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Posts Tagged ‘Thoughts’
Helpful Site of the Day
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, Thoughts on July 21, 2024| 1 Comment »
Enjoy Now
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, Thoughts on July 20, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Work Proceeds!
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, Thoughts, Writers, writing on July 19, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Grandiosity lessens as work proceeds.
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927), U.S. aphorist.
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On Resurrecting Habits
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, habits, persistence, Thoughts, Writers, writing on July 18, 2024| Leave a Comment »
A lot of my work relies on habit. Be it the day job, chores, calling the parental units, these daily posts or other creative work, I made space for everything in my week. When the time came, I’d do the thing. Easy and good, a puzzle with all the pieces in place.
The problem with a system like that? Change. When one of those pieces breaks, is lost, grows in size, or (running out of puzzle-related associations, but you get the idea) otherwise shifts in ways that alter the system, the associated habits can break too.
For a long time, my habit was to spend an hour or so writing with breakfast, then shift over to the day job. But when my work schedule changed, my dedicated writing time disappeared too.
In sum: I’m not writing enough. Grr.
Time to get back to basics and rebuild my schedule.
Step one? Remember that urgency isn’t everything. Make time for what’s important.
“Everything is habit-forming, so make sure what you do is what you want to be doing.”
— Wilt Chamberlain
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Tuesday and Chill
Posted in Likes, Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, chill, Thoughts, Tuesdays on July 16, 2024| Leave a Comment »
On this hot day, here’s a little chill.
Relax to Mesmerizing Aerial Views of Iceland’s ‘Glacial Flour’ Pulsing Through Waterways — Colossal
As glaciers expand and recede, they have the capacity to grind rock so fine that geologists refer to the pulverized material as glacial flour. It slips down rivers and into lakes, carrying the otherworldly turquoise hue through a unique and resilient ecosystem. In Iceland, the blue-green color is complemented by rivers that flow yellow, thanks to sulfur from nearby volcanoes, or red from dissolved ferrous iron—also known as bog iron. Coursing over rock and black sand, the streams take on dazzling, rhythmic patterns.
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Like a Kid in a Ball Pit
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, Thoughts on July 15, 2024| Leave a Comment »
It’s Monday and all but here’s wishing you at least one moment of pure joy today.
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Word Power
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, persistence, purpose, Thoughts, Writers, writing on July 14, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“A word after a word after a word is power.”
— Margaret Atwood
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Creative Advice for a Saturday
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, neil gaiman, Thoughts, Writers, writing on July 13, 2024| Leave a Comment »
Most writers, and indeed, most creatives could tell you that quite often we are at our most creative when we’re staring into the middle distance, our mind engaged only with itself, silent and otherwise unoccupied.
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Outlook is Good
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, poets, Thoughts, Writers on July 12, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.”
— Emily Dickinson
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Play A Bigger Game
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, Thoughts, Writers, writing on July 10, 2024| Leave a Comment »
“If you’re only going to accept winning as the condition for your participation, you play a very small game.”
— Michael Bungay Stanier
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