From the category archives:

Dear Future Self

by stargardener

{click on image to view full-size/notations} Sometimes apprehension {fear} is merely Wisdom telling you to allow what is in your heart to develop fully/mature. But what to do when you have something you know you want to be, to accomplish, to enjoy … or simply to dream about? A gentle way to document this, explore [...]

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[How-To] Overcome Visually

by stargardener

vercoming various obstacles {challenges, confusions, fears, etc.} in a visual {and tactile} mode is my way of processing, deciphering and, well, overcoming! Oh! And — beyond the sense of sight — it usually involves dark chocolate, solitude and ear buds blasting whatever my favorite music is at that moment. Once I am settle, this practice [...]

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Freelance Schedules

by stargardener

Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan. ~Norman Vincent Peale Yep. I used the “s” word; the dreaded linear tool creAtives typically love to live without. However, the road to distraction and lost clients are paved with a freelancer’s good intentions! So … how about we accomplish this task creAtively? [...]

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Routines

by stargardener

Routines are about incorporating patterns and customized blocks of times within our days.  Despite their lack of a positive “first-impression” for most creAtives — when we utilize routines, we find ourselves equipped to move through crazy-busy times and impossible deadlines, and carve out time for our creAtive adventures and restorative quiet times. When the days begin [...]

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Volcanoes may not be an appropriate image for the way ideas flow for right brain thinkers … As some of us have “eruptions” on a daily basis! So, whether you see the flow of your ideas as an explosive eruption or a steady, spring-fed stream — the random flow can be semi-harnessed in the following [...]

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Ready? Let’s get to the nitty-gritty: Maintain a journal, time planner or some bound (or otherwise container) system. This is the most awesome and practical method of mapping the road to your dreams. It enables you to have a proverbial view from the sky, to see what you can delete, consolidate to literally create blocks [...]

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Increase Memory

by stargardener

There are times when I wish I had a “Print” feature for what I am storing on my mental hard drive. So much input, so little time to rehearse it in order to store it via my memory! :p I do employ particular habits and “techniques” to support my memory … 1. Review small bits [...]

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Study Tools

by stargardener

Slow and steady goes the course as I compile my thoughts here regarding Right Brain Planning. In order for me to make the most of the time I have to complete assignments, read required reading, etc. I have packed specific tools for use when I study for my classes: writing instrument zipper bag (highlighters; different [...]

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Study Skills

by stargardener

In the book, Successful Study: The Essential Skills, By Prashant Shah (which I was able to preview via Google Book Search, here) the point is made that the ingredients of successful study include: Confidence, Intelligence, Drive and … Technique. Technique is what I am currently working on as I am currently enrolled in classes which [...]

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