I have always enjoyed reading. There is so much to choose from out of the topics that I commonly want to add more to my knowledge base about. I really like the diversity of the approach to the information and frequently find that I can improve my use of the topic information by adding sometimes [...]
As each new Olympic record is broken, we are amazed at how humans can possibly reach higher achievements … faster trials … longer endurance. All that is required to achieve success is desire and dedication. Just as the Olympic athletes strive to set new records, by diligently and joyously applying yourself, you will watch your dreams and aspirations [...]
If you want to write but you do not know how or where to begin you need a system. Otherwise you might get easily bogged down which leads to procrastination, anxiety and misery. Under those circumstances it is hard to get motivated and giving up seems much easier to do. If you have started to write [...]
When you first start to write, you might be nervous about what other people will say about what you have written. After all we never liked to get our papers back in school for fear that we might not get a good grade or that others in our class might see what grade we got [...]
If you have the romantic passion to become a writer you might be experiencing what most people do when trying to get started. The paralysis of analysis can stop you and fear can stop you. Recognize that everyone has both of these problems. The solution is to recognize it and start writing anyway. The most common [...]
There is a joy in writing about things that are going on in your life or in the lives of others. It is all about the sharing. Think of the feeling you get when you get a card, a letter, an email or hand written note shared across coffee, lunch, dinner or even across time. [...]
Every time you reconstruct a memory, reminisce or re-read a story you have written about an event you experienced, you are actually strengthening the neurological pathway for that memory. This helps prevent it’s loss. “What we believe about ourselves is determined by what we remember about our pasts.” Daniel L Schacter You can improve your [...]
How cool is this to get such a nice compliment on my article The best writing advice ever told is writing about what you know. Yes, the best advice is writing what you are passionate about, you know, what really excites you. I hate to write when I am bored. I know or suspect the [...]
Everyone thinks that their problems are unique. They take them in, internalize them and fester on them. They must be unique because if they weren’t they could just find out what someone else did to fix it and do that. As we grow up we are programmed not to talk about our problems and hence [...]
Prairie dog families live in underground colonies called burrows. The burrows can be more than a hundred feet (30 meters) long and have many different compartments (at bottom) where the prairie dogs sleep, raise their young, and stay safe from predators. They are part of the squirrel family and multiply very [...]