The Soultown! Volume IV: Issue 1 JANUARY 2020 | Page 10

Just Call Me Tyra
Getting It RIGHT
&
Getting It DONE
MINNESOTA - December 26th through
January 8th: Hands down my favorite time of year!
These two weeks are filled with mad
introspection, hope and just an overall clean slate-
ness that I can rarely convince myself exists at
any other point in the year. Without a doubt, these
fourteen days ALWAYS leave me feeling like I can
conquer the universe and all that I am meant to do
in it! By day fifteen, I usually begin to feel settling
in of reality that doesn’t necessarily make me feel
hopeless but…LESS hope-filled.
I’m not alone. So many of us are familiar with
this phenomenon that leads to broken resolutions
and an overall sense of having failed oneself and/
or others. It’s the stuff that reflection is made of and
typically the reason we look forward to the holiday
season and the start of a new year. We all yearn
for that fresh start because we convince ourselves
that, given another go at it, we will actually get “it”
right!
It’s 2020 and with all but my pinky toe planted
firmly into the door of my 47th year, I’ve come to
the realization that I probably WON’T get it right! I’ll
mess up, reset, flush shit down the drain and start
again… more times than I’d ever care to admit!
Because my truth is this: There’s probably no such
thing as getting it right—at least not in the sense
that I have been thinking all these years.
TYRA NELSON-RECK
Tyra was born and partially raised on Chicago’s south side where she began writing short stories and poems.
Through her fascination of words and all things made up, she was able to make connections with her peers
and eventually, her knack for creative writing gained her great admiration and respect. Tyra has spent the
past 18 years serving as a teacher and program director for various high schools, colleges and universities.
She enjoys traveling to tropical climates and dreams of one day moving to the island of Curacao to write,
teach and lay on the beach all day.
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