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	<title>Comments on: Seven Ways and Reasons to Start Things You Won&#8217;t Finish</title>
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		<title>By: Ken</title>
		<link>http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/06/seven-ways-and-reasons-to-start-things-you-wont-finish/comment-page-1/#comment-3893</link>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, I couldn&#039;t draw either.  Still can&#039;t.  I just do it anyway.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, I couldn&#8217;t draw either.  Still can&#8217;t.  I just do it anyway.</p>
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		<title>By: Ken</title>
		<link>http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/06/seven-ways-and-reasons-to-start-things-you-wont-finish/comment-page-1/#comment-3892</link>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I refer to Penelope&#039;s comment above.  Her professor nailed it on the head.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I refer to Penelope&#8217;s comment above.  Her professor nailed it on the head.</p>
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		<title>By: CosmoChick</title>
		<link>http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/06/seven-ways-and-reasons-to-start-things-you-wont-finish/comment-page-1/#comment-3854</link>
		<dc:creator>CosmoChick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>what a great post! This totally applies to me, i am all about deadlines and end results, can you imagine what i&#039;ve overlooked in my life?

I just found your blog this morning through Zen Habits and am lapping it up!

This post is great because it highlights the following saying : happiness is a journey, not a destination. We&#039;re so result focused in the western world, i find, we forget to enjoy the journey!

fascinating, you&#039;re definitely on my RSS list, thank you!
-CC
.-= CosmoChick´s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCosmopolitanBlog/~3/ls1Tfgohavw/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Are you creative? Do you have a creative outlet?&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>what a great post! This totally applies to me, i am all about deadlines and end results, can you imagine what i&#8217;ve overlooked in my life?</p>
<p>I just found your blog this morning through Zen Habits and am lapping it up!</p>
<p>This post is great because it highlights the following saying : happiness is a journey, not a destination. We&#8217;re so result focused in the western world, i find, we forget to enjoy the journey!</p>
<p>fascinating, you&#8217;re definitely on my RSS list, thank you!<br />
-CC<br />
.-= CosmoChick´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCosmopolitanBlog/~3/ls1Tfgohavw/" rel="nofollow">Are you creative? Do you have a creative outlet?</a> =-.</p>
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		<title>By: fantasia Lillith</title>
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		<dc:creator>fantasia Lillith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you so much for this post. I am late coming to it - but still wanted to take the time to comment. 

I have been called many things in my life... flighty, changeable, irresponsible ... the truth is I&#039;m just greedy and thirsty.  But scanner personality sounds so much better! I want to try it all. I agree that I finish (or continue/stick with) only a few, but in trying so much I have learned a great deal about myself.  I have even stopped things I was very good at.  In fact - I usually stop when I&#039;m really good at it.

I get passionate about this new &quot;thing&quot; in my life.  This new flavor.  It&#039;s a wonderful high to learn something new.

Some things stick.  One that has surprised me has been writing my own blog. It&#039;s not a real blog, I&#039;m not sharing insight - not like this one.  I am sharing my stories.

I was told over and over that I would never write.  My spelling and grammar are so poor as to hinder my creative energy.  They were wrong. It&#039;s not even been a year yet and Pillow Talk is a small and humble success.  Not because of the following I have, not because of the wonderful comments people leave - although the reward.  No ... because I found a real passion for this. Something I do a little every day. Get better at slowly.  My creative outlet. I learned to not listen to the naysayers and to trust my-self.

It was only possible because I did the 7 things you mention.  

Oh and by the way - love the sketch.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you so much for this post. I am late coming to it &#8211; but still wanted to take the time to comment. </p>
<p>I have been called many things in my life&#8230; flighty, changeable, irresponsible &#8230; the truth is I&#8217;m just greedy and thirsty.  But scanner personality sounds so much better! I want to try it all. I agree that I finish (or continue/stick with) only a few, but in trying so much I have learned a great deal about myself.  I have even stopped things I was very good at.  In fact &#8211; I usually stop when I&#8217;m really good at it.</p>
<p>I get passionate about this new &#8220;thing&#8221; in my life.  This new flavor.  It&#8217;s a wonderful high to learn something new.</p>
<p>Some things stick.  One that has surprised me has been writing my own blog. It&#8217;s not a real blog, I&#8217;m not sharing insight &#8211; not like this one.  I am sharing my stories.</p>
<p>I was told over and over that I would never write.  My spelling and grammar are so poor as to hinder my creative energy.  They were wrong. It&#8217;s not even been a year yet and Pillow Talk is a small and humble success.  Not because of the following I have, not because of the wonderful comments people leave &#8211; although the reward.  No &#8230; because I found a real passion for this. Something I do a little every day. Get better at slowly.  My creative outlet. I learned to not listen to the naysayers and to trust my-self.</p>
<p>It was only possible because I did the 7 things you mention.  </p>
<p>Oh and by the way &#8211; love the sketch.</p>
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		<title>By: Ken</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for sharing that, Penelope.  I love it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for sharing that, Penelope.  I love it.</p>
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		<title>By: Ken</title>
		<link>http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/06/seven-ways-and-reasons-to-start-things-you-wont-finish/comment-page-1/#comment-3437</link>
		<dc:creator>Ken</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh, you&#039;re still crazy, but it&#039;s a good kind of crazy.  We&#039;re all crazy.  That&#039;s what makes everything so interesting.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, you&#8217;re still crazy, but it&#8217;s a good kind of crazy.  We&#8217;re all crazy.  That&#8217;s what makes everything so interesting.</p>
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		<title>By: penelope</title>
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		<dc:creator>penelope</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I love &quot;7 ways and reasons to start things you won&#039;t finish&quot;!  Last year in art class, a student said, &quot;I never have time to get anything done!&quot;  My instructor said, &quot;What is so great about getting things done?  Everybody wants to get everything done!  What are you trying to do?  get your life done too?  and then what?  Forget about &quot;getting things done&quot;!   I think my instructor&#039;s comment was probably the wisest thing I have ever heard anyone say--I will never forget her insight into something we all take for granted....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love &#8220;7 ways and reasons to start things you won&#8217;t finish&#8221;!  Last year in art class, a student said, &#8220;I never have time to get anything done!&#8221;  My instructor said, &#8220;What is so great about getting things done?  Everybody wants to get everything done!  What are you trying to do?  get your life done too?  and then what?  Forget about &#8220;getting things done&#8221;!   I think my instructor&#8217;s comment was probably the wisest thing I have ever heard anyone say&#8211;I will never forget her insight into something we all take for granted&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: lesa</title>
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		<dc:creator>lesa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ken,  OMG! I have never heard of scanners, multi-talented multi-taskers, or Barbara Sher., Till tonite.  I have been called lots of titles but mostly because they didn&#039;t understand or felt threatened, and all this time I have been searching for an explanation of what it felt like in my head. I feel as if I am home.  I am not flighty, dingy, or add.  I have to the letter the descriptions of the scanner personality.  It is nothing for me to have 8 to 10 projects going, and be listening to  myself repeating the mantra of slow down.  finish what you start before you make another mess.  But..., I no longer have to fight this.  I am happiest doing it all at once, and i will never cower for this talent.  I had been convinced i was crazy. almost</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ken,  OMG! I have never heard of scanners, multi-talented multi-taskers, or Barbara Sher., Till tonite.  I have been called lots of titles but mostly because they didn&#8217;t understand or felt threatened, and all this time I have been searching for an explanation of what it felt like in my head. I feel as if I am home.  I am not flighty, dingy, or add.  I have to the letter the descriptions of the scanner personality.  It is nothing for me to have 8 to 10 projects going, and be listening to  myself repeating the mantra of slow down.  finish what you start before you make another mess.  But&#8230;, I no longer have to fight this.  I am happiest doing it all at once, and i will never cower for this talent.  I had been convinced i was crazy. almost</p>
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		<title>By: Beth Weisberg</title>
		<link>http://www.mildlycreative.com/2009/06/seven-ways-and-reasons-to-start-things-you-wont-finish/comment-page-1/#comment-2732</link>
		<dc:creator>Beth Weisberg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So glad my friend Jeri Dansky pointed me to you! Love everything I&#039;ve read now on your blog, especially the Manifesto, which resonated with me at a very deep level. This post about starting things you won&#039;t finish has been very liberating -- you&#039;ve shown the way to viewing that as a positive pursuit &amp; given me permission not to feel guilty about it (always my default!). Thanks for a very insightful post.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So glad my friend Jeri Dansky pointed me to you! Love everything I&#8217;ve read now on your blog, especially the Manifesto, which resonated with me at a very deep level. This post about starting things you won&#8217;t finish has been very liberating &#8212; you&#8217;ve shown the way to viewing that as a positive pursuit &amp; given me permission not to feel guilty about it (always my default!). Thanks for a very insightful post.</p>
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		<title>By: Susan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Finally I am able to find like-minded souls; I guess I&#039;m not so strange afterall. I used to think it was a curse, especially when others would label me as unfocused, but now I&#039;m in the perfect job.  I work in a university which gives me plenty of opportunities for exploring.  I&#039;m glad I discovered your blog.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finally I am able to find like-minded souls; I guess I&#8217;m not so strange afterall. I used to think it was a curse, especially when others would label me as unfocused, but now I&#8217;m in the perfect job.  I work in a university which gives me plenty of opportunities for exploring.  I&#8217;m glad I discovered your blog.</p>
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