Month: January 2020

🖋 Writers’ Wisdom ~ Let the Story Flow

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Don’t Go into Great detail Describing Places and Things

Unless you’re Margaret Atwood and can paint scenes with language or write landscapes in the style of Jim Harrison. But even if you’re good at it, you don’t want descriptions that bring the action, the flow of the story, to a standstill. ~ Elmore Leonard

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🌞 Inspiring Quote ~ Living Now

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Right now a moment of time is passing by!… We must become that moment.

 ~ Paul Cezanne

🤗 Feel Good Hack ~ Smile More – A Lot More

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Turn That Frown Upside Down

You might notice that people more often gravitate to those with a sunnier disposition. However, the actual act of smiling emits serotonin (the happy hormone) and creates a, stimulating, positive environment. While frowning creates negative energy and drives people away.

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🌞 Inspiring Quote ~ Finding Happiness

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“Be happy in the moment, that’s enough. Each moment is all we need, not more.” ~ Mother Teresa

🤗 Feel Good Hack ~ It Doesn’t Take Much

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Just 30 minutes a day of moderate exercise, such as a brisk walk or a swim, can help boost your mood and limit the effects of stress on your body. And if you do it outdoors in the sunshine, you may feel even better.

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Today’s Smile 😀

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Of course I should clean my windows.

But privacy is important too.

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🍎 Health Hack ~ Ditch the White Food

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Cut Out the White Stuff

The easiest way to lose weight and improve your health? Ditch the white stuff! Most white foods (bread, rice, pasta, sugar, flour) are primarily made up of refined carbs and empty calories, so cutting them out of your diet is one of the quickest ways to shed pounds and improve your well-being, Dr. Oz says.There are a few exceptions to the rule, including egg whites, cauliflower, and fish, he says. Those are the only white foods you should have on hand.

✒️ Writers’ Wisdom ~ Writing Style

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“Write the way you talk. Naturally.” ~ David Ogilvy

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Today’s Poem ~ Those Who Love

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Those Who Love

Sara Teasdale

Those who love the most

Do not talk of their love;

Francesca, Guinevere, Dierdre, Iseult, Heloise

In the fragrant gardens of heaven

Are silent, or speak, if at all,

Of fragile, inconsequent things.

And a woman I used to know

Who loved one man from her youth,

Against the strength of the fates

Fighting in lonely pride,

Never spoke of this thing,

But hearing his name by chance,

A light would pass over her face.

🍎 Health Hack ~ Stress Reduction Checklist

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Peel Away Stress

  • Set priorities. Focus on what’s important. Let the other stuff go.
  • Identify tasks that you can share or delegate, then ask for help.
  • Get organized. Disorder can make things confusing and hard to remember.
  • Set short-term goals you can reach. Reward yourself for meeting them!
  • Say no — gracefully — to taking on more obligations.
  • Focus on the positive. Choose to look for the good in others and yourself.
  • Laugh! Look for humor in your everyday life, or watch a funny video.
  • Listen to music. Choose tunes that relax or revive you.
  • Talk to a counselor or a friend.
  • Remember, things don’t have to be perfect. Sometimes “good enough” is just fine.
  • Take a time-out for yoga, meditation, or some deep breaths.
  • Get regular exercise. Find something you like doing that you can work into your schedule.
  • Set aside some time, even 5 to 10 minutes, for yourself each day.

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