I’ve used rewards for goals in the past to satisfying effect. When I heard rewards work well for Questioners (from Gretchen Rubin‘s The Four Tendencies), I knew I needed to set up writing rewards for my goals. Who knew it would be such a chore? The perfectionist in me didn’t like …
A Whirlwind Summer It’s a wonder I managed to finish any work during the past two months. I’ve only been home 25 days of the past 60. 11 of those 25 days saw us having guests. Whew! I wouldn’t have it any other way though, except for the emergency (a plummet …
Meet My Bullet Journal I started using the bullet journal two years ago. After trying various phone apps and other methods to keep …
Both my love of writing and the ideas for this story are from my childhood. Fortunately, I took a different track than …
I developed a little problem over the past year. What started as an idea to get me writing more became a full-on …
My Worst F Word It’s time to talk about the worst F word around — failure. Failure nurtures fear like nothing else …
I have lots of ideas for topics on this blog. Some I start writing and intend to complete, but things happen during …
This was going to be a list of all podcasts in my player, but that’s too many. I needed an easier post …
I don’t need no stinking writing ritual! I was a firm believer in the free-spirited artist ideal. I would write when …
The Writing Experiment: Third Report will be the last in this series for a while, because… I’m calling the experiment a success! …
Maybe it sounds a little crazy when I claim minimalism helps writing. If you follow my Facebook page, you may have wondered …
The thing about experiments, and most things in life, is that learning happens most from failure. While I haven’t fallen flat on …
While I failed to set up my writing experiment like a true scientific experiment, I will still report findings. Don’t expect much …
I planned to get a lot of reading done yesterday. Instead I caught up on Top Chef and Doctor Who and then …