Very excited to say โ๐ป to 2020 and ๐๐ป to a brand-new year. ๐ค๐ป, itโll have some surprises for us, but only the ๐๐ป kind! #topnine2020 
๐ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต. โ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐. ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏโฃ โฃ This year, Spencer and I voted early, but since our polling place didn't have "I Voted" stickers yet, here's a photo from when I voted in 2018. (Rocking my royal corgi sweater to remind us all of what a great privilege it is to vote!)โฃ โฃ If you voted early or already mailed in your absentee ballot, well done and thank you! If you're heading to the polls today, may your wait be brief and your "I Voted" sticker cute and state-inspired.โฃ โฃ What's on the "I Voted" stickers in your state? I have to admit that Ohio's "I โค๏ธ Voting" sticker isn't quite as fun as Georgia's peach ones, though I might be biased. ๐ #govote #election2020 
๐ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐๐ฐ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐๐ฐ๐๐ณ๐ช๐๐ฐ ๐โฃ โฃ Fun fact: This quote is typically attributed to Ernest Hemingway, but according to Quote Investigator, it's actually from a memoir that Arnold Samuelson wrote about spending a year with Hemingway in Key West.โฃ โฃ Regardless of who said it, it's great advice for anyone diving into NaNoWriMo today! Writing 50,000 words in 30 days is no joke, and you'll only do yourself a disservice by trying to edit as you go. Use the next month to get your story down. You can't edit a blank page, and that's where the real magic happens anyway.โฃ โฃ Also, consider this your personal invitation to join my #NaNoWriMoChallenge! Swipe to see all 30 days of prompts, and save this post to make it easy to find every day. I'll post fun Story templates for each of the gold prompts, and we can conquer #NaNoWriMo together! โฃ โฃ You can also sign up for daily inspiration sent straight to your inbox by clicking the link in my bio: @tylervrhyde. Good luck, writer! I know you can do it. #AspiringNaNoWriMo 
๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ: ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐โฃ โฃ Happy Halloween, everyone! We won't be taking part this year because we're still in the middle of a pandemic. But you know I don't pass up any opportunity to dress up, especially when I can pull something together from my closet.โฃ โฃ Initially, I thrifted this @hm sweater from @kbousq's closet because I wanted to join the animal print party and tigers have always been my favorite big cats. It wasn't until this super cozy piece arrived at my house that I realized it would make the perfect quarantine pop culture Halloween costume! (Does anyone else feel like Tiger King happened at least a year ago???)โฃ โฃ All you need is:โฃ โฃ ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ (or any animal print sweater if you don't want to do the "king" part)โฃ โฃ ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ (these have been in my costume pile for years, but you could do little buns if you don't have any!)โฃ โฃ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฒ๐จ๐ง to draw on a nose and whiskersโฃ โฃ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง (you could also make one out of paper or cardboard)โฃ โฃ Bonus points if you have someone to dress up as your Carol Baskin with a flower crown and psychedelic shirt! ๐บ๐ผ๐ธโฃ โฃ Drop an emoji or two to describe your stay-at-home Halloween costume below, and I'll see if I can guess it! #happyhalloween ๐ 
๐ก๐ฐ๐ฆ๐บโ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ฐ: ๐๐ง ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ด, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ด.โฃโฃ โฃโฃ Happy National Cat Day to my favorite ginger menace! She's been my main squeeze during this work-from-home life, and while she demands regular treat breaks and wants to sleep in my lap all day, I wouldn't have it any other way.โฃโฃ โฃโฃ Are you a cat person ๐ฑ or a dog person ๐ถ? Leave an emoji in the comments, and we'll see which wins out! #nationalcatdayโฃโฃ โฃโฃ โฃโฃ โฃโฃ โฃโฃ #gingercatsofinstagram #gingercatsofig #adoptdontshop #gingercat #gingercatsofinstagram #orangetabbycat #orangetabbycatsofinstagram#catsofinsta #catstagram 
๐๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด, ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐๐ฐ๐๐ณ๐ช๐๐ฐ?โฃ โฃ Not gonna lie, I've been a bit obsessed getting ready for National Novel Writing Month this year.โฃ โฃ ๐ I created a free 30-day #Preptober workbook that nearly 1,000 people have downloaded to help them get ready for November!โฃ โฃ ๐ I curated a 5-day version of that workbook for all the writers who (understandably) don't have time to spend a month prepping. โฃ โฃ ๐ I'm writing daily emails throughout the month to encourage other writers to keep at it!โฃ โฃ ๐ป And now I've put together this #NaNoWriMoChallenge for any writers who want to spread the NaNoWriMo love and give a peek into their writing life on social media.โฃ โฃ Every day throughout #NaNoWriMo, I'll post to my Stories using the prompts listed above, and I'd love for you to join me. I'll also have Story templates for all the prompts listed in gold, so be sure you're following me and you save this post to come back to it during the month. #AspiringNaNoWriMoโฃ โฃ If you're interested in anything else I've listed above, it's all free at the link in my bio: @tylervrhyde. And tag a writer friend in the comments who's interested in engaging with the #writingcommunity throughout November! #writerwednesday 
๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ? ๐บ๐ธโฃ โฃ This morning, I'm sending 200 postcards to my home state of Georgia, encouraging registered voters to get out and vote on Election Day. I'm proud to be one of ๐๐๐,๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ helping @postcards2WI send out ๐๐.๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ to voters in ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ this election cycle. The messageโwhich I know by heart nowโpromotes unity and joining together to support issues close to many Americans' hearts like affordable healthcare and a cleaner environment for everyone.โฃ โฃ Sending out those postcards today made me wonder: What is it ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ voting for on November 3? Is it a specific issue? Something about a candidate that you admire? An ingrained desire to fulfill your civic duty? Leave a comment, and I'll share my own reason for voting below, too! #PostcardsToSwingStates 
๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ญ!โฃ โฃ The United Nations created this day in 2012 to recognize the rights of girls and the unique challenges they face around the world. These challenges include everything from gender-based violence and lack of educational opportunities to child marriage and laws and stereotypes that undermine gender equality.โฃ โฃ In celebration of the #DayoftheGirl, I thought I would share a few facts about the girl in this photo: 9-year-old me.โฃ โฃ ๐ She wanted to be an author and wrote novel-length stories in the style of her favorite Dear America series every day after school.โฃ โฃ ๐ She also wanted to be an actress. (The red hair was courtesy of a community theater stint as little orphan Annie!)โฃ โฃ โค๏ธ She was so self-conscious of the broken blood vessel on her nose but hadn't yet started to count calories or nitpick all of her body's "flaws."โฃ โฃ ๐บ๐ธ She loved every bit of school but especially social studies and learning about American history.โฃ โฃ ๐ She was already very much a cat person.โฃ โฃ Girls around the world are advocating for change in the areas of climate change, children's rights, and more. I encourage you to visit @unwomen to learn how we can help them in the fight for gender equality! And, if you wanted to share a fun fact about yourself as a child in the comments or even your own little kid photos, I wouldn't be mad about it. ๐ 
This mantra seemed fitting for October, both because itโs the beginning of a new year of my life and Iโm currently prepping for NaNoWriMo! What words are you living by this month? โฃ Also, itโs not too late to grab my Preptober workbook and work toward your best NaNoWriMo yet! Itโs completely free at the link in my bio: @tylervrhyde โฃ #nanowrimo #nanowrimo2020 #preptober #aspiringpreptober