“Remove literary, grammatical and syntactical inhibition,” Jack Kerouac wrote in his 30 rules of writing. Following this advice, I usually proofread my articles after hitting the publish button — a counterintuitive approach that I use to overcome perfectionism and fear of judgment. Any wordsmith knows that a text needs some time to breathe so that … Read more
. “What is hope but a feeling of optimism, a thought that says things will improve, it won’t always be bleak, there’s a way to rise above the present circumstances,” Wayne W. Dyer writes in his book There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem. Then he adds, “Hope is an internal awareness that you do … Read more
Almost everything you read here was inspired by my long daily walks. The writing muse, it seems, likes to grace me with her presence only when my feet are in motion — a vital condition for composing my scattered thoughts and jotting them down in the notebook of the mind. And I’m far from alone … Read more
. “Tell all the truth but tell it slant — / Success in Circuit lies,” Emily Dickinson famously wrote. Case in point: The Onion, one of the best known honest fake news websites in the United States that takes this injunction very seriously. It proudly declares that it “supports more than 350,000 full- and part-time … Read more