“When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche This post is for a friend who is struggling with her writing at the moment. Sometimes we all feel like chucking it in. We think about how much easier our life would be without the urge to write, the need …
Tomorrow I’ll be sharing a 2011 writing timeline, and I want to post the reminder today, because Lea will be participating from Australia (check out her blog, Thumbnail), where it is already New Year’s Eve! As you make your New Year Resolutions (or Old Year Resolutions), don’t forget to take the time to acknowledge even …
Who wants to join me in a New Year’s Eve celebration of the writing life? I am planning a year-end activity to provide some perspective on the past twelve months and motivation for 2012. The transition from one year to the next is so often fraught with regret and anxiety rather than joy as we …
The following TED Talk by Daniel Goldstein on “The battle between your present and future self” offers an excellent perspective as we begin to think about resolutions for the New Year: About this talk: “Every day, we make decisions that have good or bad consequences for our future selves. (Can I skip flossing just this …
If we can distance ourselves from our regret a bit and look at it squarely, questioning it for what it can teach us, regret can help us to live in such a way today so as to minimize feelings of regret tomorrow.