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Rest and Relaxation
Relaxation. It is a need. Almost a must-have in today’s society, where everything feels like it is moving at speeds that could strip the skin off one’s flesh were they not careful. Some would place relaxation within this overarching new fad of “self-care”, where an industry has popped up with everything from aroma therapy, self-massagers,…
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Words to Ponder #5
“Like many noisy extremists, he had moved through a whole spectrum of extreme political opinion. What remained constant is only the decibel level.” Arundhati Roy from “The Ministry of Utmost Happiness” There’s a similar statement in a book called “True Believer” by Eric Hoffer, where it is argued that the most passionate of any movement…
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Words to Ponder #4
“Preparing to do the thing isn’t doing the thing. Scheduling time to do the thing isn’t doing the thing. Making a to-do list for the thing isn’t doing the thing. Telling people you’re going to do the thing isn’t doing the thing. Messaging friends who may or may not be doing the thing isn’t doing…
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The Art of Procrastination
There is an art to procrastinating. To waiting until the last minute. Until something is at risk of being late. There is an art to avoiding a task until it simply cannot be ignored any longer. Distraction helps. It introduces conflicting interests. But it is only a small piece of the puzzle. There’s also the…
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A Quick Update
In the spirit of my large-ish post last week, I decided to run a (relatively) quick update on where things stand. While things have happened here on this site, there hasn’t been a whole lot going on in my wider writing world. In fact, pretty much for 6 years, it’s been a drought. After that…
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