When working towards a goal, setbacks can be discouraging. Reflect on your progress and remind yourself of the distance you’ve already come. Keep going.… Read More Motivational Monday: What’s a few more steps?
Chase excellence, not perfection. Let go of self-criticism and celebrate everyday achievements. Focus on intention and effort to catch excellence.… Read More Motivational Monday: Catching Excellence
The post challenges conventional views of success and emphasizes individual perception. It criticizes quotes dictating what success should be, asserting that it’s a personal definition. The author encourages readers, especially writers, to define their own success and not succumb to external expectations or societal pressures. Success is portrayed as self-determined and diverse.… Read More Motivational Monday: Define Your Success
The quote on the featured image is one of my favorites. It’s also one of my least favorite. Today, it’s one of my least favorite, but most needed, and I think perhaps we all need a reminder now and then. Whatever your wishes or hopes are for the new year, some of them will require… Read More Motivational Monday: Roll Up Your Sleeves
Before writing these posts, I sometimes go back through the titles of previous posts so I don’t repeat myself. I came across this one, from the beginning of the pandemic. Well, it has been a few years and to be perfectly honest, I forgot those goals in the long-covid battle. It’s time to review! At… Read More Motivational Monday: Renew your goals
The author observes society’s overemphasis on monetizing activities, stifling personal enjoyment and creativity. They highlight that hobbies are for self-enrichment, not income, using examples like a grandfather who learned German for self-satisfaction, not career purposes. They encourage disconnecting enjoyment from monetization, pursuing hobbies for personal happiness, and affirming one’s value independent of earnings.… Read More Motivational Monday: It’s Not All About Money
As a writer, I can look at the direction a story is heading and say, “This will not go where I’d like it to go.” I can then delete the work I’ve done, edit it, or shelve the entire story and start fresh with a different idea. Doing that with your life is a little… Read More Motivational Monday: Evaluate the plot
On a rough day, it’s easy to get lost in the rush and stress and forget all the good you’ve experienced. There’s power at your disposal. It’s stored in your memories. Our past provides us with building material for our future, but we sometimes forget it’s there. Take a quick dive through your previous experiences.… Read More Motivational Monday: Remember When
How many times have you done your best, poured your heart and soul into something, and received no recognition? No one recognized how hard it was. No one saw how you struggled to learn things so you could do well. No one realized you did this on top of all your other work. No one… Read More Motivational Monday: Do Your Best Anyway
Always A Way Forward 