by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging, Creativity, Writing
The creative part of blogging is choosing the subject, writing the piece, and selecting a photo. Everything else is mindless. Creative: Choose the topicCreative: Write the rough draft of the blog post on Ulysses.Mindless: Spell check the post on Grammarly.Mindless:...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging
Although I am fond of several of my posts in November, such as Don’t Kill Your Baby Dragons and Blogging Advice From a Man Named Elwyn, my most important post was the September 27th post, Where I spend My Time. In today’s world of distraction, it’s so easy to get...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging, Writing
From Strunk and White’s fifth chapter (the chapter written by Elwyn Brooks White): Clarity. Clarity. Clarity….When you say something, make sure you have said it. The chances of your having said it are only fair.The Elements of Style V.16 This fifth chapter, An...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging
Although my blog in August was dense with my haiku ( check out my Poetry posts!), my favorite blog post of the month is from August 10th: Finding Your Creative Lobster. This short post touches upon one of my most important goals—to better understand the relationship...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging, Philosophy, Writing
My Favorite July blog post to develop and write was Philosophy as a Serious Game. The relationship between play and seriousness is essential for mastery—not just of a craft (such as writing), but of life.
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging, Writing Habits
My blog has 55 topics. From a marketing perspective, this is too many, especially since many of these topics are unrelated. However, my principal blogging goal this year is to develop the habit of blogging daily (which—not incidentally—requires me to share my writing...
