br />I hope you snap out of your deep blue funk soon. I send you a virtual hug and a fuzzy kitten, and I hope you feel better.<br /><br />Hugs!Stefanie J Pristavuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18445250707790220690noreply@blogger.com