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How to find inspiration in everyday life
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The First Draft
The first draft of any writer's work needs a lot of improvisation. There is a feeling of ‘whiplash’ that takes place when writers navigate and come in terms with the rework. Writing regularly makes this a normal occurrence, and not something to worry all night.
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Realistic Goals
Writers who are confident set realistic and controllable goals to overcome the impostor syndrome.
Focusing on days or weeks of progress, with regular review/tracking gets us to know our productivity with supporting data, as opposed to our feelings that are unreliable.
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Illusory Superiority
This is a form of false confidence, when we believe that we are above average in just about everything.
Some people form a ‘halo’ around themselves at being extremely competent while being the opposite, as they are unable to measure or even see their shortcomings. This is known as the...
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Have A Ritual
A lot of the writer's best work is produced when they are at a certain time and space. There may be certain external factors, the morning freshness, the outdoor greens, or the hustle-bustle of the café that gets the creative juices flowing, and it is unique to all.
Get to know what stokes ...
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The Impostor Syndrome
A feeling of being unworthy and secretly cheating your audience/employer or followers is common and natural, especially in the field of writing.
70 percent of millennials have reported that they have experienced impostor syndrome.
Underestimating yoursel...
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The first draft
The first words you write are the first draft. Writing is thinking. You'll rarely know what exactly you want to say when you start writing.
The time you put into editing, reworking and refining turns your first draft into a second draft, and then into a third. If you keep refining it o...
Why worry interferes with problem-solving
While anxiety is normal when you first identify a threat, it's not helpful when you're trying to solve a problem.
- Worrying makes us feel bad, that can cloud our judgment.
- When we worry, it takes a lot of mental effort to sto...
The First-Night Effect: The Reason We Can’t Sleep At A New Place
- Known as the First-Night Effect, many of us aren’t able to sleep properly at a new place the first time.
- The reason for this, according to research, is that half our brain (the left hemisphere, mostly) stays awake in alert mode. This area of the brain is called the defau...
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