Start with the first step. Proceed.
Make a new friend.
Spend time together.
Be your true self, especially when it’s difficult.
Disagree.
Let them go.
Figure out how to soothe yourself.
Welcome them back.
Willingly fall further into friendship’s gooey centre.
Copy what you envy.
Forget who’s who.
Draw a line.
Notice recurring border skirmishes.
Learn about yourself.
Draw a different line, one that includes all of you.
Do your [...]
If socializing in a party setting doesn’t come easily to you, you still have options other than staying home – options which include being yourself.
To cerebrate means to use the mind, to think or to think about. Rather than psyching yourself up to be a party animal, consider musing your way through the festivities.
You may [...]
Toss out the unloved and unused
Don’t finish
Put up a temporary wall
Say “I don’t know”
Loosen your grip
Don’t tell anyone where you’re going
Let them talk
Clear the decks
Hire help
Excuse yourself and leave
Expand your view
Put down the sword
Go where you can be anonymous
Wing it
Don’t equate alone with lonely
Eat less
Say “Oh, never mind”
Let go of your secrets
Sit alone in a [...]
The process of writing is a tool. It serves us, not the other way around. There’s something wrong when struggling with the writing process keeps people’s marvellous thoughts and much-needed wisdom from reaching the rest of us.
To make the writing process easier, to shift the focus from how to write to what to say, don’t [...]
I’m big on buddies. One of my best buds, Carrie McCarthy, wrote a short article called “Style Statement Buddy” on her website. It includes a great how-to list for setting up a weekly buddy call and reaping the benefits.
