Author: Spencer-Grabski
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Write by Hand
Call me old fashioned, but I miss analog writing. The good old pen and paper, with thoughts flowing (hopefully) freely through my arm right onto the empty lines. It was such a joy accomplishing so much (3 pages!) by the time I am really beginning to tackle the day and the house starts waking up. […]
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Focus on Your Wins
Grind through. I didn’t sleep very well last night. I woke up before my baby woke up crying at 3:20am and couldn’t get to sleep until close to 4am. This is less than ideal. I was hoping to have woken up beating my 6am alarm. Instead, I hit snooze and was woken up again 5 […]
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Holding Accountability
I’ve been away from my home and normal routine for a while and need to get back into the swing of things. I thrive in the morning. My routine in the morning is wonderful and I feel as though I’ve got it where I want it to be. So, it can be hard diverging away […]
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Communication Breakdown
Check in with yourself to see how you’re doing: How are you doing on the surface, and how are you really doing deep down? “How am I doing? Oh I’m fine. Yeah things are going pretty well actually.” Often times that’s true. I’m not lying about it. But there’s a lot that is left unsaid […]
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Inspire Yourself
Don’t wait for Inspiration to hit. Go grab it and wrestle it to the ground Waiting for inspiration is like waiting for your mom to make you a sandwich. You won’t starve, and you’ll get that sandwich…eventually. But it’s just quicker to get off your ass and go make a sandwich for your own damn […]
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Inspiration is Bullshit
Inspiration can be fickle. It doesn’t last and certainly doesn’t always show up when we need it (especially when we need it most). You’ve been inspired before. You’ve felt the feeling of energy swelling up inside of you. All you need to do is direct it somewhere. It’s really an amazing feeling. But it’s hard […]
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No Shortcuts
You cannot cheat the process. We’ve heard about the 10,000 hour rule* https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4662388/ and it’s not 100% accurate. But there’s a reason that it’s so widely accepted. It applies to a great deal of us. Some of you are freaks (in a good way). Unique and exceptional individuals that can put in the work and […]
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Social Media Era Mentor
I spent ten days working on a paid writing improvement course and here is what I learned I am a firm believer in routine. Up until a few weeks ago, my morning routine was to sit down and write for my blog every single day (of the workweek). Intrigued and interested by one of my […]
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Jumping back In
Up until a few weeks ago, I was writing very regularly. I had roughly 3 weeks of writing blog posts down in the books and the momentum was fantastic. So fantastic, that I stopped for two weeks straight. My routine was to write every weekday morning. I wake up at 6am, get myself ready for […]
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Getting Specific
I’ve been writing every work day for the past week and a half, and this is what I’ve learned. In order to create content and continue writing about a topic, you have to get specific. I am currently in a bit of a struggle with this myself. My current goal(s): Improve my writing, Professionalize my […]