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What’s Scary About Being Creative
{Thanks @kristinoffiler for your Facebook comment that inspired this 4:06 pm in the afternoon spontaneous post!} I was rambling on Facebook yesterday about more things I fear. Maybe it’s Halloween that’s started the domino affect or the several hours a day I spend reading psychology articles on anxiety and depression. But I’ve been talking a…
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Facing the Things You Fear Most
H-A-P-P-Y H-A-L-L-O-W-E-E-N! In case you didn’t know, I’m a bit of a scaredy cat. I’m scared of oogly googly things like spiders, snakes, cockroaches. And I’m scared of loud noises like fireworks, balloons popping, gun…
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Creative Friday: I’m Not Creative
I’m a big believer in the power of words, which probably doesn’t come as a surprise to you since I’m a writer. But this might. I’ve only recently begun to unwrap the layers of meaning behind the words. Meaning like: “I’m not a creative person.” That’s the type of thing I told myself for several…
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Bad Idea to Pursue Your Dreams?
Should You Follow Your Bliss? There’s been a lot of talk about Steve Jobs’s talk at Stanford’s Commencement Address in 2005. If you want to watch it yourself, go here. I personally found his speech on living your dreams inspiring. But of course I would right? I love inspirational things. Then, I read this blog…
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Weekend Update: A Creative Class in Meaning
Hi guys! I’m working this weekend and just thought I’d let you in on a secret. I’ve been taking a course taught by creativity guru Dr. Eric Maisel. He’s authored 35 books, one of which {A Writer’s Paris} took me all the way to Paris. I’m just a handful of weeks in his new course…
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Creative Friday: Creating Counts
Does a creator need the attention, numbers and sales to create? I might as well ask the philosophical question: “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?” Of course it does. Just because no one yet knows about the secret thrill you get from…
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Embracing the Lulls in Your Life
There are moments meant for celebrating. Getting my first online column for The Writer for example, made me feel like a champ. I felt the same way when I was asked by this lady to be interviewed on her radio talk show. And I was certainly excited when an Oprah show producer contacted me to…