Inkslinger Magazine Newsletter #22

October 2023

Caitlin McColl
Dose Of Wonder

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Welcome to the end of another month, as we inch our way closer to the end of another year! I hope you all had a nice October. Where I live (Vancouver, Canada) we’re experiencing a cold snap at the moment. Beautiful sunny weather, but it means colder than average temps (lows of 0–2 Celsius, and highs of 7–10). Which means a chilly time my running journey the last few days because I try to get my runs done in the morning before my husband wakes up — so the last couple days I’ve been out in 3 degrees! I’m waiting until 10am this morning when it should be about 8 degrees (I’ll believe it when I feel it!).

The end of the month is Hallowe’en, obviously. I have no spooky writings for you. But it is my wedding anniversary (yes, on Hallowe’en!) so I may write about what we might end up doing on that day — we’re going to see the play The Woman In Black, and possibly going for high tea for lunch at a high tea place we’ve never been to! So looking forward to that.

But without further ado, here’s what I’ve written over the month of October.

12 non-fiction pieces, ranging from self help, life musings, my running and weight loss journey, and teaming up with the voice over artist from Psych2Go with my writings. I also ended up writing nine ‘what if’ pieces. I only have handful of them left to come — my last one will be posted on November 11th!

Non Fiction

What If You could change someone’s mind about something

Fear Isn’t The Mind-Killer, Self Doubt Is

What Does A Roman God Have To Do With Your Life?

We Aren’t Broken, So Don’t Try To Fix Us

Please Don’t Tell Me What To Do!

My Running Journey Part 3

Movement Is Medicine

I’m Teaming Up With The Voice of Psych2Go!

Things I’m Learning As A New (Sort Of) Runner

I’ve Reached Another Running Milestone

I’ve Reached My FINAL Weight Loss Goal!

Confessions of a former fat girl

What If

What if you had the power to grant unconditional happiness to one person?

What If You Were Hired To Teach A Life-Skills Course?

What if you could choose one area of your life to be more determined in?

What if you had the power to add one more course to the school curriculum?

What if you could choose one book for everyone in the world to read?

What if you could lead a global effort to achieve one universal goal?

What if you could pick one thing about our entire planet and change it in any way you chose?

What if you invented a potion that would heal one problem worldwide?

What if you made a serious promise never to tell another lie to anyone?

So that’s all folks, for another month! I hope you found something(s) that you wanted to read and that you enjoyed them.

What are you up to for the month of November? I’d love to hear from you! Feel free to respond in the comments. What are your writing (or reading) plans or goals for next month? Share with me!

Until next time, take care!

C

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Dose Of Wonder
Dose Of Wonder

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Caitlin McColl
Caitlin McColl

Written by Caitlin McColl

Writer on mental health, grief & loss, mindfulness, running, life musings (+ fiction and poetry!). ❤️coffee & dogs. Vancouver 🇨🇦