Think of your life as three buckets, says Jonathan Fields in How to Live a Good Life. The first bucket is called Vitality, and it’s about the state of your mind and body. The second is Connection; this one is about relationships. The third, Contribution, is about how you contribute to the world. The fuller your buckets, the better your… View Post
Quote of the day “Creation is gorgeous and at the same time very painful” ― Pedro Almodovar. Video of the week: Pedro Almodovar on Creation Writing Lesser-Known Character Archetypes | WRITERS HELPING WRITERS® Do You Italicize Book Titles? And Other Title Conundrums | The Write Practice How to Straighten Your Story’s Spine | WriteOnSisters.com How to Keep Readers Happy When Your… View Post
If there was a single question that you can ask someone to measure how resilient they’re going to be, you ask them what are you responsible for?-says Eric Greitens, author of Resiliency: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life. [perfectpullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]When the world is storm-driven and the bad that happens and the worse that threatens… View Post
Quote of the day [perfectpullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“Real museums are places where Time is transformed into Space.” ― Orhan Pamuk, The Museum of Innocence[/perfectpullquote] Video of the week: What Art Museums Are For Writing Pacing and Momentum in Revision | WRITERS HELPING WRITERS® 5 Tips For Writing Vivid Fiction From Edgar Allan Poe | Writers Write How to… View Post
Are you getting your stuff done? You drag yourself out of bed, usually late, check Instagram, go to work, start checking your email, start answering. Then, it’s noon. After lunch, perhaps you have some meetings. You start working at 3pm. Maybe later. Around six you are heading back home. You’ve done anything decent. Sounds familiar? Managing your own time is… View Post
Quote of the day [perfectpullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=””]“There are winds of destiny that blow when we least expect them. Sometimes they gust with the fury of a hurricane, sometimes they barely fan one’s cheek. But the winds cannot be denied, bringing as they often do a future that is impossible to ignore.” ― Nicholas Sparks, Message in… View Post
Me without you… I become the best version of myself. Living ones’ life is a skill that has to be acquired, like learning to ride a bicycle or play the piano, says Alain de Botton in his novel On Love. And when you have learned to live your own life, you don’t accept anything but a mature love. The… View Post