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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.
One of the things I love about weekends is the time to recharge my mental and creative energy. “Five Manifestos for Life” from Brain Pickings does the job nicely today: “This is your life. Do what you love, and do it often. If you don’t like something, change it. If you don’t like your job, …