Conquer Procrastination & Get It Done
No More Putting On Plays In The Backyard
Honey, it is time to move your work to a bigger venue. Today, if possible. I know it doesn't feel ready and I know you're not sure how and I know the new website isn't up yet and you haven't lost the weight and your not sure if your skills are what they should be and...
That Panicky Feeling
You know that panicky feeling you get when you're about to make a big move? Don't let it deter you - it's only old ghosts and shadows that will disappear as the sun rises. Sitting at my desk a few weeks ago, about to hit the button that would send out the announcement...
Procrastination Is Genius In Disguise: DESIRE
We all have projects that we know would make an enormous difference in our lives. Good projects. Important projects. World-changing projects. And they're just sitting there, staring at us. The good news is that you're still thinking about it, which means you have...
Bouncing Back From Disappointment: Really Gettting Over It (Step One)
We all get disappointed sometimes. And mostly we follow a pretty simple process of feeling tremendously upset, thinking about it way too much, then finding some way to comfort ourselves and then moving on. With the help of some friends, some carb-heavy comfort food...
Thief
So I was doing some internal work a while ago about money. Now, as it happens, I have a pretty good relationship with money. I like money, I usually have enough, I don't mind paying bills and since I always pay my bills on time, I have a very sexy credit score.But I...
Among Them But Not Of Them
The Solitude Cure There is no real cure for loneliness. Except to transform it into solitude. Solitude is remembering that there has never, ever been a single (solitary) person like you. You arrived alone You'll die alone. And in between those two things, you will...
Confessions Of A Recovering Perfectionist, Part One
For years I resisted the word “perfectionist.” I thought that word sounded simplistic and anal-retentive. It reminded me of surface-obsessed people running white gloves over lampshades and endlessly rearranging boring red long-stemmed roses in cut crystal vases....
The Snag In Your Sweater, The Ringtone You Hate
While a lot of the coaching and free-advice giving I do is about making sure that you spend at least 15 minutes per day on the creative work that makes you happy, this bit is about attending to all those dumb, pesky details that can make your world feel like a dumb,...
How To Wallow
I Can't Go On. I Can't Go On. I'll Go On., ww... by samanthabennett222 Design a refrigerator magnet With zazzle View other Motivational Magnets "> When you find yourself all bummed out and thinking dire my-life-is-a-failure-type thoughts, my advice is to...
Don’t Think While You’re Feeling
Don’t go grocery shopping when you’re hungry. Don’t call ex-lovers when you’ve been drinking. Don’t think when you’re feeling. Let’s say you have a disappointing day. Everything is going wrong. Bills, parking, people, money, friends, the very streets seem to be out...