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Feeling Grateful May Help Us Sleep Better, Emerging Research Evidence

Posted on November 22, 2023November 23, 2023 by Emily Hokett

One Reason You Might Want to Keep A Gratitude Journal. I’ve struggled with practicing gratitude. Even when we have a lot to feel grateful for, we have an evolutionary predisposition to feel discontent, to focus on improvement and acceleration instead

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sleep health journaling, mental health, research, sleep Leave a comment

Sometimes We Have Nightmares, Sometimes Dreams— But, Why?

Posted on October 30, 2023October 30, 2023 by Emily Hokett

Research-related theories on sleep and dreaming. I journal about my dreams. I like to document the workings of my unconscious mind and evaluate what I may be processing during sleep. But how much should we really pay attention to our dreams and

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cognition, sleep health creativity, dreams, mental health, nightmares, research, sleep, wellbeing Leave a comment

This Is How I Journal About My Dreams

Posted on October 30, 2023October 30, 2023 by Emily Hokett

Digital and analog dream journaling over the years. I journal about nearly everything that happens in my life. That includes any dreams I have that I find interesting. Because my journaling methods have changed over the years from being completely

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tiny blog dreams, journaling, notetaking, organization, sleep, workflows 1 Comment

Of Mice and Wrists

Posted on August 28, 2023August 31, 2023 by Emily Hokett

A tiny blog on ergonomic mice and customizable buttons that allow for a minimalistic workspace. Most of my work is done in front of a computer. The tools that I use for my work are important to me. I have

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Giving Presentations While Feeling Nervous — My Story

Posted on August 28, 2023August 31, 2023 by Emily Hokett

  A Few Steps I’ve Used To Navigate Presentations as a highly introverted (and often Nervous) human The most important advice that you need to prepare for a presentation is to do what makes you feel most comfortable. Those criteria

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Sleep Well to Remove Creativity Blocks: Interrelations Among Sleep, Idea Generation, and Creative Problem Solving

Posted on July 22, 2023 by Emily Hokett

Overall, healthy sleep and rest seem to play important roles in the creative process. I certainly feel and think better when I have slept well as compared to when I have not. If you’re feeling like your creative process is

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Creativity Drivers, Workflows, and Cycles for My Writing Habit

Posted on May 28, 2023May 28, 2023 by Emily Hokett

A brief series on why And How I write. Notes This blog series developed from several influences. A few of them include: Mason Currey, Octavia Butler, Austin Kleon, Langston Hughes, and Hugh MacLeod. I posted a couple of other tiny

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My Current Writing Habit, A Little Every Single Day

Posted on May 27, 2023May 27, 2023 by Emily Hokett

What motivates you to write? There are only a couple of creative habits that I try to practice every day. Writing is both of them. In the mornings, I journal. Lately, I’ve also been taking time to read and write

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Solving Creativity Issues is Rarely an External Endeavor

Posted on May 27, 2023May 27, 2023 by Emily Hokett

Personal meditations on tools for creativity, productivity, and time. I wanted a new device, a new app, a new something. I had fallen prey to a common productivity trap, looking for a new tool to solve all of my problems.

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