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200 Things I Love About Writing

(December 17th, 2007 by Steve Pavlina)

Воду я пропустил, а перечень причин оставил (любопытно и познавательно)




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Here it is:

humor
being witty
getting positive feedback
getting links
seeing people comment on my work on other sites
spawning interesting discussions
helping people grow
sharing myself
baring my soul
being honest
coming up with great new insights
being creative
expressing myself
connecting with my higher self
connecting with other people
making friends
building a reputation
earning income
being successful
being good at writing
being a popular writer
having lots of readers
seeing people extend and refine my ideas
seeing people make my ideas their own
seeing people apply my ideas
seeing people get positive results with my ideas
seeing people follow my advice and have it work for them
seeing people have a-ha moments
raising people’s awareness
creating a large body of work
doing good quality work
being in the zone
experiencing flow
experiencing timelessness
being enthusiastic about the flow of ideas
reading an article I wrote and knowing it’s good
anticipating a positive reception for something I wrote
being able to write anywhere
using my laptop and writing in public places
being inspired
incubating ideas
writing a cool series
building web traffic
seeing people debate my ideas
stimulating people
waking people up
disturbing people
writing a piece I’m proud of
coming up with truly elegant wording
writing poetry
coming up with new ideas that work for me
inspiring myself
tapping into a source beyond my ego
experiencing oneness
tuning in
being free
being free to write about whatever I want
owning my own outlet to write
getting thank you cards and letters in the mail
hearing people’s stories
seeing the word writer next to my name
opening up with people
letting people get to know me
transforming painful lessons into inspiring stories
turning my life into a lesson
living by example
being responsible
doing what’s right
feeling fulfilled
knowing the flow of ideas is endless
being satisfied
feeling connected to other writers
being an authority
writing for myself
writing for people I know
expressing myself through written language
having a global reach
connecting with people I’ve never met
changing lives of people I’ve never met
making a positive difference
changing people for the better
changing myself for the better
feeling connected
turning off my ego
turning my back on fear
expressing courage
writing daily
enjoying the flow of fingers on the keyboard
hearing the clanking of the keys
typing fast
brainstorming
finding the third alternative
doing something unique
writing something new
writing something that never existed before
adding to the substance of the universe
creating information out of thought
manifesting pure thought in physical form
putting nonlinear concepts into a linear structure
storytelling
coming up with good analogies
simplifying complicated ideas
being understood
being loved
being loving
allowing people to know me
bypassing people’s surface selves
connecting with people’s true selves
communicating soul to soul
sharing energy
expressing divinity
being wrong
accepting all outcomes
being detached from outcomes
letting people know I care about them
reminding people they aren’t alone
giving hope to people who’ve lost hope
encouraging people who are discouraged
learning from mistakes
being kind
being generous
giving without expecting anything in return
being human
teaching people it’s OK to make mistakes
teaching people not to be so afraid
releasing my own fears
hugging people through words
showing people we are the same
remembering that I’m not alone
building a community
seeing people support each other
bringing light to darkness
seeing someone smile
deepening my connection
growing
changing
changing my mind
disagreeing with what I’ve written
knowing I’m on the right path
knowing this is what I’m meant to do
knowing that writing is good
seeing the good in other people
helping people see the good in themselves
preventing a suicide
helping people embrace life
helping people reconnect with what matters to them
being a teacher
being a student
sharing discoveries
making people laugh
making people cry
writing while crying
writing something powerful
writing something profound
writing truth
empowering people
helping people raise their standards
seeing people happier
changing the world
shedding the nonessential
understanding essence
knowing people by knowing myself
egoless writing
writing for the planet
writing for the highest good of all
heart-centered writing
being discouraged and still being able to encourage someone else
writing in the dark
seeing a blank screen and knowing it will soon be full
writing without fear
writing as Source
becoming one with the ideas
becoming nothingness
becoming pure awareness
losing awareness of my fingers typing
listening to music while writing
smelling vanilla
instant publishing
watching birds outside my window
writing about my family
feeling good while writing
writing peacefully
writing all day
losing track of time
becoming my writing
reading something I wrote and not remembering I wrote it
writing for a timeless reader
writing for people who aren’t born yet
knowing my writing can outlive my body
reincarnating in a future life to read what I wrote in this one
loving to write
being in a state of joy
wanting to write even though I don’t have to
writing even when I think I have nothing to say
being surprised at what comes out of me
being relaxed
writing on paper
writing with a candle burning
writing for no reason at all
writing by being instead of doing