I’m guest blogging at Genreality today on the writer’s weekend. Should be live by 9 Eastern time.

I’m also getting rid of some things that aren’t working. For instance, my cell phone. It’s developed this nasty habit of shutting off when I push the answer button. Fortunately it was my husband calling and not a business call, but still. Time to go find a new one. And my hair is really not working for me, so I need a nice low-maintenance cut that is also an actual style and not some sort of default state that looks like my hair and I gave up on each other.

It’s good feng shui practice to replace, repair and otherwise get rid of items that aren’t working for you. The fewer annoyances you struggle with daily, the more energy you have for the big things in life, like dealing with parenting challenges and writing books. It’s easy to let annoyances pile up when you’re busy and tired, but those things lead to being more busy and tired because they waste time and energy on a regular basis. It’s worthwhile every now and again to just go through and replace burned out bulbs, throw away that broken lamp, get rid of the socks with holes in them and buy a new pack of socks, get a haircut, replace the demonically possessed cell phone.