“A day of bad writing is always better than a day of no writing.” – Don Roff The values of this quote and others like it speak to the critic inside of me. The voice that tells me I’ll never make it. The one who tells me I won’t get where I want with my work. When those feelings of… View Post
Excuses? Burn’em
You messed up at work and you have a dozen excuses you could make. “Fix it.” your boss says, busy with the day. You have two basic options here: 1) “I’m sorry, boss, I didn’t have enough time to do it right. I rushed, and now it’s ruined and I only did it that way because I’ve been stressed and… View Post
Daisies On The Lake
When I was a kid, my grandparents owned a lake cabin. Some of my earliest memories take place there. I remember the quiet mornings on the front porch in the delicate rays of sunlight. The air still gripped in the chill from the night. The sparkle on the water’s surface like a million stars. Towels drying on the railings from… View Post
3 Pitfalls of Being Precious
Being precious, according to Scott Berkun, means to give your ideas and projects more importance then they deserve. I have regularly fallen into that pit over the years with my writing, especially when I first started. I had a near-crippling sense of “I must get this right or I’m no good.” But the thing is, you can’t grow as a… View Post
How a stubborn horse taught me more than a self-help book ever has
Let me set the scene for you. A fifteen-year-old girl, summer heat, and a painted quarter horse with an attitude problem. I hadn’t had the opportunity to ride for a while, and I was excited. We were going on a trail ride through the beautiful mountains of Newman Lake, Washington. I tacked up the horse my friends were letting me… View Post
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