Motivation

Top Five Exercises To Get Your Creative Juices Flowing

by A.J. Wood February 1, 2012 Arts/Media

Something that students often ask me is “Where do you get your ideas?” which is generally part of a larger conversation that begins with “What do you do when you’re totally uninspired?” This is often referred to as writer’s block, creative apathy, and “the blahs”. Throughout the years, I’ve been fortunate to have met a [...]

Tagged as: creative assignments, Inspiration, Motivation, practice, successful habits, Top Five

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Everybody Cheats

by A.J. Wood February 26, 2009 Editorial

Try as you might the fact is inevitable–one day you will cheat. Perhaps it will be out of habit, maybe under the influence of some person or event, but a decision will need to be made, and you will cheat. Some of you will feel immediate guilt & anguish. Others will try to rationalize their [...]

Tagged as: cheating, decision making, Editorial, Inspiration, Motivation, personal choice, self help, thoughts

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You vs. The Short Bus

by A.J. Wood September 3, 2003 Editorial

It was my intention to post this rant yesterday, but lately I have been unable to dump concept/thought to keyboard. In my head I know what is it I want to say, but somehow the translation/context comes out completely different as I read over my entry. Anyway, back to yesterday. During the usual morning jaunt [...]

Tagged as: Dallas, grow up, hard, life, Motivation, real world, unfair

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