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Are You Listening to Your Life? · The Daily Writer

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Daily Writer, where we share a lesson each day to help you cultivate the habits for creative success.
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  SPEAKER_00: Author and teacher Parker Palmer wrote a profound little book called Let Your Life Speak.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the book, he writes this Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life, telling me who I am.
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  SPEAKER_00: But what does it mean to listen to your life?
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, it means paying attention to the signposts telling you where you should go.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, it's amazing how often we don't see the signs right in front of us.
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  SPEAKER_00: These signs can take different shapes, such as what your gut is telling you, what you're passionate about, and where you're having success in your life.
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  SPEAKER_00: And all those things are indicators of what you should be doing with your life.
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  SPEAKER_00: But one of the most important signs comes from other people.
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  SPEAKER_00: Are there people in your life who have encouraged you in your writing?
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  SPEAKER_00: Perhaps teachers, parents, or friends?
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  SPEAKER_00: If so, that's a sure sign that you need to lean into writing.
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  SPEAKER_00: But if you haven't had people encourage you, no worries.
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  SPEAKER_00: It might be that you simply have not written and shared your writing with enough other people for them to validate you and affirm you in your giftedness.
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  SPEAKER_00: Or maybe you've had the unfortunate luck of having people be critical and dismissive of your writing.
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  SPEAKER_00: If so, understand this.
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  SPEAKER_00: Anyone who criticizes you without a loving spirit is doing so with a completely wrong kind of attitude.
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  SPEAKER_00: They're just not being helpful.
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  SPEAKER_00: Most of the time when people are critical, it's because they're jealous and they've had a lack of affirmation in their own life.
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  SPEAKER_00: As the saying goes, hurting people hurt people.
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  SPEAKER_00: So watch out for signposts, especially from the people around you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Listen to the ones who encourage you and validate you and affirm your writing.
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  SPEAKER_00: They are the ones who are pointing you in the right direction.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thanks so much for listening to today's episode.
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  SPEAKER_00: I want to take a moment to let you know about our daily writer membership community.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, one of the very best ways to develop better habits and impact more people's lives with your writing is to spend time around other successful writers.
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  SPEAKER_00: So if you're tired of feeling isolated and chasing success on your own, then I know you're going to love the Daily Writer community.
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  SPEAKER_00: For years, I searched for the kind of writing community that I would want to join, but I could never find what I wanted, so I created my own.
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  SPEAKER_00: Some of the features include weekly writing sprints, monthly community calls, book discussions, calls with guest experts, and much more.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thanks, and I'll see you tomorrow.