I come from a family of workaholics.
Our default is to chase goals, solve problems, fix wrongs, strive to be better, do more.
We’re always on our way to the next destination.
You, too?
Modern technology encourages us to do rather than to be. Even when queuing up at the supermarket, we answer emails. And while waiting for a taxi, we check LinkedIn or mindlessly scroll through Instagram.
When did you last pause?
And what did you notice when you paused?
Research suggests that many of us feel uncomfortable to be alone with our own thoughts. Some of us rather give ourselves a mild electric shock than sit and do nothing.
Isn’t that weird?
Doing is easier than being
Doing gives us a sense of control.
Yet, the ability to be on our own with our thoughts is key to creativity. To solve problems, we have to embrace the discomfort of being stuck.
Andrew Wiles is the mathematician who solved Fermat’s Last Theorem. To solve this puzzle he had to get through seven years of stuckness.
We all find [maths] difficult. It’s not that [mathematicians are] any different from someone who struggles with maths problems in third grade…. We’re just prepared to handle that struggle on a much larger scale. We’ve built up resistance to those setbacks.
To solve the 400-year old puzzle of Fermat’s Last Theorem, Wiles had to be comfortable with stuckness and not let frustrations overpower him.
The stamina to keep staring
Artist Christoph Niemann integrates objects in surprising ways to create his “Sunday Sketches.” Here’s an example:
Niemann recently described his process:
(…) it’s never about a sudden inspired spark. I pick a random object, and then I just stare at it. I look at it from different angles, play with the light (usually just by moving my desk lamp). And I try to open my mind as wide as possible, to see if a peculiar angle reminds me of a familiar shape.
More often than not this yields … nothing.
And when it does, I doubt it’s because I have a special gift at making these visual connections. It’s because sometimes I have the stamina to keep on staring, when a saner person would do the reasonable thing and get on with their life instead.
As Niemann suggests, he finds creative ideas not because he’s more creative but because he’s okay with staring at an object; he doesn’t give up.
As writers, we face instances of stuckness, too
For instance, one moment we feel excited about an idea for a new post. The next moment we sit down to write and don’t seem to be able to formulate our thoughts. Our enthusiasm evaporates, and we feel stuck.
Or perhaps you’ve written your draft, but the next day your writing does not seem as good as you thought. The idea of revision can be overwhelming and make you feel stuck.
Stuckness is uncomfortable, and finding an escape route is tempting—like catching up on Facebook, scrolling through our Twitter feed, or playing a game of Solitaire or Candy Crush.
But escaping rarely helps solve stuckness
The Navy Seals test their ability to deal with stuckness by “drown-proofing”—their feet are bound together, their hands are tied behind their back, and they’re thrown into a 9-foot-deep pool.
Amazingly, the key to their survival is not strength, not endurance, not even their ability to swim. The key is to stop doing and to “just be.” Mark Manson describes it like this:
The trick to drown-proofing is to actually let yourself sink to the bottom of the pool. From there, you lightly push yourself off the pool floor and let your momentum carry you back to the surface. Once there, you can grab a quick breath of air and start the whole process over again.
Our human instinct is to fight, to try to untie our strings, to take control, to do.
But sometimes it’s better to do nothing and to stay with our fears until a solution shows itself.
At Easter this year, I nearly fell to pieces
At the time, I blamed my breakdown on a failed swimming experiment.
But the truth was that years of chronic pain and fatigue had eroded my resilience. As a doer, I push my boundaries all the time. And when I pushed too far yet again, I crashed and felt like my life was falling apart. What if I’ll never get my old energy back? What if this is my kind of life?
I was afraid of losing myself.
For several years, I’ve practiced mindfulness, and it has helped me deal with my writing frustrations. Instead of escaping, I know how to stay with my stuckness, find a way through, and stick to writing.
This year, my Yoga therapist taught me how to apply the same skills to staying present when my fears, pain, and fatigue seem to overpower me.
As human beings, we don’t like being stuck
Busyness feels like a more comfortable option. But sometimes, we have to pause and create inner space so we can come up for air—just like those Navy Seals.
When we sit with our discomfort, we can approach our stuckness with a sense of curiosity. What are we feeling? How is our body reacting?
When we connect with ourselves, we can find a surprising sense of inner calmness, even amidst dark chaos or despair. When we are prepared to listen rather than run away, we can hear the whispers of our heart and listen to the wisdom of our soul.
Doing vs. being
In June of this year, I wrote on my blog:
I love what I’m doing. Teaching, writing, and drawing are a big part my life. It’s who I am.
At that time, I felt very strongly about that last short sentence: “It’s who I am.”
But slowly, I am learning that what I do—or how much or how little I do—doesn’t define who I am.
I’m learning to be more comfortable with being—with being fearful, being sad, even with being happy.
I’m learning to just be.
Please take good care of yourself, my friend.
You’re precious.
We have a tendency to think in terms of doing and not in terms of being. We think that when we are not doing anything, we are wasting our time. But that is not true. Our time is first of all for us to be. To be what? To be alive, to be peaceful, to be joyful, to be loving. And that is what the world needs most.
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Recommended reading on doing vs being:
Mindfulness for writers: How to write with ease and joy
How to find inner peace in 3 steps
How I learned to be me
What an insightful article. Thanks, this was very helpful as I’m a person who can get stuck, whether it’s writing or drawing.
Thank you, Cindy. I’m glad you found this helpful. What has helped me a lot is normalizing stucknesd—seeing stuckness as part of the creative process so it wouldn’t upset me. It then became easier to find a way through. Leaving things to percolate helps me a lot, too.
Just came across this article and loved every aspect of it. Your writing is so thoughtful, approachable, and sincere. I just bought both your books :))
Thank you so much, Chris, for your comment, your compliment and for buying my books. I hope you’ll enjoy the books!
Love the distinctions between being and doing!
Thank you, Juan 🙂
Your writing is so inspiring and freeing! I feel a sense of relief, knowing I can simplify my writing and get unstuck! My mom is on board too! Thanks for helping us. Time to practice
Go for it, Josh. Thank you for stopping by, and happy writing!
Lovely post. I especially liked the Navy Seals analogy. Sometimes it takes some kind of binding to get us to stop doing in order to be. It reminds me of the trust described in a Denise Levertov poem. I’ll quote the first part here: “As swimmers dare to lie face to the sky and water bears them, as hawks rest upon air and air sustains them, so would I learn to attain freefall, and float. . . .”
What a beautiful lines. The freefall from doing towards being felt incredibly scary to me. It took some time before I could trust and just be.
Thank you so much for sharing these poem lines. I’ll have to check out the whole poem!
Happy Holidays, my fav writer and thinker! Love to read your thoughtful posts (like this one) that resonate with my soul. Hope to see more next year. You ARE precious 😉
Thank you for your lovely comment, Helen. I’m happy this post resonated with you. 🙂 Wishing you an enchanting 2019!
Have a great and relaxing time over the festive period.
I as a 63-year-old man and writer are totally inspired by your style of messaging and writing.
Stay unique Henneke.
If you get five mins please check out my style too on mikebowley.com &”Adventurous Tales from a Mountain Walk” and all its characters such as Rosa, Ximena, Stalin and Ignacio.
Thank you, Mike. I’m glad you feel inspired by my writing! 🙂
LOVE it!!! So true Henneke, thank you for putting yourself out there, being vulnerable – that’s true strength. 😀
Thank you so much, Jessica. I appreciate your encouragement 🙂
What a lovely blog. We are what we think we are. Happy resting!
Thank you, Kitty. I hope you’ll have a relaxing break, too!
Dear Henneke,
I am sorry to hear that you were having a hard time at Easter this year. That was when I was doing your so enjoyable blogging course.
Feeling stuck is inevitable and it happened to me often with my startup lately and often personally before. I learned to be patient. So, my recipe is staying calm and waiting that ideas come to mind and get me unstuck (and they always come after a little while) and I also talk a lot to my love, who is always helpful and supportive. So, when I am stuck, I don’t “do,” I talk 🙂
I will use my quiet holidays to work on your new course 😉
I wish you a wonderful relaxing time and the happiest holidays!
Yes, I went through a tough time during the course, but the worst panic attacks happened during the break. I was happy I got myself together again in time so we could continue the course. I didn’t want to talk about it at the time so just focused on the course 🙂
I also find that talking can help get unstuck—especially with business issues or writing blocks.
I hope you won’t work too much during the holidays (but do let me know what you think of the course?)
Wishing you a relaxing time, too, and an enchanting and creative 2019! Thank you so much for stopping by.
Dear Henneke,
It’s a beautiful post. This year, I also learned to just be. It wasn’t always easy but it was worth it when I was able to reconnect with what matters to me.
Thank you for your enchanting words and happy holidays to you too!
Thank you for your beautiful comment, dear Thuy. Isn’t it weird that we find it so hard to connect with what matters to us?
Wishing you happy holidays and a creative and enchanting 2019!
Dear Henneke,
Another great post. I love its only one point: be. And explained under such an original and compelling perspective.
Allow yourself to be sad, to be imperfect, to be just you. And love you non the less. Perhaps reaching that peace of mind is the one thing that can unstuck us from writer’s block or self sabotage.
BTW, your course “Write it, Don’t Fight it” is sturdy and impeccable. In plain English, it’s awesome! 😉 I’ve already finished it and plan to revisit it after New Year. Just to test the power of percolation. Congratulations!
You have a Merry Christmas and a fantastic New Year! Marisa
Ha, yes! Only one message 🙂
I’m so glad you’ve been enjoying the new course. Thank you for all your support, Marisa. It’s been a delight to work with you.
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and enchanting New Year!
I began practicing mindfulness about three months ago after reading a fantastic book called 10% Happier. You may have read it? It is a life changing experience for me, I love it. Then I found out he had an app and the app is even better than the book. I really enjoy the guided meditations in the app. I find the whole mindfulness thing facinating and really enjoyable.
Yes, I’ve read that book. I loved it, too. I even wrote a blog post about it earlier this year. (In case you’re interested: https://www.enchantingmarketing.com/sell-your-ideas-skeptical-audience/)
And yes, this whole mindfulness thing is fascinating. I was quite skeptical when I started but have been gradually won over. 🙂
Wonderful article. I’m left with a deep question. Is it possible to “do” and “be” at the same time? Perhaps that is what is considered “mindful doing”. I don’t know.
Thank you for sharing— your insights and process of discovery are quite lovely.
Peaceful holidays to you.
Yes, I think mindful doing is possible. I’m no expert, but from what I’ve read and experienced, I’d say if your activity is relatively habitual (it doesn’t take up all your attention), then you can be mindful. For instance, you can mindfully notice your surroundings while out on a walk. Or you can think about how you’re feeling while coloring a drawing. Or you can pay attention to the sensations in your body when having a shower. It’s a more informal mindfulness practice compared to “just being” or meditation. It’s more difficult to be mindful when you’re doing a complex task (like writing) because that takes up all your mental space already. Oliver Sacks called writing the best pain killer because when he was absorbed in his writing, he wouldn’t feel his pain.
I think both mindful doing and meditation are useful practices.
Thank you so much for stopping by, Christy. Good to see you! And peaceful holidays to you, too.
Love this Henneke. Especially the bit about doing nothing and staying with our fears until a solution reveals itself.
Don’t run from the worry monster, ask him in for tea and see what happens! Wishing you a beautifully unproductive break. Tam
I love your idea of having an unproductive break, Tam! It’s exactly what I need 🙂
Thank you for stopping by. Happy holidays and an enchanting 2019 to you!
Applause.
And many thanks for this beautiful post, Henneke.
It touched me and comforted me. I find it very recognizable in my creative process and in daily life.
Enjoy your break and it looks like you are take good care of yourself, my friend. 🙂
You are. Precious.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Kim. Isn’t it interesting how the issues that make us stumble in our creative process turn up in daily life, too?
I’m getting better at taking care of myself. I’ve discovered it’s one of the most important skills to learn in life 🙂
I hope you’ll enjoy your holidays, too. Take good care of yourself!
Dear Henneke, thank you for your wonderful article.
You expressed your soul deeply.
And you expressed our souls too…
I will remember the Navy Sail’s experiment when I will be in my dentist’s room… 🙂
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
P.S. next January I will be online with my blog in English about that Italian criminal case 😉
I like how you put this: “You expressed your soul deeply. And you expressed our souls too…” Isn’t it interesting how we’re all more alike than we think?
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, too, Maurizio. I look forward to seeing your new site next year. How exciting!
As a solo entrepreneur I am constantly signing up for and looking for valuable information I am very happy to say that I am blessed that I ran across this site thank you very much for the writing tips I never fail to open each of my emails I appreciate them very very much Jason
I’m glad you’re enjoying my emails, Jason. 🙂
Thank you for letting me know and best wishes for 2019!
You are a wonder of a woman. So glad I subscribed to your blog a while back. I really related to the Navy Seal story. Relaxation, acceptance and breath are all arrows in the quiver of a warrior aren’t they?
Have a beautiful holiday and enjoy the important respite you have lovingly granted yourself. Great example for all of us.
I love how you put this: “Relaxation, acceptance and breath are all arrows in the quiver of a warrior.”
I used to think life was about fighting but it isn’t. 🙂
I appreciate your comment, Thea. Thank you for stopping by. I hope you’ll have a wonderful holiday, too, and an enchanting and creative 2019!
I love the sketches, Henneke.
Thanks for your message – “to be.” I’ll be giving it a lot of thought over the upcoming break.
I hope you find your break to be all you want it to be.
Regards,
Trevor.
Thank you, Trevor. I’m glad you like the sketches, and the message.
I wish you a restful break, too, and an enchanting 2019!
I started DOING at age 17 and continued to increase my busyness every day. I had enough for another 17 years. But then I broke down.
The last two years I have been learning to listen to myself and others. It was difficult for me to accept that I needed to learn life anew as if I were again 6 years old.
It turns out to slow down and just BE very difficult. But it’s awesome!
You, Henneke, gave me a gentle push in that direction. Sincerely thank you! I wish you joy and more freebies in your life 🙂
I’m with you, Michael. I’ve also found it one of the hardest lessons to learn and I’m still learning!
But it feels like this year has been a real turning point for me when I’m starting to reap the benefits of the changes.
Thank you for all your support in 2018. Wishing you a joyful 2019!
Good post, Henneke.
Interesting to read that you, only as recently as June – six months ago – discovered something about yourself and have made the change in your thinking.
That’s progress and it underlines that we are all ‘a work in progress’, redefining who we are. Agree with it 100%. Thanks for your posts this year. Enjoy your break.
Such an interesting comment because I tend to think I’m slow in changing myself. But you’re right. Even though I already knew that I had to change this idea of defining myself through my work when I wrote that in June, at that time I felt quite strongly about it and only 6 months later, I can feel the shift happening. It’s still work in progress, but starting the shift feels good.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Paul. I hope you’ll have a good break, too!
Great post. I hope you have a wonderful break and feel refreshed. Best wishes for 2019.
Thank you, Sue. I wish you a refreshing break and an enchanting 2019, too!
A great reminder of the importance of taking time to listen to our own bodies, emotions, etc. Too often we allow ourselves to get so busy doing that we fail to allow time to reflect, accept ourselves as we are so we can move forward.
Yes, so true. And when we keep busy doing, we don’t even realize that we’re running away from our emotions and ourselves.
Thank you for stopping by, Romay. I appreciate it 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing…. I’ve had a year like that, I’m still learning – your piece was very helpful. With gratitude! JoAnna
I am also still learning and plan to keep on learning! Best wishes to you, JoAnna, and thank you for stopping by.
You are a beautiful soul. I love your writing and drawings. You inspire me. You bring me comfort and joy. Thank you and I wish you a wonder-filled holiday and blessed New Year. Warmly, Kristin – Oregon
Thank you for your lovely words, Kristin. You warm my heart.
Wishing you an enchanting holiday and wonderful 2019, too!
Thank you for your wise words. Never heard of a yoga therapist before 🙂
I hope you enjoy your vacation.
Until a few years ago, I had never heard of a yoga therapist either. It’s an alternative to physical therapy and it works much better for me.
Happy Holidays to you, too, Lauren! 🙂
Thank you for writing this beautiful message. It’s just what I needed to read this morning. You’ve helped make my day a little brighter.
Have a wonderful holiday!
Thank you for your lovely comment, Bruce. I hope you’ll have a wonderful holiday, too, and best wishes for 2019!
Beautiful message. I needed to hear this for a different reason. And being resonates with me on so many levels. While I have drifted from my blogging commitments I have not forgotten your amazing support. I know I am capable of anything when allow myself to be more than do more.
Happy Holiday!
I love your comment about being able to “do more” when you allow yourself to “be more.” Thank you so much for sharing that, Kristen.
Happy holidays to you, too!
Thank you!
You’re welcome 🙂
You’re wonderful, Henneke. Happy Holidays. Enjoy your break.
Thank you, Olusegun. Happy Holidays to you, too!
Great read and lovely drawings, Henneke.
Very good advice. When you keep your feelings inside you, it’s like putting a lit on a volcano. It’s better to let it out and just be with them.
A happy holiday and new year to you too.
Best wishes, Tine
Yes, so true. Bottling up emotions doesn’t work but somehow many of us are taught to hide our emotions and feelings when we’re young.
I appreciate your comment, Tine. Happy holidays and best wishes for a creative 2019!
Thank you for the great thoughts. I’m a former meditation instructor so I know this, but apparently, I needed a reminder to be present.
Feeling much better now!
Enjoy your time off.
I find it reassuring that even a former meditation instructor like you can get caught up in “doing.” It seems such a natural pattern.
I hope you’ll have a chance to take some time off, too, Jeff. Happy Holidays!
You’re an inspiration, Henneke! Thanks for sharing this great lesson right before the holidays. My take away is to do a lot less of the busy work, like baking, decorating, and buying presents. Instead, I’ll spend my limited time enjoying my family.
What a lovely takeaway! Thank you for sharing, Diane.
Happy Holidays Henneke,
Another great post. I loved your artworks too.
Thank you, Aditya. I’m glad you like the drawings. 🙂
Happy holidays to you, too.
I’m stuck right now! Since I’ve been sick with a head and chest cold, I feel yucky, lazy, and uninspired. I know I should be writing, yet I can’t force it when I don’t feel like it. Is that normal? Should I push on through?
Yes, it’s normal to feel resistance to writing and to go through periods where we don’t feel inspired. I’m a strong believer in keeping up a regular writing habit. When we keep writing (and this can be very short writing sessions), our muse and inspiration will turn up eventually. If I’d waited for inspiration, I’d probably have published fewer than half of my blog posts. However, I don’t think we need to stick to our habit at all costs. You don’t want to burn out, so planning periods of rest can be useful to re-energize and replenish our creative well.
Thank you Henneke for yet another inspiring post. I’m trying to stick to this new routine of doing 10 minutes of meditation every day since I’m doing your Write it, don’t fight it course. It just helps so much.
Yoga has been a part of my life since I was a very young woman but I must admit not every week I practice it as often as I should. I think about how much better I always feel after a yoga session and this helps me stop finding excuses for not to do it.
Thank you again for your great advice!
Have a wonderful holiday
The regular meditation routine helps me so much, too. I go through periods where it doesn’t work, but I know that if I persist I’ll get back into that groove and the meditation will make me feel better again. The support of my Yoga teacher also helps me stay on track.
I hope you’ll have a wonderful holiday, too, Elena! Thank you for stopping by ?
I couldn’t have put it better myself. This post could easily be on a psychotherapy website.
Thank you, Carole. I feel more comfortable writing about personal topics for my own site, for the readers who know me. 🙂
Before I got out of bed to write this morning, as I do every morning before work, I was overcome with feeling stuck and considering abandoning the book I’m writing. Thus, the timing of your email was amazing. I’m aware of “stuckness” as a part of my process. Still, sometimes I succumb to the self doubt. There’s nothing like company and encouragement to help me ride it out. Thank you.
That’s so true—company and encouragement or friendly advice can help us ride out the periods of self-doubt. Confidence in our writing (and in general) ebbs and flows. I hope you’ll get unstuck soon, Debbie. Thank you for stopping by.
Thank you Henneke, this is such a real struggle for me right now. Your writing helped to shed a little light into a dark place. An ember of hope to reach for.
I’m glad that you can reach for a glimmer of hope, Scott. Please don’t give up!
Taking the time to ‘be’ instead of ‘do’ is hard…but well worth doing! And anyone who’s ever learned to knit or crochet knows the value of persisting when things get hard!
Merry Christmas!
I’m not a knitter and always imagined it to be quite a meditative activity!
Merry Christmas to you, too, LJ. And thank you for all your support this year 🙂
Such a nice article. We live with our own self almost all the time in life. Yet we keep running from our own self. We even constantly have self talk with ourselves. Most of the time, it is filled with worries, fears and stress. If we are able to twist this self talk a bit and become our own friend pampering, supporting and encouraging ourselves, then it’s indeed possible to enjoy being alone.. i love being alone most of the times as it gives me enough time to know about the real me. Thank you again for bringing it in to notice… have a great holidays ahead.
Yes, it’s so true that our self talk often centers around worries and stress, but we can change the narrative and be more self-compassionate. Great comment, Vinod. Thank you, and happy holidays to you, too.
A beautiful post Henneke.
Have a wonderful Christmas with family and loved ones.
Warmly,
Mark
Thank you, Mark. Wishing you a wonderful Christmas and happy New Year, too!
Hi Henneke.
You are the best thing of 2018 for me. With words you have encapsulated so much that was washing around in my being. I cannot wait to put more of it into practice.
I have always been a furious “doer”. Now, as I am older, I can’t keep up with my head and have discovered another way. To make space to “be” (I have just sat in the winter sun and read a bit!)
With little rewards you feel more robust and vigorous and the impossible is achieved in no time. When your instincts and emotions are working you find answers.
How I wish I had had all this armour in my youth!
Go to it you youngsters!
Thank you for sharing your story Henneke. You have given us a great gift.
After many years of doing, it isn’t easy to stop doing, to pause and to start “being.”
I’m still learning, but I can already appreciate this is a worthwhile journey.
Thank you for your lovely comment and for sharing your story, Judith. Best wishes for 2019!
Henneke this is 100% what I am about. 3 years ago I lived in a remote jungle. I was forced into being LOL, and wrote a post during my 1 day in town explaining how I’d been a doing monster, and genuinely stepped into being in the jungle. It mirrors your spot on message. Fabulous fabulous post!
I’m so glad it resonates with you, Ryan. Thank you for all your support this year!
A deep and honest text which touches me deeply. Thank you Henneke. When my mind gets out of hand and fear threatens once again, I find it soothing to call upon The Power of Now (Eckart Tolle).
All the very best to you. Look forward to reading you again next year.
A big hug. Doris
Thank you, Doris. I love it when writing (or other forms of art) can comfort and soothe us.
Best wishes to you for the new year, and a big hug, too.
What a wonderful tribute to 2018. I love the idea of how we hide by doing, and are afraid of being. Skills can be a good stepping stone, like the first step of a journey, but ultimately we have to get comfortable with our ‘self’’. Thank you for an inspirational year!
And thank YOU so much for all your encouragement, inspiration and friendship. ?
Isn’t it wonderful that as you peel back the layers of your business, it’s really more about life than writing. Simply beautiful!
Thank you, Anne. I’ve certainly found that what hampers my writing, usually is an issue in life, too. Writing has taught me a lot about myself.
Awww… I felt “me” here so much, dear Henneke.
I can see myself just as what you narrated. I am in the habit of always doing things and keeping myself busy as I feel scared of my thoughts when everything and everyone are dead silent and asleep.
Yes, I would and I will definitely try to learn just being “be”.
Thank you so much for this great inspiring post. Your awesomeness in writing infects me again and again, everytime I read your articles.
Wishing you too, a Blissful Holiday season ahead with your loving fam!
Much, much grateful,
Josh ??
Wow. Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Josh. Learning to just “be” isn’t an easy journey, but well worth it.
Wishing you a restful holiday season, too. ? 🙂
You’re an amazing role model Henneke! I would love to meet you in the real life.
Thank you, Godwin! 🙂
Just beautiful. I too loved the maths analogy, and the line “Our emotions tell us who we are and what matters to us.” So true and so eloquently said. I’ll remember and share this.
Have a lovely Christmas and enjoy the holidays Henneke. I’ll look forward to reading more from you in the new year.
And thank YOU for all your support, Sarah. I appreciate all your encouragement.
Wishing you a lovely Christmas and happy holidays, too. See you in the new year! 🙂
Dear Henneke, thank you for your sharing. This hasn’t been the easiest of years and I also had to learn the lesson again that I am not a human-doing, I’m a human being. The moment I let go and trust the process is the moment that miracles show up.
I wish you a break of your choosing, may it be fulfilling and replenish your soul. Thank you for putting words to your experiences and sharing it with us. I love your posts and learn something new every time. You teach me to be brave to share my truth! Definitely one of my great “finds” of 2018. ?
It’s kind of weird that we talk about ourselves as human beings, but our default seems to be “human doing.” Where does this busyness keep coming from?
I hope you’ll have a lovely break to refresh your energy and replenish your soul, too.
Thank you so much for your beautiful comment, Berdine ?
I can’t believe this popped up in my mailbox when it did. I’m stuck on a book I’m writing and was considering telling the client I can’t do it. I felt like giving up!
Thank you so much. Take care and be blessed.
I so know that feeling. Sometimes, a little break can help, too, or discussing why you feel stuck with a friend. I hope you’ll get unstuck soon, Bev!
Thanks so much for this wonderful post yet again. I’ve learnt a lot of incredible stuffs from your blog posts. And this is no exception.
Now I know that anytime I’m faced with a mountain of difficulties, I should never use a game or a break to cover up. I should learn to face my worries immediately they arise.
God bless you load. Happy Holidays.
Thank you so much, Ahmed. I’m glad my blog posts are useful to you. Happy Holidays to you, too. 🙂
As a beginner in writing and explorer of digital marketing, your work ignites a spark and makes me want to try harder!
Love,
Nandhini
Thank you, Nandhini. I appreciate your comment. Happy writing!
Thank you that was inspirational and amazing. I particularly loved the maths analogy and now understand why I found (and still find) maths so difficult.
thank you
I found that such a fascinating example, too! Thank you for stopping by, Paul.