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August 3, 2011 Vol.2 Issue 2 | ||||||||
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Just a few days ago, we also launched
our month-long support for those who are doing Nanowrimo during the
month of August. We're sending out CampNano ePostcards every morning to
give those daring writers a creative boost while throwing a few writing
logs on the fire to keep their writing fire burning strong... It's not
too late to join us and receive our daily postcards. Even if you are not
writing a book this month, sign up anyway; the photos, quotes, and
writing prompts are enough to get you writing for the day, regardless of
what projects you have going, or might even be considering. You can
sign up HERE.
Featured Book...The first book (eBook, really) in our reading series, Do
the Work by Steven Pressfield, is a quick,
in-your-face read that will transform your thinking and approach to any goal
you want to accomplish. This week, we are focusing on the first half of Do the
Work, which focuses on getting started on your project and staying on task as
you are, literally, doing the work. Pressfield stresses the importance of
resistance in our lives, but also places an equal emphasis on the opposing
force to resistance: Assistance. Interested in downloading this book? Go HERE to download Pressfield's eBook (it's only $7.31, straight from Amazon!).
Featured Site...If you love journaling, you need to check out Dawn Herring's sites and sign up for her newsletter. We met Dawn when she discovered our #Smash365 prompts and chose two of them as featured prompts for her ezine Refresh Journal, which is all things journaling. She also selected a #Smash365 prompt for a feature discussion with her twitter online journaling community #JournalChat, which meets Thursdays at 5pm EST. If you write, blog, scrapbook or journal, you should sign up for her ezine and visit her sites at Journal Writer or Refresh Journal, where Writer's Block has met its match. What's Coming Up...Next week, we'll finish our 2-week discussion of
Pressfield's Do The Work by putting into
action his strategies for handling "the crash" and reaching the end -
triumphantly. Look for more daily prompts from Smash365, and leave us a comment
or a link to your responses. Let us know what's transforming in your life.
A Note from Cara...I first read Do the Work several months ago and it has significantly
impacted the way I think about personal growth, risk, and taking
chances. It was an interesting balance to the Abraham-Hicks focus on
resistance, which usually makes it sound so benign. I found that
Pressfield's personification of it as an Enemy somehow motivated me to
take a more active part in looking for it so I can recognize and release
it. I must have been doing a pretty good job lately because I've
manifested some pretty powerful things this week.
First, I won a Vision Workshop & Laser Coaching package while listening to a tele-seminar with Sonia Miller of Success for the Soul. She was starting another 90-day intensive coaching program in September, something I've wanted to do every time she's offered it. This time I knew the Resistance I was feeling, all the reasons why I shouldn't pay for it or commit to it with my busy schedule, was coming from a 'scarcity mentality' and really signaled that this was exactly what my soul was calling me to do. So I took the leap, signed up for it, and paid in full. Two days later I won a full-ride scholarship to the program and received a refund for the whole amount in my paypal account! When I was answering the questions to apply for the scholarship (which was by random drawing), I declared that if I won, I would put the money toward attending Marie Forleo's Rich, Happy + Hot conference in New York in October. So you know where I'll be that weekend! I'm living in appreciation for things great and small this week: for scholarships and serendipitous web browsing; for vision workshop activities and journaling; for my big, lovable mastiff lying at my feet while I type the day away; for hot, sunny sweltering days and for downpours that drench us on the way to the car; for the last week of summer school for Liam and my last week of chauffering; for the opportunity to spend an hour in the car with him every day talking about music, coffee flavors, forms of government and what he should name his empire; and for relaxed, quality time with family and friends. What are you appreciating today?A Note from Rus...Every time I read Do The Work (and believe me, it's something that I think you will continue to reference on a near-daily basis), I recognize new ways to accomplish more things in an amazingly efficient way. My small press, Ravenwater, is taking off like I never imagined possible (we're releasing two new titles and a second edition in the next 4 months). I'm writing more frequently for Write Anything, an online writing site to inspire writers of all ability levels to, well, write anything. And, I'm putting the finishing touches on my own book, Cold Rock, due out in October. But it's not just about writing goals that I have. It's about spending more quality time with my kids; it's about sending and responding to correspondence in a timely manner. What it's NOT about is making to-do lists and freaking out about all that I have to do. I'm just writing articles, making phone calls, taking walks with my son, and loving every minute of it. It is simply unbelievable what is possible when you stop thinking about what has to be done, and you just start doing it. What will you start doing today? | |||||||||
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