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Yesterday, after I spent a few hours and hours revising a long work of fiction, I hit a wall. I felt I couldn’t move the revision forward. But with three young kids and freelance writing, time set aside to revise is precious. I didn’t want to walk away, but I felt as if I couldn’t go on.
Negative thoughts swooped in to support my feelings of quitting. Leaving my mini-writing retreat seemed ideal–it was a beautiful, warm day. Being outside seemed like a much better idea than sitting inside with a stalled novel.
I walked outside and started to really think about what I was trying to accomplish with my manuscript. I thought about the distance I have traveled with my writing and with the book. I repeated–quietly to myself–some affirmations I developed when I started my creativity coach training. Then, I absorbed the quiet around me.
My feelings of ineptitude seemed to vanish.
Able to salvage a couple more hours of revision, I felt better about the process and my creative flow. I tend to keep affirmations typed up and taped around my workspace.

Do you ever use affirmations to help work through negative patches? Do affirmations work for you and your creativity? If you’ve never tried an affirmation, perhaps today is the day to try. Visualize yourself doing or being what you want, then create a positive statement that affirms your desire.

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