If you’re stuck on a problem, don’t sit there and think about it; just start working on it. Even if you don’t know what you’re doing, the simple act of working on it will eventually cause the right ideas to show up in your head.
— Mark Manson
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Posts Tagged ‘persistence’
A Simple Act
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, art, creativity, persistence, Thoughts, Writers, writing on March 14, 2025| 2 Comments »
To Dreams, and Waking
Posted in Holidays, Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2025, action, inspiration, persistence, progress, Thoughts on January 20, 2025| Leave a Comment »
“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
— Martin Luther King Jr.
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day, everyone! Today, I plan to celebrate the beauty of dreams, and the satisfaction of bringing those dreams to life.
“Be a bush if you can’t be a tree. If you can’t be a highway, just be a trail. If you can’t be a sun, be a star. For it isn’t by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.”
— Martin Luther King Jr.
To learn more about Dr King, his impact, speeches like “I Have a Dream” and more, check out History’s site on Martin Luther King Jr.
I also appreciate this related quote:
“The best way to make a dream come true is to wake up.”
— Anna Wintour
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Newsflash: Day Job Taking All Day
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, inspiration, persistence, Thoughts on November 19, 2024| Leave a Comment »
I like work for a number of reasons but some days, I just need a little break. And, apparently, 11,000 Post-Its animating a year in the life of illustrator Daren Jannace.
Goofy, yes. Fun, yes. But the most useful message in this project for me is that even small amounts of work add up over time.
And now, back to work!
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Seeds of Success
Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, failure, persistence, success, Thoughts, writing on November 15, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“In my experience, each failure contains the seeds of your next success—if you are willing to learn from it.”
— Paul Allen
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The Road Is Made of Words
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, persistence, Thoughts, Writers, writing, writing advice on October 27, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Write. There is no substitute…But start small: write a good sentence, then a good paragraph, and don’t be dreaming about writing the great American novel or what you’ll wear at the awards ceremony because that’s not what writing’s about or how you get there from here.
The road is made entirely out of words. Write a lot…it’s effort and practice. Write bad stuff because the road to good writing is made out of words and not all of them are well-arranged words.
— Rebecca Solnit
So write bad stuff. Good stuff too, just try not to worry too much about which is which.
Just keep going.
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With Fresh Delight
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, inspiration, persistence, Thoughts, Writers, writing on October 15, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“And so, does the destination matter? Or is it the path we take? I declare that no accomplishment has substance nearly as great as the road used to achieve it. We are not creatures of destinations. It is the journey that shapes us. Our callused feet, our backs strong from carrying the weight of our travels, our eyes open with the fresh delight of experiences lived.”
― Brandon Sanderson, The Way of Kings
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You Can Do Anything! *
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, art, creativity, inspiration, itch reflex, NASA, persistence, the world-changing powers of caffeine, Thoughts, Writers, writing on September 1, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Onward, My Friends!
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, persistence, Thoughts, Writers, writing on August 26, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely essential.”
― Jessamyn West
You’ve got this.
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Cuddle Time
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, persistence, Thoughts, Writers, writing on August 25, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“There is no way around hard work. Embrace it.”
— Roger Federer
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The Best Possible Use
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, inspiration, persistence, Thoughts on August 18, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“Don’t let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.”
— Earl Nightingale
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