Tag: Personal Writing
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A Rant and a Plan
I have decided that I’m doing both types of writing. Blogging here and my morning practice. I am a writer after all. What kind of writer would I be if I didn’t make the time to do the type of writing I WANT to do. Not only do I want to do this kind of […]
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One Step Forward, One Step Backward
I began this blog through sheer force of will. I had time enough in the day to sit down and write in the morning. Occupying roughly the first 60minutes of my day. Rather than continue my [at the time] current practice of writing out 3 pages in my personal journal, I decided to devote that […]
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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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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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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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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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Holding Yourself Accountable
Holding yourself accountable is important to developing a practice, skill, or habit. I don’t mean to be so repetitive but, in order to hold yourself accountable you need to have clear goals and a plan. I won’t belabor that point, so if you want to hear my opinion on clear goals and creating a plan, […]
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Late Starts
Blogging has been around as long as the internet has been operational and functional, which means there are blogs out there that are older than I am (30 btw). I’m just now starting a blog. I am a 30 year old white dude that’s decided to start a blog and is playing catch up with […]