Some of my astute readers might have noticed that I initiated a massive life re-haul and personality shift this year. I have written a fair amount about being a people pleaser, developing a backbone, and being a perfectionist because these were things that were on my mind. I decided, somewhere in the haze of extreme [...]
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2011 Life Lesson: You Are Worth It
Posted in Life, Personal Development, tagged Amy Sundberg, Backbone Project, mistakes, people pleaser, perfectionism, personal development, personality, self esteem, self respect on December 22, 2011 | 11 Comments »
But wait. Isn’t perfectionism a GOOD thing?
Posted in Life, Personal Development, tagged Amy Sundberg, perfect, perfectionism, personal development, personality, psychology, stress, writer's block on November 10, 2011 | 14 Comments »
When I was entering the job market in my early twenties, I tried to be proactive and prepare for the inevitable interview process. The hypothetical question that all the articles told me I had to be ready for that freaked me out the most was the perennial: What is your greatest weakness? I still hate [...]
The Backbone Project: Help Me Become Less Wishy-Washy
Posted in Life, tagged Amy Sundberg, blogging, people pleaser, personality, practice, taking risks on May 24, 2011 | 39 Comments »
I’ve been following a conversation on one of the forums I belong to about what works when blogging. You know, the type of discussion in which we talk about what engages the reader and what might increase a blog’s audience, while sharing do and do not tips and all the normal considerations of blogginess. The [...]
A Woman’s Choice: Power or Popularity?
Posted in Society, Writing, tagged Amy Sundberg, feminism, personality, POV, writing on March 8, 2011 | 8 Comments »
If I become a successful writer someday, will you like me less? According to this TED talk, the answer might be yes. Sheryl Sandberg, the COO of Facebook, talks about the negative correlation between power and likeability in women (whereas for men, power and likeability are more likely to go hand in hand). She cites [...]
How to Try to be Happy
Posted in Life, tagged beauty, personality, positivity, practice on November 11, 2010 | 16 Comments »
To celebrate my birthday this year, I had a Data barbecue party. In lieu of gifts, I asked each guest to be prepared to share some interesting knowledge with me. They could tell me about something about which they were an expert, or something they had read recently, or go on Wikipedia and randomly pick [...]
Not a Con Report, or Advice for the Convention Newbie
Posted in Science fiction and fantasy, Writing, tagged community, con, personality, taking risks, writing on November 2, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Two years ago, I had no idea that science fiction and fantasy conventions existed. I only had a vague sense of the beast known as “fandom” and I didn’t know what anyone was saying about any of the books I was or wasn’t reading. When I imagined a writer’s life, it pretty much consisted of [...]
The Quest for Balance
Posted in Life, tagged balance, ideas, personality on October 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I recently finished reading Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond. I’ve read in many places what an invaluable resource this text is for writers, especially in regards to world building, and I agree one hundred percent. I learned so much from reading this book, and in spite of taking a month to get through [...]
What is a Free Spirit?
Posted in Society, tagged free spirit, nonconformist, personality, taking risks on October 14, 2010 | 19 Comments »
Looking at the title of my blog, I began to wonder what a free spirit is, exactly. I know the stereotype in the movies: Summer from (500) Days of Summer, or Sharon Stone’s character in The Muse, or Clementine from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I’m not really like any of those women though, [...]
Quantity vs. Quality
Posted in Life, Music, Writing, tagged organization, personality, practice, taking risks on August 5, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Dichotomies are popular partly because they’re catchy and partly because they’re so easy on the brain. Black vs. white, capitalism vs. socialism, introversion vs. extroversion, right vs. wrong. Sometimes I wish things were actually this simple, but most of the time I don’t because these comparisons don’t allow any wiggle room or tolerance for difference [...]
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