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Garrett Elinski
Oct 5, 20239 min read
Taking Care of Yourself
I talk a lot about mindfulness here, but today I'm taking a much more physical avenue in regards to our mental health. And when I say...
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Garrett Elinski
Sep 28, 20234 min read
What/When to Expect The Garden of Fire
Today is the last Thursday of the month, so it would ordinarily be another An Open Book episode, but nobody responded yet again. I don't...
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Garrett Elinski
Sep 21, 20234 min read
September 23 Update
Greetings, readers! This is the first post I've had to write in a few weeks, since the previous handful were written in advance. It's...
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Garrett Elinski
Sep 14, 20234 min read
Appreciating Time
Right now, it's 1:05 AM on Friday, August 25th. I'm writing this pretty early compared to my usual blog posts, but the first and last of...
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Garrett Elinski
Sep 7, 20236 min read
The Importance of a Good Read
I've covered the importance of reading before; especially as a writer, but I came here today to do something a little different. I'm not...
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Garrett Elinski
Aug 31, 20235 min read
An Open Book: Part 3
Welcome to An Open Book! This is a collaborative project in which anyone can join. Here's how it works: below, there'll be a scene. When...
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Garrett Elinski
Aug 24, 20234 min read
Contemplations
I won't lie to you. Some weeks, it's difficult to think of what I want to post about. So today, you're getting a list of random notes...
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Garrett Elinski
Aug 17, 20236 min read
Money from Strangers: a Social Experiment
This week, I ran a social experiment. I started it on Sunday and let it run until today. Over these four days, I asked people on the...
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Garrett Elinski
Aug 10, 20237 min read
This is Your Wake-up Call
If your goal in life is to work 40 hours of your week for someone else, and get a paycheck only off of what they say is the right amount...
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Garrett Elinski
Aug 3, 20236 min read
The Importance of DIS-PASSION PROJECTS as a WRITER
So often, when you've been a creator for long enough, you get familiar with the reality of writer's block, or burnout, or the awful...
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Garrett Elinski
Jul 27, 20234 min read
An Open Book: Part 2
Welcome to An Open Book! This is a collaborative project in which anyone can join. Here's how it works: below, there'll be a scene. When...
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Garrett Elinski
Jul 19, 20236 min read
A Clear Conscience
Everyone has skeletons in their closets. Things we're not proud of, things we want to pretend don't exist because we're afraid of the...
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Garrett Elinski
Jul 13, 202310 min read
Seeking Health
In recent years, mental health and self-love has become something we hear often. But what does it mean? What is self-love? Mental health?...
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Garrett Elinski
Jul 6, 20236 min read
The Importance of STUDYING as a WRITER
Oftentimes, I find that my personal process tends to be backwards from that of many others. I cannot claim to be certain whether it is...
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Garrett Elinski
Jun 29, 20234 min read
Starting my Financial Journey, and a Promise to You
Entrepreneurship has been a topic of my life for the last five years, but I have never actually been in a position to begin chasing it...
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Garrett Elinski
Jun 22, 20233 min read
An Open Book: Part 1
Welcome to An Open Book! This is a collaborative project in which anyone can join. Here's how it works: below, there'll be a scene. When...
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Garrett Elinski
Jun 15, 20235 min read
An Update on the Publishing Process
Many of you have noticed the shifting dates on when to expect The Garden of Fire's release. For that, I am very sorry. To be honest, the...
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Garrett Elinski
Jun 8, 20234 min read
How to Slow Down When it's Just Too Fast
If you came here because the brakes on your car are failing, I hate to say it, but you're in the wrong place. If you came here because...
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Garrett Elinski
Jun 1, 20235 min read
The Importance of READING as a WRITER
Reading and writing are related to each other in the same way rain is related to a lake. It might be easy to say that the rain created...
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Garrett Elinski
Feb 10, 20228 min read
Choosing Characters
There are a lot of factors that go into managing the cast of a story. Some only have a few, and some have far too many! To be honest,...
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