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Good Days...Bad Days With Maureen Pratt
When you think you’ve had enough
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mpratt
There’s a curious thing that happens to many writers when they reach the middle of a particular project: They want to turn back, start a new project, or otherwise abandon their current work-in-progress because it seems to be completely fogged over, unscrutable, or unmanageable. In short, they feel they’ve had enough of work as it…
You can be contagious!
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mpratt
Just as surely as we allow our bad days to make for bad moods and thus make for more isolation than relationships, so, too, on our good days, our lifted spirits can be the spark that makes for the ultimate in happy contagion – a contagion of goodwill and humor to all. Far from being…
A tip for rising above procrastination
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mpratt
Putting off something important? Waiting for the perfect moment before you take action on a step toward a goal? We all do it, of course. But what separates failures from successes? The ability to throw aside the tendency to procrastinate and, thus, keep on track. I have to admit, I do at times, procrastinate. But…
Oh, that most difficult of questions: How are you?
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mpratt
It’s become a part of our greeting ritual, but it’s also one of the most difficult questions we face. “How are you?” Usually, there’s a perfunctory, “Fine. How are you?” And the answer to that one? “Fine, thanks.” And the conversation moves on. But if you have a chronic illness, you probably have found yourself…
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