The Wobbly Writer: Stumbling into Creativity. Sun 1-5-25
Where we celebrate creativity, resilience, and all the stumbles along the way.
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Welcome to The Wobbly Writer: Stumbling into Creativity
Hey there!
Welcome to The Wobbly Writer, where we celebrate creativity, resilience, and all the stumbles along the way. Whether you’re here for writing tips, a good laugh, or honest reflections on life’s wobbles, you’re in the right place.
Who’s Behind the Wobbles?
I’m Don, a writer with a knack for face-planting through life and finding stories in the mess. Life threw me some curveballs—MS, a stroke—but it also gifted me a sense of humor and a passion for storytelling. I’ve learned that resilience is an art, humor is the best medicine, and writing is the glue that holds it all together.
What to Expect Here
This isn’t your typical newsletter. Think of it as your weekly dose of inspiration, sprinkled with creativity and a side of clumsy charm. Here’s what I’ll be sharing.
Weekly Face-Plant Stories. Real-life tales of my wobbles (physical or otherwise) and the life lessons they’ve taught me.
Writing Tips. Whether you’re navigating writer’s block or brainstorming your next masterpiece, I’ve got you covered.
Resilience & Life Lessons. Honest, sometimes funny, sometimes poignant stories about thriving despite life’s challenges.
Community Vibes. This isn’t a monologue—it’s a conversation. Share your stories, your laughs, and your stumbles with me.
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I write a lot, and I write fairly quickly for a couple of different publications and I have often thought I would like to write about some difficulties I have to deal with, but before I do, I stop and think to myself, ”Nobody wants to read that stuff.”
And I think “What if somebody with the same problem could benefit from what I have learned.”
Then I think “Nobody would read that crap.”
Then I would think “Maybe someone would take some inspiration from it for one of their problems,”
Then I thought “Nobody gonna read this!”
So I started today!
Here we go!
It has been suggested to me that Sundays would be a good, quiet time for reading about this topic, and I do agree, so here we go. It will probably take some time to become as presentable as I would like it to be, but hey, I have a slight disadvantage.
I know some of you have questions, and others of you also have these problems, so I would ask that you join in, and comment when you can. When someone is at this point, life is completely different for them than it used to be. It’s still a journey, but some discoveries you have made, could make someone else’s life easier.
From the top.
I first noticed some odd symptoms in the mid-1970s.
My left eye developed some blank, or black areas in my field of vision. My opthalmologist said I had a retro-bulbar neuritis, or something, and he wanted to put me in the hospital with a steroid drip, but alas, I had no health insurance.
So I tried ignoring it.
Then, one Saturday, at a sales meeting, sitting at a high-school-type desk, watching the sales manager. when I bent my head down, there was a sort of electricity that would run down my back…….
Then, my body began doing all sorts of different things, Mainly getting weaker. I figured I had two choices- sit and weep about my plight, or ignore it. And my eyes don’t look good red.
So, hit that subscribe button, and let’s stumble forward together. Life’s an adventure—face-plants and all!