LIFE'S A BATTLE

Tag: mindfulness

  • Teaching and the MFA in Full Swing

    Teaching and the MFA in Full Swing

    I’ve been busy, though that is the worst and most common and lowly sort of excuse I could give. Fact is, I’ve been prioritizing both being the best instructor, student, and writer I can be, and blogging came in low on the task-list hierarchy. But I love writing on here, and there is something cathartic…

  • Where Thoughts go to Die

    Where Thoughts go to Die

    Try to fight against your dying thoughts. Just write your passing fancies down on sticky notes, whiteboards, your hand, whatever.

  • Harnessing Wild Creativity

    Harnessing Wild Creativity

    For Motivation Monday, let’s talk about harnessing wild creativity. Time to bust out the sticky notes baby.

  • Trying Contentment

    Whew. This is a late one, but I wanted to get a couple thoughts down. I’ve been trying to foster contentment in my life lately as a form of mindfulness. I think a lot of people mistake fostering contentment with giving up and a general disassociation with achievement, an outlook fraught with fallacies about the…