Breaking a Goal Down into Manageable Pieces
Some goals are best broken down in reverse order; others in a natural progression. Examples: annual income you want to achieve; fitness goals you want to achieve With income, it’s common to want to...
View ArticleMemoir Writing: Interview with Shelley Armitage, Author of Walking the Llano
(This is an edited transcript from a live chat with Shelley Armitage at The Writer’s Chatroom on Jan 22, 2017.) Moderator Lisa Haselton (aka Lisa J Jackson): Welcome to The Writer’s Chatroom. Our...
View ArticleProcrastination Is Fear of… What?
Do you procrastinate on projects? Do you put off tasks that can be done quickly, but are tedious? Do you avoid certain activities for as long as possible (making phone calls, for instance) because your...
View ArticleOneNote – A Tool for Organizing Lists, Tasks, Projects, and More
Tools, tools, and more tools, right? There are so many online and mobile options for helping with productivity that it’s impossible to keep up with them all. Here’s one I find quite beneficial. I’ve...
View ArticleShow Up – Then Decide
As a bit of an introvert – okay, more than a bit – I sometimes let the voice in my head talk me out of showing up for events. These can be networking events, business meetings, 5K races, sip &...
View ArticleStart with One Step Forward…How Else Will You Get There?
Whether you call them resolutions or goals or plans or dreams, in order to succeed at achieving them you need to move toward them. They won’t come to you on their own. While I was out on a brisk icy...
View ArticleFreelance Doesn’t Mean You Write for Free
Being a ‘freelance’ writer doesn’t mean that you write for no pay, although it’s amazing how many people think you should! The definition of ‘freelance” from Merriam-Webster, includes: a person who...
View ArticleMorning Pages – Clearing the Head Clutter
Morning pages — if you already do them, you know their benefits. If you don’t do morning pages or haven’t heard of them, read on. I learned about morning pages through Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way....
View ArticleHow Writing Is Like Running
Writing is like running (or just about any activity); but since I do 2-miles a day running, and enter an occasional 5k (a 3.1-mile walk/run), I’m using the running analogy. For writing (and running),...
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