by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Habit, Writing Habits
For the past several years, one technique I have used to expand my creativity is to go out on what Julia Cameron refers to as an “Artist Date.” I’ve used various names for it (see my post from 2018: Going Out on an Innovation Date). Roughly, it’s going at once a week...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing, Writing Habits
I’m quite selective in giving businesses and organizations the ability to reach out to me digitally, whether it be by phone number or email. (This isn’t an easy task, and one’s guard must be up at all times. For example, it’s hard to go to any larger...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Philosophy, Writing, Writing Habits
I love a clean, well-organized desk with just one item in front of me; truthfully, I am nearly obsessive about it. However, every once in a while, if I am tackling a very difficult challenge, I will intentionally allow some mess to accumulate. For example, I am...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Poetry, Writing, Writing Habits
Although I write and publish poetry on my blog for several reasons—one being simply to sharpen my writing ax—I have discovered a hidden benefit: the use of my thesaurus has increased dramatically. Because of the (somewhat self-imposed) restrictions of writing haiku in...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Philosophy, Writing Habits
I take most advice from self-help authors with a grain of salt, but great ideas are great ideas, and one of them is Stephen Covey’s thoughts about where people should spend their time and energy. I have a large sphere of concerns: global warming, nuclear war, the...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Habit, Health, Writing, Writing Habits
The relationship between coffee and writing can be a magical bond, but when going through prolonged periods of intense writing it can also be a problematic one. A couple of cups of coffee over a couple of hours is a fine thing, but seven cups of coffee over seven...
