"Visualize this thing you want. See it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blueprint and begin." Robert Collier The importance of getting clear We're all well-versed in goal-setting, becoming certain about what we want, and visualizing our outcomes. Knowing what you want is a no-brainer, because how can you get "there" if you […]
Funny story: I've had this blog post in mind for the last few days. And then when it was time for me to sit down and write it, my blog host, Typepad, had two DOS (denial of service–I looked it up) attacks, on Thursday night and Friday morning. So I had to give up the […]
Happy New Year! We're two days into 2014–how's it treating you so far? Yeah, I know, it's a bit soon to tell. But I've been cheerful the last few days. Why? Because I took time to review 2013 and work on goals for 2014. I've spent a lot of time doing this, actually. And […]
This morning I was writing about a character. Her arc is to go from being what she considers to be a failure, to suddenly experiencing great success. So as I was tracing this movement, I started thinking about how to show what her failure looked like and felt like to her, and then what her […]
I am interested in overcoming adversity. Also overcoming sloth, gluttony, laziness, and pride. I think those are four of the seven deadly sins, no? (Does anybody actually remember what the seven deadly sins are?) I struggle with overcoming all of these bad traits on a daily basis. Or at least weekly. So when Nikki Leigh […]
I've just taken up running. Well, my version of running, while I get used to it, which is more like run-walking: run a block, walk a block. Actually I'm up to running two blocks, then walking two blocks. What started all of this was an offhand comment from a friend. (Oddly enough, much of my […]
Having left LA last Friday and flown up the coast, I am adjusting to the relative cold up here (oh who am I kidding, forget the relative part it is flippin' freezing, 50 degrees colder than it was when I left California). But this morning was one of those foggy autumn mornings that I love, […]
