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2023 Keyword: Finish

2023 Keyword: Finish

It’s time again to review the previous year’s progress, personal and professional, and write goals for the coming year. 2022’s focus was on rebuilding my creativity and pulling myself out of burnout. I did this in several ways. The first was by exploring my innate strengths, beginning with the CliftonStrengths test and continuing from there to the Better Faster Academy, a Strengths-focused resource created by Becca Syme, a success coach for writers. I’m not going to bore you with my…

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Failing Forward?

Failing Forward?

I’ve spent the past year recovering from a hard burnout, something I discussed here along with my plans to recover from it. When I wrote that post, I hadn’t fully grasped the depth of that burnout or the causes. Gradually, though, I’ve come to realize that I’d been sliding into burnout for years, and not every factor of the burnout was within my control. Be that as it may, I’ve had to take a hard look at my life and…

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