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, 2023
- 4 min
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, 2023
- 4 min
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, 2023
- 4 min
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, 2023
- 6 min
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, 2023
- 5 min
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, 2023
- 4 min
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, 2023
- 6 min
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, 2023
- 7 min
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, 2023
- 6 min
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, 2023
- 4 min
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, 2023
- 6 min
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, 2023
- 10 min
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, 2023
- 6 min
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, 2023
- 4 min
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, 2023
- 3 min
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, 2023
- 5 min
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, 2023
- 4 min
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, 2023
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 8 min
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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