Category: writing on writing

• It’s Not So Bad

  

  I just do what the phone says.

  Caitie Leibman

  January 11, 2026

  writing on writing, writing prompt

  writing practice

• Birthday Homework

  

  It’s Day 10.

  Caitie Leibman

  January 10, 2026

  celebrations, writing on writing, writing prompt

  holidays, writing practice

• Refractory Rhymes

  

  And tough colors.

  Caitie Leibman

  January 9, 2026

  writing on writing, writing prompt

  writing practice

• Curating

  

  The diaries wanted to be encased in Jell-O. They wanted to be sliced up and turned into paper chains, so they could wrap themselves around a banister for an entire holiday season. They never wanted to stay flat. They wanted to do something else, be something else, before I threw them away in my 20s. …

  Caitie Leibman

  May 12, 2025

  writing on writing

  journaling, memoir, reflection, writing practice

• An Ode to “Angel” and Taking Laughter Seriously

  

  The sunshine is welcome if it decides to visit.

  Caitie Leibman

  April 14, 2025

  writing on writing

  creativity, language, process, reflection, writing practice

• Dust

  

  The clock sprung forward and out of my hands.

  Caitie Leibman

  March 17, 2025

  memoir, writing on writing

  memoir, seasons and cycles, time, writing practice

• Something Social

  

  Don’t let the bullies separate you.

  Caitie Leibman

  February 3, 2025

  writing on writing

  creativity, identity, language, listening, perspective, writing practice

• Relative Weakness

  

  Maybe there’s something bigger that becomes possible next.

  Caitie Leibman

  January 6, 2025

  writing on writing

  acceptance, compassion, curiosity, memories, mental health, process, reflection, strengths, symbols, therapy, writing

• None of This Is News

  

  The week I got an ADHD diagnosis, I closed the garage door on my car.

  Caitie Leibman

  November 11, 2024

  updates, writing on writing

  ADHD, diagnosis, labels, memoir, memory, mental health, mindfulness, therapy

• Big, Dumb Goals

  

  Just casually questioning my life and my choices in 700 words or less.

  Caitie Leibman

  October 18, 2024

  updates, writing on writing

  exercise, goals, good life halfsy, half marathon, intentions, journaling, memoir, mental health, mindfulness, plans and goals, reflection, writing practice

• No Obvious Cause

  

  On walking the aisles of the past.

  Caitie Leibman

  September 23, 2024

  invitations, writing on writing

  exercise, memoir, mental health, mindfulness, reflection, seasons and cycles, writing practice

• How It Ends

  

  We might not leave on our own terms.

  Caitie Leibman

  August 19, 2024

  writing on writing

  curiosity, experience, family, identity, jobs and career, meaning, memoir, memories, productivity, reflection, strengths, work life, writing, writing jobs

• Revisiting My Word of the Year (and Some Important Three-Letter Words)

  

  On things for their own sake.

  Caitie Leibman

  July 8, 2024

  updates, writing on writing

  2024, acceptance, creativity, goals, intentions, productivity, reflection, review, word of the year, work life, writing practice

• RIP, Matthew Perry

  

  May his memory be a blessing.

  Caitie Leibman

  November 1, 2023

  fresh start, writing on writing

  memoir, mental health, seasons and cycles, sobriety, writing, writing on writing

• Just a Few Words Away

  

  Ever write just to scratch an itch?

  Caitie Leibman

  September 1, 2023

  fresh start, writing on writing

  memoir, mindfulness, Natalie Goldberg, seasons and cycles, Writing Down the Bones, writing practice

• The Limitations of Being Judgy

  

  … and why I love revision.

  Caitie Leibman

  August 1, 2023

  writing on writing

  intentions, mental health, mindfulness, writing practice

• When Hiding Sounds Good

  

  There’s a relationship between risk and reward, vulnerability and intimacy.

  Caitie Leibman

  July 1, 2023

  fresh start, writing on writing, writing prompt

  intentions, mental health, mindfulness, parenting, sobriety, writing practice, writing prompts

• “The Thing I Didn’t Want to Write…”

  

  Am I avoiding a task or an emotion?

  Caitie Leibman

  June 1, 2023

  fresh start, writing on writing, writing prompt

• Why I’m Glad I Write

  

  Some reflections for the graduates of 2023.

  Caitie Leibman

  May 1, 2023

  fresh start, writing on writing

  exercise, memoir, memories, mindfulness, reflection, seasons and cycles, writing practice