Patricia Haddock

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Hello, I’m Patricia

Let’s get to know each other (updated 10–13–2021) — I’m a full-time freelancer who gave up a high-octane corporate career to become my own boss. As an organizational communications consultant, business writer/editor, and writing instructor, my business has weathered the ups and downs of the economy and is still going strong. My tenure on Medium is a little over…

Coffee Times Movement

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Coffee Times Movement

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Artique

·May 14

Loss

A haiku —

Poetry

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Poetry

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May 1

Bounty

A haibun — 12 ripe strawberries One pear, an ear of fresh corn Market day basket I love farmers’ markets — the colors, aromas, and temptations of perfectly ripe vegetables, still warm from the fertile earth and sun. Life is everywhere — people bustling, touching, tasting, filling their baskets with spring bounty. In a world of concrete and skyscrapers, it’s stepping back into a slower time, governed by the seasons when things were savored and enjoyed in the moment.

Poetry

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Poetry

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May 1

I bet you’ve had it, too. You’ve probably achieved goals at various points in your life only to feel lost or empty immediately after.

Hitting Goals Won’t Bring Happiness. Here’s a Unique Option That Can.

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May Pang

Been there, done that.

Been there, done that. Promptly Written yesterday published my article on this very topic. I was offered the job I had worked 10 years to get, and I realized it wouldn't make me happy. P

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Promptly Written

·Apr 30

I Walked Away from the Job I Had Spent My Career Going After

Because my mother believed in me — I was raised by a single mother who worked her way up from a wrapper in a retail store to the manager of the wrappers, packers, and delivery departments. When she went to parent-child conferences and events, she always hung out with the dads, not the moms, since she had…

Monthly Theme

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I Walked Away from the Job I Had Spent My Career Going After

Monthly Theme

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Artique

·Apr 29

Pockets

A haibun — Wait for the quiet Amid the noise of the world Pockets of stillness Life is noisy, especially in the heart of a metropolitan area like San Francisco. Traffic, horns honking, motorcycles revving, construction banging, and clanging that never stops. After a while, we stop noticing it as it blurs into…

Haibun

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Haibun

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Apr 19

Passages

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Haiku

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Haiku

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BJ’s This or That — The Gathering Table

·Apr 3

Another ToT by the Unofficial Easter Bunny Herself — BJ

Breakfast, brunch, or only heaven knows what — I’ve been absent from Medium for a while, dipping in only intermittently. My motivation was seriously lacking. Since it’s officially Spring, I thought I’d wade back in by starting with challenges that perk up my curiosity, and I knew I could always rely on @theanxiousenthusiast to pull the right string. This or That? …

Challenge

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Another ToT by the Unofficial Easter Bunny Herself — BJ

Challenge

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ILLUMINATION

·Apr 3

Exhausted from Being Resilient? A Lot of Us Are

Resilience isn’t all it’s cracked up to be — Resilient is a word people often use to describe me. I’m expected to bounce back, buck up, pick myself up, pull up my big girl panties, get on with it, find a way through, and make it work…ad nauseam. I don’t think I’m alone. …

Wellness

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Exhausted from Being Resilient? A Lot of Us Are

Wellness

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ILLUMINATION

·Mar 19

Connect

A haibun — Dewdrop kisses leaf Raindrop stitches cloud to earth Passersby rush on A few nights ago, I was reading TJ KIune’s book The House in the Cerulean Sea, and I came across this quote that stopped me cold: “Why is it that I must always worry about tomorrows?” This is me…

Life

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Life

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