By Carol Grannick on September 30, 2010
In Florence my husband and I often sat on one of the stone benches framing the Piazza del Duomo in the late afternoon and early evening, after whatever intense experience we’d had during the day and before (and after) our pre-dinner naps. We began this ritual because of the very real physical and emotional need for [...]
Posted in Lessons From Life | Tagged Transitions, Writing
By Carol Grannick on September 23, 2010
Unwanted empty writing time can be a breeding ground for gratuitous negativity.
If you’ve ever faced unwanted empty writing time between projects, or while waiting to hear from an editor, critique partners or agent, you may know what I mean.
Sure, you know the solution: “Get to work on something else.” But what if nothing else is [...]
Posted in Learned Resilience: How To Do It, Rethinking Writing Obstacles | Tagged dispute pessimistic thinking, downward spiral, how to dispute, negative thinking
By Carol Grannick on September 14, 2010
My favorite part of the Rosh Hashanah service, which I find in my synagogue’s Harlow Machzor each year, are these paragraphs of not only Jewish, but universal significance:
Every person born into this world represents something new, something that never existed before, something original and unique…Every man’s foremost task is the actualization of his unique, unprecedented [...]
Posted in Learned Resilience: How To Do It, Lessons From Life | Tagged Rabbi Susya, resilience
By Carol Grannick on September 8, 2010
I’m more comfortable being left than leaving. I discovered (or probably re-discovered) that the other morning as I said goodbye to family and friends in New York. The feeling surprised me. But naming and accepting it was a comfort.
The last time I recall feeling this way, I was leaving New York as a young adult. [...]
Posted in Learned Resilience: How To Do It, Lessons From Life | Tagged explanatory style, resilience
