You can spend an entire year on a novel that turns out to be really bad. Ray Bradbury offered some alternative advice for the beginner or intermediate writer: Write 52 short stories instead of one novel. Write one short story a week for a year. “I defy you,” he said, “to write 52 bad ones….
Archives for April 2018
Why We Don’t Keep a Budget
I am so grateful that we were given Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover as a newly married couple ten years ago. It gave us a road map to follow to find the financial security we have today. I became a big Dave Ramsey fan back then and listened to the podcast version of his radio…
Clear Instructions
The other day I was helping my daughter with her math homework and we both had a difficult time understanding what to do. Internally, I found myself going through a cycle of thoughts that are shared by so many millions of people in school: “I don’t get it.” “This is dumb.” “I can’t do this.”…
The Extra Coat in Your Closet Belongs to the Poor
“When someone steals another’s clothes, we call them a thief. Should we not give the same name to one who could clothe the naked and does not? The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry; the coat unused in your closet belongs to the one who needs it; the shoes rotting in your closet…
Keeping a One-Sentence-a-Day Journal
At the very beginning of this year I heard Ryan Holiday tell James Altucher on a podcast interview that he keeps a one-sentence journal. Since it was the beginning of the year, I thought I would give it a try. I added it to my Morning Preview checklist and starting writing one sentence in an…
