Figuring out what work I would love to do has consumed me my entire adult life.Whilst other people were out there living and getting on with things, I was obsessing over which career to choose. And life kind of passed me by.My excuse is that I am ‘an ideas person’ (I have so many product,… Continue reading Be true to yourself
I got a book out from the library about motivation recently, thinking it might help me get my arse into gear with my writing and generally sorting my life out. Weirdly, it was surprisingly unmotivating. Out of the whole book there were only 6 pages that jumped out at me. (I know it was 6… Continue reading Are you inspired or motivated?
From escapethecity.org
Ahem. As I always suspected. We are geniuses.
Something interesting happened today. I went for my usual chiropractic adjustment. (I work part-time for a wellness clinic and they give all their staff free treatments.) The Big Cheese adjusted me. And at the end of a fair bit of neck crunching he said, “I don’t usually do this but I’m going to get a… Continue reading The Power
Have you visited GapingVoid? Or better yet, have you read Hugh MacLeod’s book: Ignore Everybody And 39 Other Keys to Creativity? Hugh draws inspiring cartoons on the back of business cards. I like this one about going your own way because it nicely sums up what the heck I’ve been doing for the past 12 years… Continue reading Repeat after me…”I am NOT a freak!”
This is one of my favourite quotes: “Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to… Continue reading One idea
To cut a long story short, it has been a bit of a rubbish start to 2012. As my friend so eloquently put it, same shit, different year. So recently, in desperation, I went for a walk...and had a little word with the powers that be. Well, it was more of a rant actually: ‘Why… Continue reading I had a chat with God recently
Katherine Bassford 