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Follow Your Own Path

Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers on May 25, 2024| Leave a Comment »

“Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson

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*Photo by Genevieve Dallaire on Unsplash*

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Doesn’t Always Feel That Way, Though, Does It?

Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, back to work!, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers, writing on May 22, 2024| Leave a Comment »

So I wake up this morning with that age-old cliché in my head: You have as many hours in a day as [Leonardo da Vinci].

Fill in your own preferred goal setter.* Mine changes depending on my current mood and projects. Sometimes it even helps;)

Onward!

* ~~Also, remember that if your exemplar is pre-20th century, your life expectancy is probably double theirs.~~ Strike that, we’re all under enough pressure as it is.

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Searching for Chill

Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, calm, Thoughts on May 21, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Need a moment to relax? Google’s experimental division has teamed up with the Johns Hopkins International Arts + Mind Lab to bring you this call to chill:

In Rhythm with Nature — Google Arts & Culture

May it help your day be more peaceful.

This being Tuesday, however, I’m off to find a delicious cup of piping hot caffeine. I’ll relax tomorrow!

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A Summer’s Day

Posted in Food and..., tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, hot!, Thoughts on May 19, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Today was the first afternoon that felt like summer. What a perfect time to resurface this recipe for a lime freeze!

(And also a perfect time to lounge around drinking said lime freeze. Just saying.)

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Stop Worrying

Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, confidence, creativity, Thoughts, Writers, writing on May 18, 2024| Leave a Comment »

“You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.”

— David Foster Wallace

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Better than Ever

Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, creativity, Motivation, Thoughts, Writers, writing on May 16, 2024| Leave a Comment »

“I don’t believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.”

— Ken Venturi

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Up From the Depths of Time

Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, batty Brits, creativity, inspiration, mudlarking, Thoughts on May 14, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Once upon a time, children, before mass production and digital copies and backups and cloud synching, it was possible to wipe a thing from the world completely.

Or maybe not? Here’s a fun story about business feuds and artistic obsession!

Remnants of a Legendary Typeface Have Been Rescued From the River Thames

The depths of the river Thames in London hold many unexpected stories, gleaned from the recovery of prehistoric tools, Roman pottery, medieval jewelry, and much more besides. Yet the tale of the lost (and since recovered) Doves typeface is surely one of the most peculiar.

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