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Friday, December 2nd.
Dec. 2nd, 2011 12:20 pmTHE DAILY REPORT
The initial burst of comments on the last chapter of Tales of MU seriously made my day. I was feeling a little fragile about it when I posted it, because it was short and written under the gun and while under the effects of missed sleep. It also makes me feel better about the newsletter I've been putting together, which has a major focus on Nicki and where she came from as a character (and a bit about where she might be going.)
Honestly, I spend a lot of time responding to negativity, either literally or in the sense that my mind/emotions are stuck processing it, and it's easy for me to lose sight of how many people really enjoy what I do, which makes it easy for me to lose sight of how much I enjoy it.
So basically I'm taking my report today just to say that I honestly love you. I'm directing that at my actual readers of my fiction, but if you're following my blog for other reasons, assume I mean you, too.
I don't think positive thinking has the power to move mountains or create wealth or alter reality through sheer force of will, but you know what it does have the power to do? Keep you positive. Of course, it's easy to talk about "positive thinking" and less easy to actually do it. If we could simply switch our emotions around at will nobody would ever have to talk about the power of positive thinking. There have been studies that show that simply mindlessly affirming tings to oneself can be most counterproductive in people who seem to need affirmation the most.
So I'm not making "positive thinking" in and of itself my goal, but I am looking at ways to shift my thinking in positive directions... brain hacks. I read something interesting about the practice of gratitude as a booster of happiness recently, but unfortunately I read it as part of an op-ed piece by National Organization for having less Marriage spokesperson Maggie Gallagher who was specifically trying to slant it in a pro-God (and thus pro-Christian and thus anti-gay) direction.
Here's a blog post on the subject... note I just turned this up in a quick Google search, so I can make no nor withhold any endorsement of the blog. Psychology-themed blogs are (like everything else on the internet) a bit of a crapshoot.
In other news, I found a blog on Tumblr called "Unfuck Your Habitat" that is very interesting and possibly useful. I haven't looked at it too deeply yet... I don't know how well the blogger deals with disabilities, so I'd suggest approaching it with caution. But the Unfucker does advocate something I find interesting, which is the 20/10 rule... spend 20 minutes on the thing you dread doing, 10 minutes just messing around or doing something you want to be, using a timer to enforce it.
It's funny because that's similar to how I write (though for different reasons)... it seems like it could be really helpful for everything else.
STATE OF THE ME
Less insomnia last night. Slept in later this morning, because of the less insomnia. Sluggish start to the day.
PLAN FOR TODAY
Newsletter, mainly.
The initial burst of comments on the last chapter of Tales of MU seriously made my day. I was feeling a little fragile about it when I posted it, because it was short and written under the gun and while under the effects of missed sleep. It also makes me feel better about the newsletter I've been putting together, which has a major focus on Nicki and where she came from as a character (and a bit about where she might be going.)
Honestly, I spend a lot of time responding to negativity, either literally or in the sense that my mind/emotions are stuck processing it, and it's easy for me to lose sight of how many people really enjoy what I do, which makes it easy for me to lose sight of how much I enjoy it.
So basically I'm taking my report today just to say that I honestly love you. I'm directing that at my actual readers of my fiction, but if you're following my blog for other reasons, assume I mean you, too.
I don't think positive thinking has the power to move mountains or create wealth or alter reality through sheer force of will, but you know what it does have the power to do? Keep you positive. Of course, it's easy to talk about "positive thinking" and less easy to actually do it. If we could simply switch our emotions around at will nobody would ever have to talk about the power of positive thinking. There have been studies that show that simply mindlessly affirming tings to oneself can be most counterproductive in people who seem to need affirmation the most.
So I'm not making "positive thinking" in and of itself my goal, but I am looking at ways to shift my thinking in positive directions... brain hacks. I read something interesting about the practice of gratitude as a booster of happiness recently, but unfortunately I read it as part of an op-ed piece by National Organization for having less Marriage spokesperson Maggie Gallagher who was specifically trying to slant it in a pro-God (and thus pro-Christian and thus anti-gay) direction.
Here's a blog post on the subject... note I just turned this up in a quick Google search, so I can make no nor withhold any endorsement of the blog. Psychology-themed blogs are (like everything else on the internet) a bit of a crapshoot.
In other news, I found a blog on Tumblr called "Unfuck Your Habitat" that is very interesting and possibly useful. I haven't looked at it too deeply yet... I don't know how well the blogger deals with disabilities, so I'd suggest approaching it with caution. But the Unfucker does advocate something I find interesting, which is the 20/10 rule... spend 20 minutes on the thing you dread doing, 10 minutes just messing around or doing something you want to be, using a timer to enforce it.
It's funny because that's similar to how I write (though for different reasons)... it seems like it could be really helpful for everything else.
STATE OF THE ME
Less insomnia last night. Slept in later this morning, because of the less insomnia. Sluggish start to the day.
PLAN FOR TODAY
Newsletter, mainly.