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Tag Archives: creativity
The Truth About Getting Older
It’s said that age is just a number. Sure it is. But I wonder why that number, the one that implies, “Now you’re actually old,” varies so widely among individuals.
My husband Stephen and I are both in our 60s. Yet often (too often) he says to me, “We’re old now.” With our four parents aged 85, 89, 89, and 90, I refute his … Read more
3 New Books Brights Might Like
I’ve made a point lately of seeking out signs of religious belief or its lack in the main characters of books I read. More and more I’m noticing signs of characters (and one would think their authors) coming out on the Bright side. At least in the sort of literary novels (and memoirs of literary novelists) I tend to favor.
While I certainly don’t read … Read more
Posted in A Rational Woman
Tagged a rational woman, books, creativity, happiness, humanism, Ironmonger, Jungerson, list, naturalistic worldview, reading, Shteyngart, The Brights' Net
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Why You Should Spend Time in a Flow State
Flow is a state of consciousness in which many very creative individuals claim to most readily produce their work. Plus it feels good (to be there, to have been there), so once you recognize it, you may seek it out regularly.
Flow, most simply, is when time stops for you, or at least changes quality dramatically. You and what you’re doing merge. Sounds mystical, and … Read more
8 Ways to Be a Rational Woman
I could have started this new blog by trying to tell you who I am. I figure, though, that you’re here because you’re curious about what “a rational woman” might have to say. Besides, what better way to get acquainted than for me to delve immediately into what matters?
If you share my supernatural-free attitudes, you may be wondering how you can spread your beliefs … Read more
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Tagged Bright, creativity, emotion, gender, imagination, parenting, relationships, stereotype, supernatural-free
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