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Christian Minimalism

Photo by Fiona Art on Pexels.com So lately I’ve been really feeling the poverty thing. I mean that I feel like I don’t need to have a lot. I was trying to replace “Simple Abundance”, by Sarah Ban Breathnach, with a Christian view. I thought that her approach was cute but very materialistic. Today I will explore the concepts of “Christian Minimalism” by Becca Ehlric. The book focuses on…

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A Woman's Calling: Embracing my Gender

A Woman’s Calling: Embracing my Gender

Photo by Edmond Dantu00e8s on Pexels.com So I went to college to be a minister and then got duped halfway through thinking that I could possibly graduate with only half of my social work classes. I switched my major halfway through. Luckily (I guess) I wasn’t the only one, but a lot of people got duped in my field. But as you may have guessed I graduated undeclared. I was able to walk with my…

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More Changes: I Have a Second Blog Coming on Ko-fi!

More Changes: I Have a Second Blog Coming on Ko-fi!

Photo by Rakicevic Nenad on Pexels.com I found out you can make blog posts on Ko-fi.com/creativelyjoy so I’m announcing a second blog I might make it the same as this one or slightly different. I also thought about talking about some of my lil’ sub-niches there instead. Making this blog a God and my thoughts kind of blog, but maybe also sharing my work. I am dedicating the next two months to…

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Watch "Against Nihilism" on YouTube

Watch “Against Nihilism” on YouTube

I’m not friends personally with John Green, but this is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard in the past 10 or 15 years.

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Changes: The Blog is Now Personal

Changes: The Blog is Now Personal

After much struggling with myself and getting super upset and panicking… Photo by le vy on Pexels.com This blog is now a personal blog I am going to write whatever I please and keep you updated on me and what God is leading me to do. This fall I am going to be relaunching the blog. I might even totally change the look and appearance to make it more about creativity and less of a landing page…

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What Is My Heart Feeling?

The short answer is grief and despair. The long? Well, I have been dealing with some spiritual, mental, emotional, physical, financial…everything. So I eat like a psychopath and decided that I guess it’s an eating disorder. I hide my eating sometimes. I binge for a whole hour. I fast til I faint ir need to eat something because my sugar dropped. The point is I’m a wreck and I didn’t let myself…

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Why Exercise? What It Does to Your Brain

Why Exercise? What It Does to Your Brain

Photo by mentatdgt on Pexels.com The CDC says that the brain gets significant improvement with exercise. I don’t get enough exercise. A lot of us don’t. Here are the things it does to your brain. It Rewires Your Brain Aerobic exercise can help cognitive ability, healthline says. It can improve motor function and brain connectivity. It even helps you with social improvements if you go to a…

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Very Sick and Needing Prayer

Very Sick and Needing Prayer

I haven’t been writing, because I’ve been very sick physically and mentally. I stopped social media to help me cope. It’s been very hard. Please pray!

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Kitty break

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Things You Can Do For Learning Week

Things You Can Do For Learning Week

Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko on Pexels.com So as we know learning something new changes the brain. Here is a list of things you can try to make the brain change: Learn a New Language Learning a new language can “develop new areas of your mind and strengthen your brain’s natural ability to focus, entertain multiple possibilities, and process information”. So I’m going to learn Japanese. Learn…

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More blogs when I can.

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Deep Breathing and Your Brain

Deep Breathing and Your Brain

Photo by Oleksandr Pidvalnyi on Pexels.com UC Berkeley says that breathwork can touch several areas of the brain at once. Your mood, attention, and body awareness. If you do slow cyclical breathing you can reduce anxiety and calm yourself. All sorts of areas are awake when you breathe deep. So Why is That Important? Berkeley also says it’s good to stay calm. Stress eats away at your body.…

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My Progress in Healing My Brain in the Challenge

My Progress in Healing My Brain in the Challenge

Join my Challenge here. Photo by EKATERINA BOLOVTSOVA on Pexels.com I have been trying to do the challenge with all of my participants. I have about 5 brain injuries and 5 brain issues. I was starting to not think straight and paused for long periods trying to remember my words. Well, I have improved! Not only have I improved mentally, but I have improved spiritually. And that’s just from…

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Follow and use this app! Gamification is helping me heal my brain. Join the challenge I have on there! Brain Healing Challenge from the Creatively Joy guild!

ORCAS FOR EVERYONE!

It looks like some friendly Orcas are swimming into Habiticans’ stables! In honor of the Summer Splash event, everyone who didn’t already have an Orca gets either the mount or the pet. Enjoy!

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You gen z's have good ideas

Masterpost: How to write a story?

Compilation of writing advice for some aspects of the writing process.

How to motivate myself to write more

How to get rid of writer’s block

Basic Overview: How to write a story

How to outline a story

How to come up with plot

How to create a character

How to make a character unique

How to use nicknames

How to start a story

How to write a prologue

How to write conversation

How to write witty banter

How to write the last line

How to write a summary

How to write a book description

How to write romance

How to write friendships

How to write emotional scenes

How to write an argument

How to write yelling

How to write anger

How to write betrayal

How to title fanfiction

How to write an unreliable narrator

First Person vs. Third Person POV

How to write character deaths

How to use songs in a fanfiction

How to name fictional things

How to write multiple points of view

Introducing a group of characters

Large cast of characters interacting in one scene

Redemption arc

Plot twists

Fatal Character Flaws

Good traits gone bad

More specific scenarios

Slow burn

AU ideas

Favourite tropes

How to create quick chemistry

How to write a bilingual character

How to write a character with glasses

How to create a villain

How to write a morally grey character

How to write a polyamorous relationship

How to write a wedding

How to write found family

How to write forbidden love

How to write a road trip

How to create and write a cult

How to write amnesia

How to write a stratocracy

How to write the mafia

Criminal past comes to light

Reasons for breaking up while still loving each other

Relationship Problems

Relationship Changes

Milestones in a relationship

Platonic activities for friends

Settings for conversations

Introducing partner(s) to family

Honeymoon

Date gone wrong

Love Language - Showing, not telling

Love Language - Showing you care

Affections without touching

Giving the reader butterflies with your characters

Reasons a couple would divorce on good terms

How to write enemies to lovers

How to write lovers to enemies to lovers

How to write academic rivals to lovers

How to write age difference

How to create a coffee shop atmosphere

How to create an atmosphere: Library

How to write a college party

How to write modern royalty

Arranged matrimony for royalty

Paramilitary Forces/ Militia

Inconvenient things a ghost could do

A Queen’s Assassination Plot

Crime Story - Detective’s POV

Evil organization of assassins

Evil wins in the end

Causes for the apocalypse

Last day on earth

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Ooh I like that

2022 Goal Crushing Challenge

Now that I’m swinging back in action with free challenges, workout plans, goal plans and such…. Why don’t we start off on the right foot. It’s time to crush your goals and this challenge will force you to get on track whether you like it or not. 

Pick Three Yearly Goals

The Hardest

The Quickest

The Most Important

Once you’ve picked out those three goals, on a sheet of paper write them down along with a list of tasks that need to be completed to reach them.

Example: If your goal is to reach B1 level in Korean ; You may need to finish all levels of TTMIK, Watch 10 KDramas, and Read 20 books ! 

Be specific, write down the small details of each goal. For example, if I were to have korean for a goal and i needed to read 20 books, have ALL 20 books listed out. And every level of TTMIk would be listed (not the lessons in this case but in many you will)

Once you’re done this is the order you’ll be doing things in for the next month. This is not going to be easy, in any way shape or form, but you will make progress on your goals.

This challenge is laid out in days 1 - 7 and will be applicable throughout the rest of the challenge. 

DAY 1:

Complete four tasks from your hardest goal

Complete one task from your quickest goal

Complete three tasks your most important goal

DAY 2:

Complete one task from your hardest goal

Complete five tasks from your quickest goal

Complete two tasks from your most important goal

DAY 3:

Set a timer for 2 hours and get as many tasks for your most important goal as you can done (30 minutes on, 5 minute break)

DAY 4:

Complete five tasks for your hardest goal

Complete one task for your quickest goal

Complete one task for your most important goal

DAY 5:

Set a 2 hour timer, finish one task from each goal, repeat (30 minutes on, 5 minute break)

DAY 6: 

Complete 5 tasks for your quickest goal

Complete one task for your most important goal

DAY 7:

Set a 1 hour timer for each goal, in those three hours, complete as much as you can

Enjoy <3 - Queen

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30 DAYS NOVEL WRITING CHALLENGE

hey! today i bring you guys a kinda hard challenge. so, how does it work? idk

basically, all you have to do is to follow the grid (each square corresponds to a day), and by the end of it you have written about 11k words of your new novel. sounds fun, right? oh, exhausting, too...

the main goal is to speed up a little and help you get started on your new book (like when you have an idea and reallyyy want to start developing it but have zero motivation).

if you want to share daily (or once in a while) updates about how this challenge is working for you, feel free to use #30soulscollide or tag me in your post! i'd love to hear some feedback from you guys about this and please let me know if you'd like something like this in the future! <3

the challenge (image):

maybe you want a list? here you go:

write a summary of your novel / idea

draft the main character(s)

write a paragraph about each relationship

draft the side characters

brainstorm dramatic events and plot twists

define the narrator & tense

draft the world / environment

create a playlist (now we're done with the plot)

write a summary of act 1

write a summary of act 2

revise your characters & settings

write a summary of act 3

list all the events in your story (in order)

write a paragraph for each chapter (act 1)

write a paragraph for each chapter (act 2)

write a paragraph for each chapter (act 3)

write 800 words

write 900 words

write 700 words

write 1k words

write 800 words

write 500 words

write 1k words

write 700 words

write 900 words

write 1k words

write 600 words

write 800 words

write 1k words

write 900 words

i really hope you like this challenge and that you find it useful. also, i am working on a new notion template (i might post it by the end of this week or next week!) stay tuned <3