Selling Your Collections On Ebay
With the advance of technology and the evolution of online auctions, you can now turn your hobbies into cash machines. If you are a collector, you probably are already aware that Ebay is a good resource for finding things to add to your collection. It is also a good resource for letting things in your [...]
Continue Reading...Rock Collecting As A Hobby
When I was a kid, my mother was studying geology and so I picked up the hobby of rock collecting. Although, I don’t follow that hobby any more, I still have a couple of the more special rocks from my collecting sitting on the bookshelf across from my desk.
Rock collecting is a fascinating hobby and [...]
Greenhouses for Green Thumbs
Gardening is a great hobby. It gets you out and about — so its good for the body. And it keeps your mind active. But gardening is heavily dependent on weather, which, if you’ve been watching the news lately, has been a bit erratic of late.
So, a hobby greenhouse may be in order. A hobby [...]
New Year — Old Time Hobbies
This is the first post of a new year, so I thought I’d do something different. On one of my other blogs, I choose specific topic to have all posts for that month focus on. I thought that would work well here, too. If not, you can always tell me so on a comment, right?
Anyway, [...]
Thinking and Working Smarter
How to Clear Your Mind During the Day
Are there things on your mind that are distracting you from what you want to accomplish? Then try some calming activities. There are tons of things that you can do to relax and loosen the hold burdening thoughts have on you.
You can read a book.
You can [...]
Hobbies Prevent Boredom
Boredom is the enemy of the mind. A bored mind is one that teeters on the brink of loosing its edge. OK, maybe that’s a bit of overkill, but it is certainly the enemy of writers.
You know the symptoms. You find yourself playing one too many computer games or watching one too many old reruns [...]
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A Spirit Journal
O.K. With this post I’m going to make the following assumptions about you, dear reader.
You’re a writer — why else would you be reading a blog with “writer” in the title?
You spend a great deal of your time writing (or in other writing support activities).
You make a good deal of your income from your writing.That [...]
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What Is Physiotherapy?
Not too long ago, I was working on my chiropractor’s website. One of the pages I did was about “physiotherapy.” I asked him what the difference was between physiotherapy and physical therapy, because they didn’t look any different. He told me they were the same thing, but only a physical therapist can provide physical therapy, [...]
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What is Mental Health? Key Concepts
Since this section of The Holistic Writer is all about the mind, I thought I’d cover some basics of mental health. A healthy mind is free to be a creative mind that supports your writing talent.
Definition
Mental health is defined as a state or condition on which an individual feels a sense of well-being. This gives [...]
