The fortnightly INFJ writers club newsletter: Making time for yourself and your writing

Vol. 1, Issue 8 — In this issue: Making time for yourself and your writing ✤ 2 things that might change your life ✤ And more!

Jun 02, 2024

A note from Amber

(“Shopkeeper,” editor, writer, & wobbly guide behind Maison d’Evangeline)

Hey, there. 👋 And welcome to the (sometimes) fortnightly INFJ writers club newsletter! It’s been a minute. Good news is, all the new newsletters are getting close to done. I’m a little behind schedule (which you can read about here—growing pains), but it’s coming together.

Anyway, thanks for being part of the INFJ writers club! I hope you enjoy this issue.

xo,
A.

Are you making time for yourself and your writing?

by Amber Krowiarz | 01 Jun 2024

One of the biggest challenges for INFJs when it comes to writing (at least in my experience) is making time for it. More accurately, taking time for it.

There are a least a million reasons for this:

Feeling guilty,
Feeling self-indulgent,
Making too much time for other people and their problems and interests,
Not turning off your phone,
Feeling silly/stupid,
Feeling like no one else takes you / your writing seriously,
Having people actually criticize or disparage your (using their judgmental tone here) “work” as a writer,
Feeling like a fraud or imposter,
Feeling like you’ll never be good enough to be a “real” writer (see definition of real¹),
Thinking you don’t have time.²

I’ll stop there. We don’t need a million reasons (but that doesn’t mean we can’t come up with them in the moment!).

A brief side tangent: I was about to address each of these reasons individually, but they’re not worth defending, because it all comes down to just two things.

Read the article →

2 things that might change your life

(Discovered or remembered over the last fortnight)

by Amber Krowiarz | 02 Jun 2024

In the live-your-best-life department … I’ve really been enjoying Brian Johnson’s book Areté. It’s very INFJ-y.
In the happiness and live-your-best-life departments … This was a good article by Arthur C. Brooks called “Jung’s Five Pillars of a Good Life.”

Short list. I’ve been buried. But I have been reading Areté every night, and every night I want to vouch for it. Plus it’s a tome, so it should keep you busy for a while!

And if you would, please …

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Share the club with your INFJ and/or writer friends.
Spread the word on social media, too! The more, the INFJ-ier.

(Also, if this newsletter was forwarded to you, here’s a little about the INFJ writers club at Maison d’Evangeline. I hope you’ll consider joining us!)