Comments on: 10 things, 10 minutes, serendipity http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/archives/222?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-things-10-minutes-serendipity Dave Ferguson's interests, ideas, notions, tangents Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:11:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Christy Tucker http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/archives/222/comment-page-1#comment-7025 Christy Tucker Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:22:47 +0000 http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/archives/222#comment-7025 There's definitely something to the idea of an actual change in scenery. I know that when I'm stuck on something I'm working on, one of the best things I can do is pack up my laptop and head to the coffeeshop for a while. Just having different sights and sounds and interaction is enough to get me past that writer's block in most cases. I really liked Stephen's idea of writing for just 10 minutes. I struggle with getting to far into my ideas sometimes, or procrastinating about starting to write something big. I want to try writing for 10 minutes and doing some shorter posts. In 10 minutes, I won't have time to worry about getting things "perfect," and I think that's part of my problem with my blog posts now. There’s definitely something to the idea of an actual change in scenery. I know that when I’m stuck on something I’m working on, one of the best things I can do is pack up my laptop and head to the coffeeshop for a while. Just having different sights and sounds and interaction is enough to get me past that writer’s block in most cases.

I really liked Stephen’s idea of writing for just 10 minutes. I struggle with getting to far into my ideas sometimes, or procrastinating about starting to write something big. I want to try writing for 10 minutes and doing some shorter posts. In 10 minutes, I won’t have time to worry about getting things “perfect,” and I think that’s part of my problem with my blog posts now.

]]> By: Dave http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/archives/222/comment-page-1#comment-7022 Dave Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:05:40 +0000 http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/archives/222#comment-7022 Lynn, I think of it as getting out of the house (or the back yard): maybe realizing where your usual haunts are, and being willing to haunt elsewhere for a bit. Lynn, I think of it as getting out of the house (or the back yard): maybe realizing where your usual haunts are, and being willing to haunt elsewhere for a bit.

]]> By: Lynn Wernham http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/archives/222/comment-page-1#comment-7021 Lynn Wernham Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:45:07 +0000 http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/archives/222#comment-7021 I think the conscious opening up of self to things that you might not otherwise come accross is important as well as taking time to reflect on the unplanned & informal learning that just happens. I think the conscious opening up of self to things that you might not otherwise come accross is important as well as taking time to reflect on the unplanned & informal learning that just happens.

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