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Tag Archives: encouragement
Embracing Failure as the Key to Success
Why do you create? Maybe the answer appears easily to you, always ready and waiting somewhere between the steady rhythm of your heart and the tip of your tongue. To express yourself. To have fun. To share your wisdom with … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged creativity, doubt, encouragement, failure, fear, motivation, success, writing books, writing psych, writing tips
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The Growth Mentality
I finished another book!! I am so excited, most of all because this means the first one wasn’t a fluke. This is something I can actually do. I have written books. I know someone out there might be thinking: well, … Continue reading
Posted in My Writing, Writing
Tagged career, creativity, drafting, encouragement, growth, growth mentality, Ideas, mentalities, motivation, writing psych
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Social Anxiety and Decision-Making
Someone who has never dealt with anxiety (or any other mental illness) may not fully understand just how difficult it can be to go against the anxiety-based instincts and thought processes ingrained into your mind. Just identifying which thoughts and … Continue reading
Posted in My Life
Tagged choices, decisions, encouragement, mental illness, social anxiety, support
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Rebounding from Resistance
Sometimes you just need a good pep talk. Both of my parents are excellent at telling it like it is and telling me to: “just do it already.” And sometimes I really need to hear that. Resistance takes a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged doubt, encouragement, fear, resistance, revision, writing psych
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Signs
I like to believe in signs. I mean, they’re really just coincidences and my brain noticing certain things more given context, as well as assigning random events certain meanings, but it can actually be quite helpful to aid the mysteries … Continue reading
A New World
Three weeks ago today, I was driving home to my parents’ house, realizing I was going to fail the One Month Challenge. Such a simple task, to stick with one story for one month, and I couldn’t do it. The … Continue reading
Encouraging Quotes
One book about writing and creativity I enjoyed was Seven Steps on the Writer’s Path by Nancy Pickard and Lynn Lott. Beyond the advice and exploration written by the authors, the chapters were furnished with a multitude of quotes. I’ve … Continue reading
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