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“The path to artistic insight in one direction often involves deep study of another—the intuition makes uncanny connections that lead to a crystallization of fragmented notions.”
― Josh Waitzkin, The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence
Habits define us, whether good or bad unfortunately. The key is to develop and nurture good habits to increase or efficiency and productivity, thus improving our lives. Charles Duhigg describes keystone habits in his book The Power of Habit (linked below). What he says is. “small changes or habits that people introduce into their routines that unintentionally carry over into other aspects of their lives.". Basically the point he is trying to make is, when you start small with little changes introducing something into your life, that change can cause a ripple effect that causes further changes in your life for the good as well.
I was reading an article yesterday that compared habits of talented people. While many of us get up and spend our morning coffee break checking the newsfeed or playing games on Facebook, Josh Waitzkin spends the first thirty minutes immediately writing in his daily journal. The name of Josh Waitzkin might not ring a bell. However, his accomplishments will. He won his first National Chess Championship at the age of nine and was still a teenager when his father's book Searching for Bobby Fischer made him a worldwide celebrity. Why does he do this you ask? Because it stimulates his creativity and allows him to further develop ideas that are still on the tip of his brain and subconscious from sleeping. Instead of reacting to the ideas and actions of others and taking in information, he is stimulating his brain with output.
There are many theories on how you should start your day which include everything from exercise, what to eat, even prayer and meditation. Whatever you choose is your own business as some are 'morning people' and some aren't. However, I can personally vouch for the inspiration involved with journaling. I've gotten away from the practice in the past couple years and I desperately miss it. Journaling helps you develop your creative side. Just like runners walk after a run to wind down, you need to wind down after a busy day at work or school. SO whether you are a day person or night, you should find some time to relax and write. Letting your mind spin a few lines to unwind, can help your mind rest. It also helps you stay in the present while turning off your work-mind and recovering your creative side. Journaling has been proven to reduce stress, increase focus, as well as increasing retention of information. How you ask? Because listening and reading engages different parts of the brain than writing. Writing helps reinforce information while experiencing intensified retention and learning which are also important in writing.
While good habits come in many shapes and sizes (eating healthy, exercising, etc.) none are more important for the writer than developing consistent writing habits. Write daily, whether its flash fiction, poetry, or simply journaling/blogging your non-fiction tasks of the day, just get writing!
Write and Review on! ~ Brooke
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I received some wonderful feedback to my last newsletter [#7089] "Commonly Mistaken Words" and I'm proud to share it with you.
From benjwriter14
I love Grammar Girl and have been listening to her podcast for years. Grammar reminders are always welcome. Thanks for sharing.
From Elfin Dragon-finally published 
The tragedies of the English language. I think we'd all be better off if we spoke something which made a bit of sense.  Consider a young German woman taking an English class. She's trying to say hoarse. She has it written correctly but for some reason she's not being understood and people are looking at her oddly. I ask her what she's trying to say and she repeats the word. Now I look at her oddly, for instead of hoarse it sounds like (well, lets not say in mixed company) and we must quickly try to explain. But it's not easy to try to get a German accent to say a word which can sound several ways to sound one way.
From S Ferguson~ Prepping for Prep 
I am so happy I still read the Newbies newsletter. There were words brought up I didn't know even had different spellings and different meanings! The mind is always expanding. I love it!
From ☮ The Grum Of Grums
Lots more of these, Brooke. The top three, I would say, are "to, too and two"' "your, you're and yore" and "there, their and they're". Then we have "compliment" and "complement", "invalid" with different emphasis for a sick person, or something that is not legitimate, "right, write and rite", "ring and wring", "felt" as the past tense of "to feel" and the thick furry material, "route" and "root", "solvent" as something that dissolves something else, or being financially sound, "click" and "clique" "tense" as the status of a verb, and stressed, "seen" and "scene", "forth" and "fourth", and, unfortunately, "ice" as both frozen water and the foul drug. And let's not forget "foul" and "fowl" as well as no doubt many more.
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