Essay – Bethany Rutledge https://bethanyrutledge.com Wed, 17 Apr 2019 21:23:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://bethanyrutledge.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Untitled-design-24-150x150.png Essay – Bethany Rutledge https://bethanyrutledge.com 32 32 The secret trick to writing when stuck https://bethanyrutledge.com/writing/writing-when-stuck/ https://bethanyrutledge.com/writing/writing-when-stuck/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2019 17:43:09 +0000 https://bethanyrutledge.com/?p=4000 "If you have work to do, don't wait to feel like it; set to work and you will feel like it."⁣
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Most of us don't have to write. So it's easy to throw it into the important-but-not-urgent pile along with exercise, meditation, and the dirty socks. ⁣

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Why I decided to be open about having fertility treatments https://bethanyrutledge.com/2017/why-we-decided-to-pursue-ivf/ https://bethanyrutledge.com/2017/why-we-decided-to-pursue-ivf/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2019 21:26:46 +0000 https://bethanyrutledge.com/?p=3646 Should you be open about having fertility treatments? In retrospect, the hardest part about IVF (in-vitro fertilization), was keeping the secret. More specifically, the angst around deciding whether to keep things a secret or just tell the world. At first, I didn’t want to tell anyone at all. Then the start Read more…

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My 2019 goals are already a fail https://bethanyrutledge.com/essay/2019-new-year-resolution-fails/ https://bethanyrutledge.com/essay/2019-new-year-resolution-fails/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2019 15:23:08 +0000 https://bethanyrutledge.com/?p=3638 It’s nearly halfway through January, and how many of us have dropped some–or all–of our planned resolutions? Is there an answer besides literally everyone? I know I’m guilty. One example: every year I hope to read through the Bible, a goal where success largely depends on the eat-the-elephant approach. Since I’m Read more…

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