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Today I appreciated being able to work on an iPad more than usual because my laptop seems to have either a malware problem or a software compatibility issue. In either case, I can’t take it to work to get it fixed until tomorrow afternoon, and I’m glad I could still check email and do some …
A quick Sunday update to say that my new Psychology Today post is about college considerations for gifted teens, and I was able to add Hattie’s Blog to Blogsy, so posted her entry today on iPad, too. Here are also a couple of interesting New York Times articles, with thanks to Joy and Jane for …
Hats off to all my friends who are participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)! Short-term challenges with well-defined boundaries and specific goals, such as NaNoWriMo, are excellent ways to renew motivation and get back into the flow of writing. One of the requirements of flow—of getting so caught up in an activity that we …
As some of you know, I’m a big fan of Cal Newport, book author and writer at Study Hacks, a blog which explores “patterns of success.” His most recent post, “Welcome to the Post-Productivity World,” speaks to a lot of what I’ve been thinking about lately in terms of time, writing, and big-picture living: Productivity, …
Inspired by a sign on the streets of Manhattan: On another note, for those of you who are interested, my latest Psychology Today blog post is about existential bibliotherapy (using books to deal with life’s ultimate questions), featuring The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.