There's some great advice in here about how to keep your creative spark going. Advice that I've used in the past and, if I'm being honest, really need to use for myself more often than I do.

I noticed a typo in one of your headers: Assess how you're feeling.

Also, it feels like "You May Be Due For An Artist Date" should be bolded as a separate heading rather than lumped under "Take A Nap." I feel like the concept of an Artist Date is a different thing that is intriguing enough on its own that it would benefit from its own section and a little more explanation.

Overall, this was a solid piece full of great advice for writers. Nice work!

I really loved the imagery of this piece. My favorite season is autumn, and this poem evoked a lot of the things I love best about this season, from the sights to the smells to the feelings. You did a great job of using a lot of sensory input in this poem to make it come alive on the page (or screen, as the case may be).

The stanza with the apples felt a bit repetitive, having used the word "apples" in all three lines. Even taking the word "apple" out of the second line (so that it reads "for homemade pie and cider") would go a long way toward helping avoid some of the most repetitive parts of this poem.

The first stanza also threw me for a bit because it includes both a description of morning and evening simultaneously. The other stanzas paint a moment in time while this one (and the line "the days grow shorter, and the nights grow longer") describe a span of time. The juxtaposition of those two sentiments caused me to pause as I was reading, and I wonder if it might be more effective to keep all the stanzas in the same "moment in time" style to paint a clearer picture.

Overall, I really enjoyed this poem and all the feelings and emotions it evoked. It made me look forward to the season change coming up!

I really enjoyed the sentiment of the piece. After having lost my mother unexpectedly two years ago, I can really relate with this sentiment that life always seems fleeting, and one never knows when a health issue or something else is going to come up and cut short your time with loved ones. I thought you did a good job establishing the family concerns you're struggling with, and put that in great context against the larger argument for making the most of the time you have.

In the first paragraph I think you may have meant to say "Delayed effects from his fall" (rather than "thus fall").

I think the piece would also be stronger if you started with a bit of background about your current situation and outlook (before the health scare with your brother JG, of course). Normally I advocate for jumping right into the main content of the piece, but since you're making a case for not squandering the chances that remain to spend time with family, I think this piece might be a bit more effective if you show the reader what your life was like before that important revelation.

Overall, I really enjoyed this piece and thought you did a good job with it. The sentiment definitely stuck with me. Nice work!

I really enjoyed this item. In my childhood, I also watched a television series (and a number of movies) about parallel worlds and they've fascinated me ever since. I like the way you took that initial premise and found a way to expand it into a philosophical/psychological journey for yourself.

The only small suggestion I have is to consider expanding this piece a big. I rarely give general commentary like, "I think it should be longer" because I tend to defer to authors making their writing as brief or as long as they see fit, but in this case the subject matter that you're describing (i.e., the concept of parallel worlds), as well as the breadth of subject matter (i.e., your own travels and the argument that everyone is a time traveler that doesn't need a time machine to do so), I think the structure of the piece almost requires a bit more context in order to fully explore and connect the dots between the different parts of this article.

I really enjoyed reading this piece. I think you're off to a great start and there's a ton of potential here. A bit of revision and fleshing out has the potential to make this a truly exceptional piece.