What is the FINCH distribution of goals? You’ve probably heard of SMART goals, SMARTER goals, and maybe even SMARTEST goals, but have you heard of the FINCH distribution of goals? The acronym FINCH is one I made up to remind goal setters to set goals in all of the important areas of life. Why cover […]
Decision Fatigue
Decision fatigue comes from having too many decisions to make, especially in a row. According to some experts, the average American makes 35,000 decisions a day. Nearly 300 of those are just on food! An editor has to make many decisions every hour (I often make thousands of corrections per hour, plus dozens of choices […]
30 days of thankfulness
In years past, I’ve seen friends do 30 days of thankfulness in November. I liked what they posted, but never did it myself, because frankly my life was pretty crummy and I didn’t think I had much to be thankful for in the first place. I didn’t want to start it and then have to […]
Overcoming no matter what people or life do to you.
I was reading through some things at Platform University earlier, and then my blog post about my abusive mother and her death six months ago, and in my mind, those things mingled with something posted by my friend Derek Wittman. He said who you are is not the same as what you do. His clarifying […]
Reduce chances of getting sick
This post may be out of the ordinary for this blog, but that’s okay. It’s something that may help you stay productive as a writer, so here it is. As a parent of special-needs children, I always dreaded anyone in my family getting sick—we had enough to deal with already, and, really, who doesn’t? Reduce […]
What it’s like to have ADHD
Here’s a story I wrote about the difference between not being on ADHD medication and being on it. I imagine it’s also the difference between what it’s like to have the attentional issues that are labeled “ADHD” and to have a “normally-functioning” brain. At least the medication can help to make it appear to be […]
5 reasons you can’t have chronic illness AND creativity
Chronic illness and creativity can be enemies Chronic illness is a barrier to everything we love and want in life. It can and does keep us from doing many things. Here are five ways it can interfere with creating the things we want and need to create, and a few things you can do to […]
Why “Just try harder. You’re not good enough” is a lie
Just try harder. You’re not good enough, and you’re lazy. That is the message people with disabilities of all kinds get so often in life when we don’t meet other people’s expectations: just try harder. Whether we are told that flat-out, or whether it’s just the message we pick up on, we hear that we […]
Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) interferes with your life This post may seem a bit out of the ordinary, but please bear with me. It applies to you, whether or not you know anyone with a traumatic brain injury. Family is important. The wedding vows say, “For better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness […]
