It’s good to establish a routine. Something that you can do day in and day out. Hopefully something that helps you become a better you. But you’ve got to be careful not to add too much too quickly. I started the year declaring that I would do a blog post a day. It’s a big,…
Non-writers always ask where the ideas come from. As if they come from some special place. And are only doled out to the very lucky. But ideas come from everywhere. From the article you read that prompts a “what if” question. From the juxtaposition of two different things being combined to create a new thing.…
In Be Useful, Arnold Schwarzenegger talks about how he would train for 5 hours a day when he was a body builder. Two and a half hours in the morning. And two and a half hours in the afternoon. He would track all his workouts. When he transitioned from body builder into a movie star, he…
I was thinking about Seth Godin and what he says about writer’s block. He says he writes how he speaks, and that people rarely have trouble talking. We don’t suffer from Talker’s Block. There might be a silence or pause here and there, but conversation flows. For some reason, when there’s a blank piece of…
When the pandemic started, I thought it would be a good opportunity to get things done. Like working on my playwriting or blog posts. Being stuck in my home should have removed all the distractions, right? I should have been able to focus on my goals, right? Wrong. Like most people, my Resistance and procrastination…
Next week, Theatre Aquarius puts on its Reading Week. The artists in the various programs that Theatre Aquarius supports during the theatre season will get a chance to present an excerpt from the piece that they’ve been working on. My turn is on Wednesday (June 19). It’s always good to get your work in front…
It seems ridiculously long since my last blog post. Six whole days. But that’s what happens when you switch from doing a daily blog post to a weekly blog post. Listen to me. I make it sound like I’d been doing it forever when it was only for thirty days. But I’ve had time to…
Woo hoo! I just completed 30 days of writing a daily blog post. I haven’t written 30 consecutive, regular posts in a year, let alone in a month. That’s why I like 30 Day Challenges. It’s long enough to be difficult but not long enough to be daunting. You can stretch yourself but there is…
Resistance can kill your integrity. That siren call prevents you from doing what you said you would do. It makes you break your word, even if it was only to yourself. We get too used to making excuses instead of following through with commitments. It’s easier to come up with a reason why you couldn’t…
When I tell people that I visualize, some of them give me a skeptical glance. I think many people associate the concept of visualization as some kind of hocus pocus that people employ with The Law of Attraction. You visualize something that you want to happen and miraculously it happens. I haven’t tried that kind…
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