Last updated: April 10th, 2026
Summary
I'm currently taking a break from being a salary woman to work on several personal and professional projects.
On professional grounds, I'd like to redefine my way of working and earning money.
On the personal side, I plan to work on my garden to create a haven for bees and butterflies (and all the other creatures that are less attractive but still deserve to live), read a lot of books, be more consistent in my yoga and pilates practice, and in my study of Japanese, and improve my drawing skills, so I can illustrate my travel diaries. And many other things.
Priority project
Write my next novel (long term project)
I decided to write a fantasy novel, which is very new to me. I spent the last two months working on character sheets, plots, timeline... I'm now 35 chapters deep into the story.
Sides
Those are projects that I'm building on the side when not busy with my priority project or when I need to put my mind at something else. They're either maintenance tasks, one-shots, or groundwork for future "priority projects".
Writing another novel
Why I'm doing this
I started writing something for fun... until it became a concrete novel project! I decided to write both novels in parallel and it's been working great so far.What I'm actually doing
- Writing in a more laid-back way, so this project is my writing workout for days when I don't feel like working on my more complex one.
Writing about my Japanese trip on The Flonicles
Why I'm doing this
It's a way for me and my partner to relive those moments, while sharing with people who want to organize their trip to Japan on their own. Since there's a lot of interest in Japan at the moment, it's a great time to post this. This is a long term project.What I'm actually doing
- Sorting pictures.
- Writing posts in French and English.
- Updating related posts with internal links and references.
- Maybe updating part of previous posts content to avoid redundancy.
Content creation
Why I'm doing this
Because I love it (and because algorithms). Still regularly posting on my different websites, I even started writing for my technical blog The code she writes again!What I'm actually doing
- Writing!
Personal curriculum
Here's what I'm learning at the moment, not only for professional purpose but also for personal growth.
- Learning Japanese: reading a book with anecdotes about food. One big step for my Japanese learning: I finally dared writing in my books!
- Learning about mythology: I'm reading "Mythology for dummies" (in Dutch, so I'm also refreshing my knowledge of the language)
- Researching about the political messages and cultural influence of pop culture for a post I'd like to write.