"Do the Work" is an immensely helpful book by Stephen Pressfield. If you are stuck, and need to read one book, make it this one. If you've felt there's an underlying force resisting your desire to go forward, read this book. If you've taken class after class, applied solution after solution, and don't understand why the resistance is still there, read this book. You are up against the Borg, and … [Read more...]

Holly Lisle has [these] topics for timed writing, many of which look interesting. Borrowing some from her, and making some of my own, I have: rage revenge fear self-defense escape against a man against society against God against oneself needing love needing peace needing freedom a fight a sale an overcoming protecting providing defending a mistake … [Read more...]

For me it's Kenya Black, when I can get it - which has a kind of acacia/currant flavor to it. Or gunpowder tea. Or a mix of red bush tea and something kicking like lemon. But bulk tea has its own sort of attitude that tea bags can't match. I used to be a pipe smoker, and the pipe was the ultimate concentration tool. When I gave it up, bulk tea became the alternative. When I run out of it, I rip … [Read more...]

Habitforge is based on the theory that the action you repeat 21 days in a row becomes a habit. When you register, you choose a desired habit. Every morning, you get an e-mail asking if you did it yesterday, with a yes or no button, and a helpful quotation. I don't like to say 'no', because then it starts over. In fact, even on a day when I know I can't do much, I strive to do something, to avoid … [Read more...]