The real trick to getting work done is that my 15 minutes is very seldom only 15 minutes. It’s just the threshold. If 15 minutes doesn’t work for you, imagine a lower threshold. Imagine 5 minutes. Imagine a broom handle lying across the floor. Fall over it. Conversely, you may need an even number. So try 20 […]
What if you didn’t make those huge resolutions this year? “Lose 20 pounds.” “Run a marathon.” “Write a novel.” What if instead, right now, you spent 15 minutes doing something small and…doable…like eating a piece of fruit, taking a walk around the block, or writing a single character sketch on the back of an envelope. […]
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 4,700 times in 2013. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 4 trips to carry that many people. Click here to […]
A picture of a woman in the snow…the promise of an essay about writing fiction…and the recent solstice…enticed me to visit Escape into Life. Consider yourself invited.