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Clarity + Focus = Ease + Grace

Clarity + Focus = Ease + Grace I heard this saying last weekend and it immediately spoke to me, as truth does. I know this equation is true because I've experienced it for myself. When there's not clarity and focus you get– –Procrastination –Worry –Spinning wheels –And multiple variations of the above themes But when […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Motivation

Checking in on the Three Words of the Year

Did you choose three words (or one word) to live by this year? Have you checked back to see how you're doing with these words? Last December, in a post titled Three Powerful Words for An Amazing New Year, I announced my words and the thought behind them. Since we're halfway (gasp) through the year, […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Motivation

What Are Your Writing Non-Negotiables?

I think writing non-negotiables are a great idea. What are they? Writing non-negotiables are the the tasks you don't negotiate with yourself, you just do. They are the one thing or several things that you must–in agreement with yourself–do every day. If you don't do them, you'll feel lousy. If you do them, you'll feel […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

inspiration Motivation

You Can Do It!

"A #2 pencil and a dream can take you anywhere." Joyce A Myers For some reason, I've been thinking a lot about motivation this weekend. Because I think that sometimes we need it to get ourselves started. And by "started," I don't mean just beginning a project. I'm talking about starting a writing session. Here's […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 14 years ago11/03/2015

Motivation

Expect Nothing, Accept Everything…and Show Up

One of the recent phrases of wisdom I've been attempting to follow is this: Expect nothing, accept everything. To which I add: and show up. I'm not sure where the original quote came from. I heard it at church. It resonates with me because it has taken me a long time to grasp the "expect […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Motivation

5 Limiting Writing Beliefs to Let Go

Today is Ash Wednesday. I am by no stretch of the imagination an authority on this or any other Christian holiday, seeing as how I was raised in the Unitarian church, and in Sunday School we learned about needy children of other cultures, mostly Africa. (Which is no doubt why, to this day, I have […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

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A Messiness of Mind

I'm enduring a messiness of mind this week. It feels like I've been on a full-out run since mid-December. There's the mad Christmas rush, of course, followed by New Year's and my daughter's birthday. And then I had to get organized for my trip to Nashville last week, which was more complicated than usual because […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Motivation Writing

Resistance is Futile

Some days, my life is one long series of resistance. I want to eat couscous with my lunch, but the voice inside my head warns me it's a carb and I really shouldn't eat carbs. I want a glass of wine before dinner, because all the males of the family are drinking beer and watching […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Motivation

Writing Your Way Back To Yourself

This morning I woke up tired, headachy, and full. Yesterday was, after all, Thanksgiving. And I cooked for 12 people, which is enough to give anybody an exhaustion hangover. As I stood in the kitchen, sipping my coffee, I thought that I'd skip my morning routine of writing first thing. Because, well, I didn't feel […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Motivation Writing

Taking Time to Write

Everyone talks a lot about making time to write, but do you take time to write? I have a lot of transition points throughout the day, times when I'm segueing from one project to the next, or switching from being out and about to sitting at my desk, working. At these junctures, I often find […]

Charlotte Rains Dixon 15 years ago11/03/2015

Charlotte Rains Dixon

Category: Motivation

Clarity + Focus = Ease + Grace

Checking in on the Three Words of the Year

What Are Your Writing Non-Negotiables?

You Can Do It!

Expect Nothing, Accept Everything…and Show Up

5 Limiting Writing Beliefs to Let Go

A Messiness of Mind

Resistance is Futile

Writing Your Way Back To Yourself

Taking Time to Write

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