The Second Secret of Creativity
SECRET TWO CREATIVITY IS ABOUT FINDING WHAT YOU LOVE….AND DOING MORE OF IT. Sounds simple doesn’t it? Well it may sound obvious, but actually many of us have forgotten the very things that really light us up. The things that make us feel alive, fun and excite us. Tapping into our own innate creativity is about finding what you love …
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The First Secret of Creativity
If you want to get the most from these blog posts here’s what I suggest you do: Print off a copy of the post Get yourself a pen, paper and a highlighter As you are reading highlight any words which seem, relevant, important or jump out at you. Make notes in the margins. This can simply be any thoughts, connections …
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Flower Power!
Flowers do it too you know! Take a look at the flowers. What do you see? Anything unusual? The first time I actually saw this it took me ages to properly see it.
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Ways to Relax
Apologies for this post, it’s only half complete! I will come back to it very soon. :-) There are certainly not 100! & the order of them is all over the place. 1. Take a nap 3. Go outside and get some fresh air 5. Sit in the sun 6. Concentrate on your breathing. Breathe deeply 8. Watch a funny …
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How Not To Hurry
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” ~ Lao Tzu This Post is written by Leo Babauta @ Zen Habits Consider the above quote from Lao Tzu, (perhaps mythical) father of Taoism: how can it be true? Is it possible to never hurry, but to get everything done? It seems contradictory to our modern world, where everything is a rush, where …
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Do What You Love
This story of doing what you love is taken from Dowhatyouloveforlife.com . It is one of my very favourite websites. I have just randomly picked one, of the many of inspiring stories from real women. Women who are doing their own thing, following their own path. When I was 18 years old I was a senior in high school with …
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7 Reasons Why People Procrastinate
1. FEAR….plain and simple! 2. We seek perfection. We want things to be just so, just right. By wanting things to be perfect we put way too much pressure on ourselves. This pressure, instead of motivating and spurring us on, is actually paralysing. This is probably what writers are experiencing when they talk about writers block. 3. Feeling and worries around not …
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7 Ways to Stop Procrastinating
1. Do the hardest or least appealing task first. For me this is often tasks which have something to do with finances, like tax returns or book keeping! I wonder what the top tasks are that people procrastinate over? Anything that has too much detail. That can be a future blog post?! 2.Write a to-do list. Keep it manageable with …
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Today is International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day has been observed since in the early 1900′s, a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies. 1908 Great unrest and critical debate was occurring amongst women. Women’s oppression and inequality was spurring women to become more vocal and active in campaigning for change. …
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Brilliant Books
BRILLIANT BOOKS ~ Recommended By Nicola from The Orange Tree One Day – David Nicholls. Amazing modern story that follows two teenagers (Emma and Dex) from university through to their 40’s. Beautifully written. The Book Thief – The story is set during the Second World War, it is of a little girl who steals books as a way of …
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