I like ice cream a lot. I take it back. When I say I like ice cream, I mean that I really, really like chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream. I like it so much that I haven’t had it in over a year. If I buy it, I want to eat it all the time. It’s best left as a rare treat so that our amiable relationship can continue.
An Attitude of Gratitude
gratitude: noun the state of being grateful : THANKFULNESS
grateful: adjective 1 (a) appreciative of benefits received (b) expressing gratitude
2 (a) affording pleasure or contentment : PLEASING (b) pleasing by reason of comfort supplied or discomfort alleviated
Be Strong and Do the Work
Pressfield may be known for the line “do the work,” but it isn’t original to him. He simply made it popular. The term has been around for years, even centuries.
Write Right: Continually and Continuously
“Continually” and “continuously” are two words I never can keep straight. I always have to revisit their definitions and rules of usage. Because of that, I’ve decided to write a Write Right post about the two words if only so that I’ll have a resource in the future.
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Your Business is not a Content Factory
A business is not a content factory. It’s not a content farm. It’s not even a content mill. In fact, it shouldn’t be any of those things. A business is a business. It may or may not publish content about and for that business.
3 Ways to Get Out of a Creative Rut
I’m typically an advocate for fighting when faced with a creative rut. Living with deadlines and projects has made me aware that creativity and inspiration are not things found while waiting for them to appear. They’re found while doing the work, no matter how flawed and terrible the first iterations of that work are.