Dread is fear of failing to be perfect. Or at least that is the way I see it. (And probably why I spent more than several minutes coming up with the {perfect} combination of letters to spell the word, dread, using Spell with Flickr. )
One of the most effective [...]
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Serendipitously read this entire book today … Ironically, already implementing a very similar system of “natural planning” as outlined on page 56:
Defining purpose and principles
Outcome visioning
Brainstorming
Organizing
Identifying next actions
As well as collecting project notes in one file/place so as to maintain Categories of Action.
Young encourages planning as a method of being “in the moment” — of [...]
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Ack! My desk seems to have a magnetic attraction for “stuff” … It isn’t as piled as this today. Only because I gathered everything into a basket. Um, for later! (However, I do see that “later” has no official time definition on any of my calendars! Certainly could be a problem for a creative-type [...]
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Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time … The wait is simply too long. ~Leonard Bernstein
These words sum up what is going on in my writing world at present. Especially since, I have yet to develop that necessary approach to bridge the moments [...]
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