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Getting Unstuck for Creatives

Taking a novel approach to life and breaking routines. Okay, letā€™s be real. Iā€™ve found myself totally trapped in the habitual daily acts thatā€™ve sprung up thanks to COVID-19, and Iā€™m sure that Iā€™m not alone in that. The lack of travelling different places, meeting new people, having any sort of stimuli apart from our dreaded screens can get beyond boring and frustrating. This isnā€™t anything n...

Taking a novel approach to life and breaking routines. Okay, letā€™s be real. Iā€™ve found myself totally trapped in the habitual daily acts thatā€™ve sprung up thanks to COVID-19, and Iā€™m sure that Iā€™m not alone in that. The lack of travelling different places, meeting new people, having any sort of ...

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6 Ways to Achieve New Things

Getting back on your horse, no matter how many times youā€™ve fallen off. Project Journal Bar In my last post, I talked about the struggles and failures Iā€™ve faced the past few years. Iā€™ve been thinking about how to tackle my short-comings and problems to solve a single, relatively-simple issue thatā€™s plagued me nearly my entire life: consistency in my work ethic. There needs to be more ha...

Getting back on your horse, no matter how many times youā€™ve fallen off. Project Journal Bar In my last post, I talked about the struggles and failures Iā€™ve faced the past few years. Iā€™ve been thinking about how to tackle my short-comings and problems to solve a single, relatively-simple iss...

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Creating a Contingency Plan

Failure is Important Last month, I had the idea to write an article each day for the month. How long did that last? Only five days. No matter how you look at it, that is failure. And itā€™s not just about the fact I didnā€™t manage to beat the challenge, itā€™s more about the principle of the matter. The fact that I failed to keep a promise to myself and others. Why did I let this happen? I think mo...

Failure is Important Last month, I had the idea to write an article each day for the month. How long did that last? Only five days. No matter how you look at it, that is failure. And itā€™s not just about the fact I didnā€™t manage to beat the challenge, itā€™s more about the principle of the matter. ...

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My Writing Process

Five Steps to Go From Brainstorming to Completed Work Letā€™s get down to the bare bones to start with: Prepare yourself and focus. Brainstorm and allow yourself to have bad ideas. Outline a thesis. Draft and edit. Cut the non-essential. Now, letā€™s expand on these ideasā€¦ Today is the third day of November. For some of the day, Iā€™ve been trying to craft a new article to publish. For the large ma...

Five Steps to Go From Brainstorming to Completed Work Letā€™s get down to the bare bones to start with: Prepare yourself and focus. Brainstorm and allow yourself to have bad ideas. Outline a thesis. Draft and edit. Cut the non-essential. Now, letā€™s expand on these ideasā€¦ Today is the third day of...