Bethany Henry: Writing & Wellness

With the new year on the horizon I’ve been reflecting and thinking about goals to be setting for myself. Especially after this past year of unexpected challenges, it’s been an interesting thought experiment! Many of my reflections have started with looking at goals in general and have ended up focused on the concepts of mini goals and grace. I think the concepts of mini goals and grace are important ones, especially as we look forward to this next year. It’s a new year with new beginnings and fresh starts… yet also with ongoing challenges that haven’t been resolved just yet. Where do goals fit into the landscape of the year ahead? Goals are important, both for getting writing done but also to focus our lives on what is important to us. Setting smart goals helps us center our attention on our priorities. I’d propose that setting goals and being intentional in our lives is more important than ever. Goals help by giving us a framework to our days and a focus for our efforts. Yet ...

It’s book recommendation time! This is a snapshot of my favorites from the year. I always find it fun and useful to hear what other people are reading, I hope you find it helpful too! It’s been a weird year in general (I think we can all agree!) and that has effected my reading in interesting ways. My focus has been poor, which has led to a lot of rereading of old favorites (is there anything more comforting than a favorite book??) and a bunch of easy reads filled with action, mostly Urban Fantasy. Yet I’ve also been surrounded by excellent nonfiction titles being recommended and provided by my library. (Thank you, public libraries everywhere!) Here are the best books that stood out to me this year: Bethany’s Best Books of 2020 Fiction The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry The Little Prince is a classic and I can’t believe it took me this long to get around to reading it! This enchanting story tells of a prince leaving his tiny planet and finding a fox who teaches the ...