I had plans for my blog in December. I was actually really excited to talk about how I go about reviewing my past performance in setting new goals, because I think I’ve learned some useful things about that over the years. But apparently, my theme for all of 2024 is that sometimes you have to […]
Any extended project, from writing a book to fighting fascism, needs to be respected as a long-haul effort. You’ve got to take breaks. You’ve got to safeguard your strength. And you’ve got to find joy and hope to keep you going. I’ve collected a couple of things that have helped me, in hopes that one of them might help you, too.
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Whooo boy. How’s your anxiety this week? Weirdly, mine’s the lowest it’s been in months. Maybe because there’s really nothing left for me to do. (For the moment – additional activism comes later.) I’ve supported the candidates and causes I care most about. I’ve voted. I’ve encouraged a few other people to vote, and talked
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The TRICKIEST thing about self-care is that your needs will change from one situation to the next, and it can sometimes take a bit of work to adapt to the changing situation.
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Perfectionism is a like a terrible manager, and gets in the way of actual productivity. Learn to fight it by seeing yourself as a work in progress.
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This post is part of my Be Your Own Manager series. Click here for an overview, and links to all other posts. Once upon a career, in a city far away, I took a workshop with a successful theatre director in which he talked about Plans. According to his theory of how great theatre comes
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I often feel quite adversarial about my writing: the plot doesn’t cooperate; my characters aren’t interesting; my structure is running away from me and I’m chasing hopelessly after calling “inciting incident, come back here this instant!”
If I were, instead, to nurture my idea, feed it, be patient with it, sit still with it: what would that look like? How would that work? Is there a part of my process that is already nurturing, and can I build on that?
Guest Post: Kim Aippersbach on Nurturing her Creative Work Read More »
One of my most valuable tools is one of the cheapest.
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Every month, I’m going to give you a few things that have brought me joy in recent weeks. Maybe you’ll love them, too. Maybe they’ll inspire you to find other joyful things more suited to your tastes and temperament. And I’d love to hear from you — in the comments below or by email —
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This month’s guest post, by Lindsey Wohlman is an exploration of a couple big ideas to help keep your creative mind in top form — by giving it a rest once in a while, and inviting it to work in new ways. I remember seeing a reddit post in the LifeProTip subforum years ago. A
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