Budgeting is an important skill. It doesn’t just refer to money. You can budget time, food or anything you have in short supply. Weight Watchers says their program is a lifestyle change and it is, but I always think of…
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Writing Prompts
Today’s WordPress prompt is ‘locked’. Toasted Cheese has this one, “another naked selfie?” Sometimes writing prompts inspire me and sometimes they don’t. So I am looking at the rest of the month’s writing prompts for April. Hmm, here’s one, “There’s…
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Posted in Writing Techniques
Posted in Writing Techniques
Managing Multiple Projects
Project management can be hard. I have a database of projects that I am trying to maintain. I have several novels in the revision stage and recently found two more manuscripts that I wrote years ago that I think I…
Life Changes
Did you make any New Year’s resolutions this year? I didn’t. I resolved last year to never do that again. It puts too much pressure on a person to make New Year’s resolutions and stick to them. That’s why there…
More Brainstorming
For my brainstorming session, I can do an Internet search for writing prompts or I can use one of my pocket muse books or the cat naps book that I got for Christmas. I can choose a number and make…
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Posted in Writing Techniques
Posted in Writing Techniques
Freeing Your Thoughts
If you have a problem to think through, you should spend some time gathering your thoughts. It can be beneficial. Usually, I need someplace quiet, although sometimes it helps if I have music or something. There is no right place…
Weight Loss and the Holidays
Half a year of dieting and what do I have to show for it? The holidays arrived and I had trouble with them, as you might expect. I have also begun to forget to track my meals. That can be…
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Posted in General Opinion
Posted in General Opinion
Keeping a Health Log
I have decided to keep a medical log. I’m going to put the times I was hospitalized in the medical history part of the log and keep track of the medications I am taking. There’s only one at the moment,…
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Posted in General Opinion
Posted in General Opinion
Using Scrivener to Manage Blogs
I write my blogs in advance. I choose a topic and write about it. I have a system that works rather well. I use a program called Scrivener, which is available for a reasonable cost at Literature and Latte. They…
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Posted in Writing Techniques
Posted in Writing Techniques
Personal Data Management
Personal data management is not that hard. It’s just a matter of developing a good practice of data filing. Think of your data storage like file cabinets, you wouldn’t keep your bills scattered across two or more filing cabinets, unless…
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