The Evolving Life Blog

On this blog, I share more writer life or self-reflective content. If you are interested in stories and their origins, check out my Substack (The Evolving Story).

Settling into Something New

by | October 26, 2025 | Evolving Thoughts | 0 Comments

My birthday is in October. It has become a time of self reflection and making plans for the upcoming year. This birthday felt a bit different, even though I still reflected and began planning. After all, I am in this space of allowing God's will to guide my life and...
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A Little Bit of Mosey

by | September 19, 2025 | Evolving Thoughts | 0 Comments

This past week has been fairly productive. I have recorded up to five chapters of "The Resurrection Incident." I would likely be recording more today but my neighbor is having some trees trimmed and I don't want to risk any of that background noise seeping into my...
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Slow, Deliberate Change

by | September 9, 2025 | Evolving Thoughts | 0 Comments

I have been quiet the past couple of weeks as I endeavor to make a practice of choosing God in each moment and determining what to do next. I was a little concerned that this seeming switch-up in future projects might confuse people. I also considered that some of my...
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Growing a New Perspective and Now What?

by | August 23, 2025 | Evolving Thoughts | 0 Comments

I have been sitting with several realizations this week. The practice of saying "Thy Will Be Done" and not thinking about what I want to achieve has been causing some shifts in my life. I have also noticed over the past few weeks that I have begun to question some of...
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The Freedom in Being Humbled or Thy Will Be Done

by | August 12, 2025 | Evolving Thoughts | 0 Comments

I have been observing an interesting occurrence in my life: I will often conclude that I should do something or try something after a long time of avoiding it. Then, that thing turns out to be what I should have been doing all along or I should have done when it first...
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The Joy of Toil and Changing the Algorithm

by | August 5, 2025 | Evolving Thoughts | 0 Comments

I like to think of myself as an efficient person. Once I’ve done something a few times, my mind naturally works out ways to streamline the process and get it done better and faster. Maybe most people are like this? Somewhere along the way I have somehow developed an...
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The Body Experiment

by | July 29, 2025 | Evolving Thoughts, That Food Thing | 0 Comments

One of the perks of growing up LDS, was the concept of the Word of Wisdom and the idea that the body is a temple. The Word of Wisdom gives some guidelines around food. I personally haven't found all of its suggestions to be completely accurate (such as more grains,...
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Opening Doors and Trusting the Path

by | July 22, 2025 | Evolving Thoughts | 0 Comments

This past week I have had a mindset of openness. I have been thinking of all my actions as if they are opening doors to whatever the next phase that my life is expanding into. That said, I have been bouncing around between different things in a way in alignment with...
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Being Before Doing: A Letter to My Mind

by | July 15, 2025 | Evolving Thoughts | 0 Comments

Dear Mind: Please hand all our concerns over to God and let's get back in alignment to the flow... Best wishes, Sheila Now that that's taken care of... The Letter I Thought I’d Write When I first imagined this blog post, I thought I’d write a long, sassy letter to my...
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Too Much Fun? Letting Go of Guilt and Embracing Growth

by | July 8, 2025 | Evolving Thoughts | 0 Comments

I didn't mention it on my blog, but last week I finished the first draft of The AI Anomaly. At first, I thought I’d dive right into revisions, but instead I spent the week letting the story settle in my mind. I might even give it another week before jumping back in—so...
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