One of the suggested post-reading activities from a recent assigned reading task included this:
“Develop a list of your personal writing rituals and how they help (or hinder!) your writing.”
I was inspired to draft my own list:
Holly’s Personal Writing Rituals
* Open a window (whenever possible, have fresh air) [alternatively, sit on our [...]
Thanks to Chris Brogan for this excellent idea — a mantra of three words to describe one’s goals/resolutions for the year!
See http://bit.ly/7SEr for Chris’s idea!!
I’ve come up with my three words:
delight
demonstrate
disentangle
I love words; disentangle makes me want to dance — I need more ‘dance’ in my life — movement, joy, hope, exercise, fitness, etc. [...]
It is believed that “going public” with one’s resolutions (I will, I will, I will) helps them to become reality. I like the concept of goals over resolutions — the difference being that a resolution is an “I will, I will, I will!” pledge, and a goal is an “I will try, I will [...]
I’m long overdue for posting here. I have been busier with posts at EnglishCafe.com; a great place to visit and interact!
Today, while sorting paper piles and documents saved on my C drive, I came across a note from September 7, 2001 [just days before 9/11]. I had attended a several-session career choice and development workshop [...]
I participate on several listservs, finding the interactions very rewarding personally and professionally.
One of these listservs is facilitated by David J. Rosen, a man for whom I have great respect and admiration. It is the National Institute for Literacy’s Workplace Literacy mailing list.
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Sigh.
Hours and days and weeks and months and years go by SO quickly!
My lists grow and grow.
It seems as if I’m on ‘definite overload’ too often.
I do make time for ‘priority-for-me’ things many days… but each time I do, other things slide!
There is so much that interests me in this world. I love to walk, [...]
Hello all,
I have let several days lapse between posts; no excuse other than the usual: busy!
It occurs to me that this may be an appropriate time and place to share a bit of goal-setting info. As you review the following tips, you’ll laugh if you know me at all — because my to-do list and [...]
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