When Great Ideas Become Lead Weights
Here are five ways to help preserve the life and growth of a good idea when circumstances mean we can’t follow it up right now, ways to stop it becoming just another weighty addition on a “to do” list.
‘Writing’ at Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life
The following articles are related to ‘Writing’ at Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life.
The ‘Unstoried Life’ — Not Having a Narrative
In Things That Bother Me, Galen Strawson includes a beautiful account of his own experience as an ‘unstoried’ self, someone to whom it simply does not come naturally to experience life as a story. I feel amazingly affirmed by Strawson’s words.
Unleash Your Creativity This Spring
It’s Spring, a season of creative disturbance. Once out of the cocoon of Winter, everything starts to move and change. There’s a mix of cold and sun, and everything’s in flux; it can seem like one step forward and two steps back, yet it’s all moving forward.
Creative Automatic Writing: Getting Past the Censor and Generating Energy
Our internal dialogues plan, worry, criticise, and take up a lot of mental energy. If we are finding life stressful, writing can be an ideal place to stage an intervention and regain our energy, our creativity, our mental space.
We Cannot Not Communicate — Unless We’re Texting!
It might be true that we cannot not communicate, but when it comes to email and texting, what we’re communicating might not be what we intend — even when the recipient is a friend who knows us well.
Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
Fans often ask successful writers where they get their ideas. In my experience, many answers are less than useful. But I believe there is a definitive, general, and useful answer to the question of how to get great ideas.
What’s Your Secret Career Superpower?
Career counselling aims to help clients match their abilities to rewarding work. But the nature of our abilities and how we perceive them can stop us from recognizing our greatest strengths.