You Can Stop
If something, that in the past you were doing because it gave you joy, no longer gives you joy, you can stop doing that something.
If something, that in the past you were doing because it earned you much needed cash, no longer earns you much needed cash, you can stop doing that something also.
You don’t have to read an entire book series. You don’t have to spend your entire working life at the same job. You don’t have to finish a movie. You don’t have to eat the whole cake. (Yes, I heard that gasp. – grins) You don’t have to continue a side hustle. You don’t have to separate lights and darks while doing the laundry this week.
If it no longer serves you (makes you happy or earns you an income or…), you can stop. You have that ability.
Stopping that action will also free up your time and energy for something else. Which is an awesome gift to yourself!
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Give Others A Chance
We have a tradition in our neighborhood.
If we have a large item for garbage pick up and it might, just might be, of use to someone else (like the scrap metal collectors), we put it out at the curb the day before pick up, often with a sign stating why it is being trashed.
And 8 out of 10 times, someone else CAN use it.
If it doesn’t hurt you in any way, give others a chance. Leave that already-read romance novel in the Little Free Library. Put out that potted plant you no longer want on the curb with a sign saying ‘Free to a good home.’ Let the traveler rushing to make their connecting flight exit the plane before you.
Give them a chance. Put that good energy out into the world.
(smiles)
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If You’re On The Wrong Path
If you’re trekking along a path (this could be a career path or a life path or an actual physical path)
and you realize the path isn’t for you,
maybe it leads to a place you no longer want to go or it is too rough or it’s too long or something else,
stop and turn around!
Backtracking is ALWAYS an option.
Sometimes we discover awesome things (about the world or ourselves) when we backtrack.
Heck, I backtrack in writing all the time. I’ll delete entire chapters and take my characters in another direction.
Life is an adventure. And adventure is NEVER a straight line OR all forward movement. It winds. It loops back. It backtracks.
You can do this too!
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Do A Little Bit
The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I are privileged, over the years, to have obtained too much stuff.
We have decided to declutter, giving our excess to charities or loved ones, sharing our bounty.
This is a BIG job.
But it doesn’t feel that way.
Because we’re decluttering 3 items every day. That’s our easy-to-meet quota.
Life isn’t all or nothing.
We don’t have to write a novel in a day or plant a garden in an afternoon or do all the laundry all at once.
We can write 200 words a day, plant a couple seeds, throw one load in the washing machine.
Do a little bit and watch those little bits add up.
(smiles)
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It’s Okay Not To Know Everything
We, humans, haven’t identified most of the tiny lifeforms living in a handful of soil.
We uncover new-to-us MUCH larger animals and plants and other lifeforms every dang day on the wonderful planet.
NONE of us know everything.
And it is okay to admit that.
It is okay…actually it is GREAT to say “I don’t know enough about this to talk about it so I’m going to listen and learn.”
That’s wise. And that’s powerful. And it’s freeing.
You can pick and choose what you gain knowledge about or become an expert in. And the task of gaining knowledge about everything else can be delegated to other people. They can share the load.
(smiles)
You will NEVER know everything. And that’s a wonderful thing!
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Tell Someone You Like Their Shirt/Blouse
The world has been…challenging lately for just about everyone.
So yesterday, I made it my mission to say something nice to as many people as possible.
I looked around a crowded resale store, for example, saw a lady in a pink floral blouse, told her I loved it.
Her face lit up. And her shoulders straightened.
She smiled and said thank you.
Bam. I made her day a tiny bit better.
Tell someone you like their shirt/blouse and watch as this changes their world for the better.
Yes, it is THAT easy to do.
And isn’t that an awesome superpower to have?
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You Can Let It Go
We can’t fight every battle in existence in this wonderful world today.
That’s impossible.
There are too many battles waging. And we only have 24 hours in the day (here on Earth – if you’re reading this from another planet, your days might be longer. – grins).
We need to rest. And have peaceful moments in our lives.
So pick your battles.
If someone posts a terrible take on social media, for example, and it is not your area of expertise, consider scrolling past. Or blocking them. Or forming a rebuttal in your mind but not actually posting it (and having to deal with the responses).
Don’t do this with everything, of course. We have to fight for something. But save that energy, my friend, for the issues you really care about.
Your peace matters also. Protect it.
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If It Is Working For You…
A writer asked me what I thought of a certain story structure.
I asked him what HE thought of it.
He said it worked well for his story and his editor, someone he respects, really likes it.
I told him if it is working well for him, don’t change it.
And I wanted to tell him to stop asking other writers what they think of it. Because someone won’t like it. And they’ll have reasons. And then he’ll second guess something that is helping him refine his story.
If something is working for you (and it doesn’t hurt anyone else), use it.
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Pass Along Print Books You’ll No Longer Read
I read. A lot.
I suspect you do also, my friends.
(smiles)
I mostly read eBooks but one of my Awesome Brothers gives me print books for birthdays and holidays.
When I’m done reading those print books, if I believe I won’t ever read them again, I give them away for other readers to enjoy.
My favorite donation place is the neighborhood Little Free Library. I leave the print books there and within hours, sometimes minutes, some other book lover has claimed them.
I’ve given someone else joy.
That makes me happy.
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Library Love And Canadian Writers
Librarians buy books for their libraries. A LOT of books. And all writers everywhere get paid when their books are purchased for libraries.
In Canada and some other countries, however, writers receive additional funds, funds they can use to create the next book or to…eat. (We like eating. We try to do it every day. – grins)
Canadian writers are given a ‘grant’ of sorts for every book (ebook, print book, audio book, other) they have in a Canadian library.
If you are Canadian and you want to help Canadian writers, request their books. Ask a librarian to order their books. In Toronto, this is as simple as sending an email or going into a library and mentioning it to a librarian.
Libraries and writers will thank you.
(smiles)
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