Mind+Craft - Issue #2
Be a thought observer and adverb avoider.
I captured this in San Diego last weekend. A little miracle. A cloudy ominous sky, the city somehow spotlit in golden, crowned with a magical rainbow. Moments like these remind me how important it is to get outside and experience earth in all its glory.
Observe your thoughts:
This is the gateway to any sort of self-improvement. Your reality is mostly created by the thoughts in your head. So improve them. Monitoring your thoughts non-judgementally is arduous work. Don’t take it lightly and don’t give up.
Changing a thinking pattern takes time. Keep catching negative thoughts and redirecting them. You have to do this all day, every day for a while before you re-wire your brain. Then, the next level is unlocked, and it is worth it.
This Weeks Writing Tidbits:
Book recommendation: ‘Welcome to the Writer’s life’ by Paulette Perhach.
If you are a new writer. YOU MUST READ THIS. It is the warm cozy hug mixed with a slap on the behind that you need. It covers, how to edit your work, how to create your writing habit, and how to run your writing business among other topics. She has a website too:
Adverbs are your enemy: Search for anything ending in a ‘ly’ and delete it, brutally. ;)
What I’m Reading:
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
Image from Goodreads This is kind of an oldie in the non-fiction world. I connected with Paulette Perhach on Twitter and she recommended it to me. So, I picked it up immediately. It’s an easy read and will challenge your thinking. So, thumbs up.
The Obstacle Is the Way By Ryan Holiday:
Image from Goodreads A fun read, packed with lots of wisdom. I don’t think it was life-changing, but, you will walk away with some good nuggets. We all need reminders on how to change our perspective to view obstacles and difficulties as hidden blessings. I do plan on reading at least one more book from this author.
Favorite Quote This Week:
“Writer Nassim Nicholas Taleb defined a Stoic as someone who “transforms fear into prudence, pain into information, mistakes into initiation and desire into undertaking.”— The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday.
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Wonderful. Thank you for sharing this.
Great read Zaha! Love the bit about adverbs. Wonder what you think about adjectives :) This reminds me of a dialogue from the movie 'Spotlight'. Here is a snippet from the movie's screenplay:
"Marty sits reading copy. He crosses something out. Ben,
Robby and Sacha sit opposite Marty.
BEN: What?
MARTY: Another adjective"