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		<title>By: lindacopy</title>
		<link>http://mothersofbrothers.com/fairy-castle/comment-page-1/#comment-5808</link>
		<dc:creator>lindacopy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 21:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have to agree with Elizabeth. We highly-motivated types are very goal-driven...but sometimes it&#039;s best to forget about the goal and just let your thoughts take you where they may. I actually suggested this recently to an older cousin of mine who wants me to help him write his autobiography (mostly so his children will know him better). I bought him a beautiful journal and asked that he write, or draw, or whatever in it, whenever he has a moment to do so. If he doesn&#039;t think about the BOOK -- the big goal -- that may be at the end of this process, but rather taps into some real memories and feelings, creative inspirations and insights, something deeper and more worthwhile could occur. Trust yourself. Lose your internal critic. Don&#039;t think about the goal.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have to agree with Elizabeth. We highly-motivated types are very goal-driven&#8230;but sometimes it&#8217;s best to forget about the goal and just let your thoughts take you where they may. I actually suggested this recently to an older cousin of mine who wants me to help him write his autobiography (mostly so his children will know him better). I bought him a beautiful journal and asked that he write, or draw, or whatever in it, whenever he has a moment to do so. If he doesn&#8217;t think about the BOOK &#8212; the big goal &#8212; that may be at the end of this process, but rather taps into some real memories and feelings, creative inspirations and insights, something deeper and more worthwhile could occur. Trust yourself. Lose your internal critic. Don&#8217;t think about the goal.</p>
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		<title>By: Lindsay</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lindsay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Emily and Terry, so glad you enjoyed meeting each other!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Emily and Terry, so glad you enjoyed meeting each other!</p>
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		<title>By: Anne</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I feel like my days are sometimes a succession of &quot;projects&quot;, and my husband is constantly patting the spot next to him on the couch and telling me to &quot;just sit down a minute&quot;.  8 minutes is a good start.  It&#039;s doable, but still a challenge, if you&#039;re someone who rarely does &quot;nothing&quot;.  Keep working on it...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I feel like my days are sometimes a succession of &#8220;projects&#8221;, and my husband is constantly patting the spot next to him on the couch and telling me to &#8220;just sit down a minute&#8221;.  8 minutes is a good start.  It&#8217;s doable, but still a challenge, if you&#8217;re someone who rarely does &#8220;nothing&#8221;.  Keep working on it&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: terry</title>
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		<dc:creator>terry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, I have been called a lot of things in my life but never, ever a fairy godsister!  Maybe a fairly odd sister but never a fairy godsister But what&#039;s with the &quot;on your side to help--if only in the short run&quot; crap.  I am here for the long run, God willing. Loved meeting you and can&#039;t wait to hear about your journey with The Artist&#039;s Way!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, I have been called a lot of things in my life but never, ever a fairy godsister!  Maybe a fairly odd sister but never a fairy godsister But what&#8217;s with the &#8220;on your side to help&#8211;if only in the short run&#8221; crap.  I am here for the long run, God willing. Loved meeting you and can&#8217;t wait to hear about your journey with The Artist&#8217;s Way!</p>
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		<title>By: RuthWells</title>
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		<dc:creator>RuthWells</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hoo boy, I feel ya on this one.  Being Alpha can really suck at times.  But hey, if my Next Big Idea pans out, I&#039;m going to need a LOT of help implementing it and would LOVE to have you on board... so save those 8 daily free minutes!  ; )</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hoo boy, I feel ya on this one.  Being Alpha can really suck at times.  But hey, if my Next Big Idea pans out, I&#8217;m going to need a LOT of help implementing it and would LOVE to have you on board&#8230; so save those 8 daily free minutes!  ; )</p>
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		<title>By: Sarah</title>
		<link>http://mothersofbrothers.com/fairy-castle/comment-page-1/#comment-5743</link>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 16:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>First of all, I am also a mother of brothers and when I saw the title of your site over at Gale&#039;s Ten Dollar Thoughts I was, of course, compelled to check it out. My boys are 7, 2 and 1. I am in the thick of it. The diaper changes, potty reminders, put-your-shoes-on-now-or-you-aren&#039;t-coming-with-us threats. My mind is racing, racing, racing and my own 8 minutes of free time per day are squandered too quick. 

That said, existential crisis? Okay, I&#039;ll bite. I am also waffling this New Year. My emotions, my goals, my hopes, my need for success, my review of failure. I&#039;ve been flopping about for several weeks and have deemed it WINTER-INDUCED. Cold weather, three boys inside too often, mania! But I&#039;m feeling a wee bit inspired here. And, as a person who is always open to new ideas, will be taking a Google peek at this Artist&#039;s Way that you speak of. 

Life. Long. Happy. Hard. Often in-between. 
Glad to have found you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>First of all, I am also a mother of brothers and when I saw the title of your site over at Gale&#8217;s Ten Dollar Thoughts I was, of course, compelled to check it out. My boys are 7, 2 and 1. I am in the thick of it. The diaper changes, potty reminders, put-your-shoes-on-now-or-you-aren&#8217;t-coming-with-us threats. My mind is racing, racing, racing and my own 8 minutes of free time per day are squandered too quick. </p>
<p>That said, existential crisis? Okay, I&#8217;ll bite. I am also waffling this New Year. My emotions, my goals, my hopes, my need for success, my review of failure. I&#8217;ve been flopping about for several weeks and have deemed it WINTER-INDUCED. Cold weather, three boys inside too often, mania! But I&#8217;m feeling a wee bit inspired here. And, as a person who is always open to new ideas, will be taking a Google peek at this Artist&#8217;s Way that you speak of. </p>
<p>Life. Long. Happy. Hard. Often in-between.<br />
Glad to have found you.</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elizabeth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Emily, the professional career counselor in me has so many things to say!  I hardly know where to begin!  Well, if we ever get a chance to write and publish &quot;Life in Pencil,&quot; I have a whole chapter dedicated to when doing NOTHING versus doing SOMETHING provides the answer.  The tough thing is figuring out when a situation calls for which approach.  I happen to be a fan of doing nothing -- at least for awhile --  because I find that most of us tend to shy away from doing nothing.  Especially productive people.  I had to chuckle when I read that you had approached &quot;doing nothing&quot; as a project.  But it makes sense; you&#039;re a &quot;doing something&quot; person by nature, and &quot;doing nothing&quot; goes against the grain.

But I also believe that something &quot;doing nothing&quot; involves &quot;doing something.&quot;  Doing nothing can be a surprisingly active process.  Doing nothing doesn&#039;t have to mean sitting on your duff waiting for life to happen (although sometimes it does, and sometimes that&#039;s just what we need).  Sometimes it means actively exploring the world, as you did with Terry, rather than searching for a plan, for action, for answers.  There is a difference.  

I worked my way through some of &quot;The Artist&#039;s Way&quot; a number of years ago, and it seems to me like a very healthy, active approach to exploring and &quot;doing nothing.&quot;  Good luck on your journey as you figure out &quot;what&#039;s next?&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Emily, the professional career counselor in me has so many things to say!  I hardly know where to begin!  Well, if we ever get a chance to write and publish &#8220;Life in Pencil,&#8221; I have a whole chapter dedicated to when doing NOTHING versus doing SOMETHING provides the answer.  The tough thing is figuring out when a situation calls for which approach.  I happen to be a fan of doing nothing &#8212; at least for awhile &#8212;  because I find that most of us tend to shy away from doing nothing.  Especially productive people.  I had to chuckle when I read that you had approached &#8220;doing nothing&#8221; as a project.  But it makes sense; you&#8217;re a &#8220;doing something&#8221; person by nature, and &#8220;doing nothing&#8221; goes against the grain.</p>
<p>But I also believe that something &#8220;doing nothing&#8221; involves &#8220;doing something.&#8221;  Doing nothing can be a surprisingly active process.  Doing nothing doesn&#8217;t have to mean sitting on your duff waiting for life to happen (although sometimes it does, and sometimes that&#8217;s just what we need).  Sometimes it means actively exploring the world, as you did with Terry, rather than searching for a plan, for action, for answers.  There is a difference.  </p>
<p>I worked my way through some of &#8220;The Artist&#8217;s Way&#8221; a number of years ago, and it seems to me like a very healthy, active approach to exploring and &#8220;doing nothing.&#8221;  Good luck on your journey as you figure out &#8220;what&#8217;s next?&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: jennifer</title>
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		<dc:creator>jennifer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:58:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What a wonderful outcome of your lunch with Terry, and how funny that we are all connected in so many ways (you and Lindsay also share a connection to Leigh).  Thought of you and Terry yesterday as I was reading a Newsweek article on Alfred Hitchcock.  The article said he was inspired by William Castle, which is what led to Psycho.  You said that Terry met you despite the possibility of you being a weirdo (which you&#039;re completely not).  Psycho -Weirdo - just playing with those two words - there&#039;s gotta be something there that will lead to the big breakthrough!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a wonderful outcome of your lunch with Terry, and how funny that we are all connected in so many ways (you and Lindsay also share a connection to Leigh).  Thought of you and Terry yesterday as I was reading a Newsweek article on Alfred Hitchcock.  The article said he was inspired by William Castle, which is what led to Psycho.  You said that Terry met you despite the possibility of you being a weirdo (which you&#8217;re completely not).  Psycho -Weirdo &#8211; just playing with those two words &#8211; there&#8217;s gotta be something there that will lead to the big breakthrough!</p>
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