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Life is Like a Chalkboard · The Daily Writer

• 0:04
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Daily Writer, where we share a lesson each day to help you cultivate the habits for creative success.
• 0:11
  SPEAKER_00: So you failed.
• 0:13
  SPEAKER_00: You messed up.
• 0:14
  SPEAKER_00: You didn't do what you said you were going to do.
• 0:17
  SPEAKER_00: You didn't get the writing done, or you failed to live up to your own expectations, or worse yet, somebody else's.
• 0:24
  SPEAKER_00: Well, the truth is that we've all been there, and it's nothing new in the world of writers and artists and creatives.
• 0:31
  SPEAKER_00: The good news is that tomorrow is a new day.
• 0:33
  SPEAKER_00: You have a chance to start over again and recommit to the work that is so important to you.
• 0:38
  SPEAKER_00: Better yet, tomorrow is not just a chance to start fresh.
• 0:42
  SPEAKER_00: You can also begin tomorrow as a person who's just a little bit wiser because of what you learned today.
• 0:48
  SPEAKER_00: Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote, Finish every day and be done with it.
• 0:53
  SPEAKER_00: You have done what you could.
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_00: Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt, crept in.
• 0:58
  SPEAKER_00: Forget them as soon as you can.
• 0:59
  SPEAKER_00: Tomorrow is a new day.
• 1:01
  SPEAKER_00: You shall begin it well and serenely, and with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your old nonsense.
• 1:09
  SPEAKER_00: Well, those are wise words for writers for sure.
• 1:11
  SPEAKER_00: And there's no use worrying about the things that you didn't do today.
• 1:15
  SPEAKER_00: You can't go back and change them.
• 1:17
  SPEAKER_00: So you're only wasting time and emotional energy when you focus on the regret that you're feeling from your failures.
• 1:23
  SPEAKER_00: Life is kind of like a giant chalkboard.
• 1:25
  SPEAKER_00: Every day you get a chance to wipe it clean and start fresh.
• 1:30
  SPEAKER_00: So get busy learning from today's mistakes and recommitting to a fresh start starting tomorrow.
• 1:37
  SPEAKER_00: Hey, thanks so much for checking out today's episode.
• 1:39
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• 1:45
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• 1:49
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• 1:51
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• 1:59
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• 2:09
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• 2:14
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• 2:21
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