In a mood today, with thoughts of how to get the job done and hit the deadlines when the deck seems stacked against you. We also imagine Babe Ruth inspiring Winston Churchill based on quotes and artwork from Mind Journals. Music and fun to finish us off.

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You can have many jobs that work as a distraction from a bad day or a bad mood. Escaping to the office can be a welcome break from the storms of personal life. If you are a work-from-home writer, neck deep in a personal hurricane, where do you go to make a deadline?

If you are a meditation guru, you might be able to separate work from home even when they both share the same physical address; for the rest of us, it is usually time to head out to the gym to work some of this out or to a coffee shop to write with the headphones on. Many cities have great public libraries to write, read, and research. There are lots of opportunities to find places to meet those deadlines. Truth be told, the opposite can also happen; the hurricane could be at the office, and in that case, you can hit the coffee shop or the home office. 

As a writer, something internal or external is always screaming at you and distracting you from writing. Finding a way to make peace with voices is just part of the Writer’s Life.

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As the Writers Strike continues and expands to include the actors, the movie scene heading into 2024 is unknown. All the more reason to hit the big summer releases of 2023, get started by watching a few trailers to get excited.

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In this week's Mind Journal Email is an image and a quote from Babe Ruth. Our guess is Ruth said this before Churchill gave us his infamous "Never Ever Ever Ever Quit” quote. We like them both for the same reasons. This is also a good pairing with The Write Mood above - when the voices are getting louder and louder, remember you can’t lose if you never give up!

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Another from the Playlist Songs in A minor.

Click on the Apple Music image to listen to the song on Apple Music or on the Spotify Image to listen to Spotify.

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