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Writing NOW!
Thanks for this article, Dr. Barreca. Your reminder about writing not being something to do only after the "In Box" is empty was just what I needed to hear.
I exercise my mental
I exercise my mental flexibity by going to Yahoo "news, finance, real estate, etc." articles and read the comments to get the juices flowing and then write a comment or two. Because the items are as topical as the daily news, I am not writing on the same topic all the time. It has helped me develop a voice and style and, sometimes, you get an encouraging or elucidating comment from another reader: "Very well put," or "So, what's you're point?" If someone at that level praises or doesn't get your point, either observation should be heeded. If you want to both be popular and make money writing, your readers lie there. If the folks on Yahoo comments can't follow your logic, it's time to rethink the way you think. It's a good place to get in touch with how you really feel about a broad spectrum of topics; get some opinions regarding the common, popular social attitude of the moment and masses(albeit self-selected); and learn to be coherent and concise. At least, that's how it works for me. (I know. You're wondering about that concise part. I hope not the coherent too.)
Sometimes you can be castigated by a sophomoric and moronic element that likes to lurk in the anonymity of the digital shadows, but you need to experience the ridiculously ugly comments as well as the sane and reasonable ones.
Give it a shot if you are blocked. The key is to get the act of first creation in motion and the fingers will follow simply because if your mouth is closed, they are the only next natural way of acheiving the second creation.
You are right about writing,
You are right about writing, Gina. Great advice.
Hopping is a one letter transformation from Hoping
Once upon a time...Correction....Scratch that. It was a bleak, arduous, painful, dark, nightmarish and stormy semester. My High School English teacher was a stickler too. Bless her literary heart. How stickler was she? She demanded...even expected many typed pages from me. Can you believe that? The gall of that woman! Didn't she know I am the proud owner of a short attention span with avoidant quicksilver Nike running shoes? That quarter's outcome: I got an "F". The next quarter I got an "A". I sacrificed Track.
The moral of this short story: Ms. Dundas it wasn't Fundas Track!
Ms. Gina! I figured out my word count problem!
I'm Aesop AND Aesop Jr. reincarnated! I'M POSSESSED! In all your years of teaching have you ever heard that one for a paltry word count excuse?
It gets even better: I have proof!
Here's hindsighted Wikipedia confirmation bias that leads me to my delusional conclusion. => "Aesop a Greek citizen, would recount a fable for the edification of his son, Aesop Jr., who would then deliver the moral in the form of an atrocious pun."
I don't get out much.
I appreciate this!
Glad to have the kick in the pants. My journal keeps filling up with ideas, which have all gone into hibernation. Will stop with the guilt trips and get to work.
RE: Kick in the pants
Is it bad to want or need a kick in the pants? Is it worse to like it?
How badly do you need it and how much do you like it?
If you feel you need that kick to normalize your day or to be able to function in a prodcutive manner, I'd say that would be bad, addictive even, and you need an intervention and subsequent participation in PA, Procrastinator Anonymous. It's a 12-step program. Since the members are habitually late to the meetings and don't do their homework from the last meeting, they usually disband after 5, sometimes 6, or maybe 7 meetings depending on how long it takes them to get around to throwing in the towel. You know it's over when you show up 20 minutes late for the next meeting and you are the only one there. The toughest part is finally getting up at the end of that 3rd or 4th meeting and saying, "Hi. I'm Kelly and I may be a procrastinator. I'm not sure yet." You may want to look into PA when you find the time.
I love the question, "Is it worse to like it?" Good writing! Like I observed in an earlier post: Commenting is a great way to practice your styles and various voices. Keep banging away. I see promise just in the nature of your comments. If nothing else, you are an expert on you, your life, your family and friends. It's a good place to start. Change the names to protect the guilty if you wish. I think you would make a good humourist and observer of human nature.
Dave 2! You nailed my gluteus with your maximus innuendo
I liked it. If you can compete with a pile driving hammer then I'll work you into my Laughter, Pleasure, Malice, and the Pursuit of Adult Fun box.
"Flattery is all right as long as you don't inhale." - Adlai E.
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