Allyson Organization

How to Make a Household Management Binder

For about a month this year it looked as if we were going to purchase a home built between 1891 and 1895, according to the town's fire insurance maps from those two years. It was an absolutely beautiful home, with wild potential and charming classic beauty, but the deal fell through due to the logistics … Continue reading How to Make a Household Management Binder

Allyson Living My Life

Happy Holidays, 2020

As the year draws to a close we are all preparing for our winter holidays, though this year preparation looks a little different. In our household, holiday traditions are steadily shining through the uncertainty and cautiousness weighing heavily on our minds. The lights went up on the porch, our star lanterns went into the windows, … Continue reading Happy Holidays, 2020

Allyson Writing

Beginning My Novel, Otherwise Known as: “I’m Trapped in a Perpetual Cycle”

In university I didn’t study novel writing, I studied poetry. Only a handful of my poems happened in parts, and were more text than a single page could hold. For the most part they were small, and straightforward, brash and brazen. That was the style I wrote in since I had began taking a deep … Continue reading Beginning My Novel, Otherwise Known as: “I’m Trapped in a Perpetual Cycle”

Allyson Writing

The Writer’s Existential Crisis: The Worst Case of Writer’s Block

Hello to anyone still subscribed to See Ally Go after my unintentional and unplanned hiatus. How are you, and are you doing well? Hopefully this post finds you full of happiness, healthy and safe wherever you may be. This year, for all of us, has been unapologetically unpredictable and many of us have had to … Continue reading The Writer’s Existential Crisis: The Worst Case of Writer’s Block

Allyson Living My Life, Writing

I kept a journal for thirty days.

Recently I did a little experiment in which I journaled for 30 days. Well-spoken people with blogs, Youtube channels and prominent social influencer status claim journaling gave them deeper, more profound insight into their minds, as well as helped them sort out their thoughts in a stressful and/or difficult time. After becoming emotionally invested in … Continue reading I kept a journal for thirty days.

Allyson Living My Life, Writing

My very best ideas come from closing myself off from the world as best as possible.

Working on my book has taken over the majority of my life. It feels good, like how I used to work creatively in university, and I've missed the atmosphere a lot. Alone in the place I call home, left only with the limits of my thoughts (well, and my three cats) and creativity, as well … Continue reading My very best ideas come from closing myself off from the world as best as possible.

Allyson Living My Life, Writing

The time I regretted deleting one month of work and decided to write a blog post about it.

Much of this blog is, and will be, focused on my love for nature and how it inspires me. But I'd like a piece of this place to be about my creative endeavors and the things that I'm going through in regards to them. I sometimes draw, I sometimes craft, I sometimes paint and I … Continue reading The time I regretted deleting one month of work and decided to write a blog post about it.