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Planning New Year's Resolutions: Optimistic Realism

Planning New Year’s Resolutions: Optimistic Realism

By Carol Grannick on December 8, 2010

It seems to be human nature to want to begin anew by setting goals we can’t possibly meet.
So…nothing wrong with beginning anew as we come up on January 2011 (yikes!)…and nothing wrong with setting goals, even making resolutions or vows. Such activities are built in to our secular and many religious frameworks.
If you’re the type [...]

Posted in Learned Resilience: How To Do It, Rethinking Writing Obstacles | Tagged writing goals, writing resolutions | 1 Response

Big Dreams, Small Steps: Keeping Positivity Alive in 2010

By Carol Grannick on January 14, 2010

What works for me is to have both a ‘big dream’ and a series of small, manageable steps to focus on.

Posted in Rethinking Writing Obstacles | Tagged writing goals, writing resolutions | 8 Responses

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