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Tim Birchard

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Tim is passionate about helping others connect with their dreams. He holds an M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction (multicultural education) from Texas A&M University, and a B.S. in Radio-TV-Film (audio production) from the University of Texas as a first-generation, low-income student. His career in education has taken him from Austin, Texas to as far away as Takamatsu City, Japan, serving everyone from elementary students to college undergraduates to professionals in social service fields.

Tim is an author, recording musician, U.S. Navy veteran, and a proponent for human rights and diversity issues. He spent 4 ½ years directly advocating for secondary students as Student Services Coordinator for the Durango Adult Education Center (now DEC) ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Tim Birchard Writer's block is a luxury for those who are waiting for inspiration to come to them.

When I don't feel like writing... when I don't feel "inspired", i…moreWriter's block is a luxury for those who are waiting for inspiration to come to them.

When I don't feel like writing... when I don't feel "inspired", it's my responsibility to GET inspired. I am the only one who can light my fuse.

Therefore, I deal with writer's block by writing. By suspending judgment of my writing. By creating, as Anne Lamott puts it, a "sh*tty first draft".

That which creates the 'block' is the ego, making its demands about outcome. When I drop into the heart and simply write for the love of writing, for the sake of writing, releasing any and all attachment to outcome, then I chase down inspiration. Grab it by the tail. Hoist it up onto my shoulders and take it for a ride.

Unless all ten of my fingers are broken, I have no excuse not to write. And even then, there's dictation software. So until my body dies, I have no excuse not to write. Only the responsibility to make an active, conscious choice: to write, or not to write.(less)

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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Tim Birchard Just write. Do not worry about ideas of 'success'... or of being 'good enough'. Start writing something. Anything at all. Something you're passionate …moreJust write. Do not worry about ideas of 'success'... or of being 'good enough'. Start writing something. Anything at all. Something you're passionate about. Let it come from your heart. Play to your strengths. Write what you know about. What you care about.

The ideas of success and failure... they're all simply ideas. They can influence emotional states... making you feel happy, sad, angry, or scared... but at the end of the day, they're simply thoughts.

Write every day. Write when you feel like it. Write when you do not feel like it. Write when you feel unstoppable. And write when you feel don't.

Make lots and lots of mistakes. Set a goal for a certain amount of pages written, and expect to make lots of mistakes. Let yourself realize and understand that making mistakes is PART of the process, not separate from it. Make mistakes your friend. The more mistakes you're willing to make, the more you will write... the deeper you can dig... the better your chances of learning something about yourself and others.

Let yourself be vulnerable. Let your brokenness shine through. Let yourself be seen for the human being that you are. Let your humanity be revealed.

Write as though you are the King or Queen of the world and you have everything going for you. Write as if you are upon death's threshold and only have a minute left to live. Be the most selfish person in the world and write for yourself. Be the most generous person in the world and share your gold with the world... give it away freely through the words on the page.

Just write. Start writing today. And give what you have to give today. When you've got tons to give, offer it up. And when you barely have anything at all left to give, offer that up, as well. Leave it all on the battlefield of the empty page. If you're not bleeding (metaphorically speaking), cursing, spitting, howling at the moon and questioning your own sanity, then you're not digging deeply enough.

And when tomorrow comes, do it all over again.

Most importantly, when it is finished, offer your writing to the world. Step away from it, release it, surrender it and know that you have written. For better or worse, whether anyone considers it a 'success' or not, know that you have succeeded in writing. You will find mistakes. Live with them. It will be imperfect. Embrace it. Your writing will be flawed to perfection, just like you.

Surrender your need to be seen as perfect. It's the ego's way of keeping you from doing anything at all of value in this world.

Just write.(less)

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	There Is No 'Other': Ego vs Heart it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	LACKING NOTHING, SEEKING NOTHING: UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND YOUR TRUE IDENTITY - THE CHANNELED WISDOM OF ASCENDED MASTER DJWHAL KHUL 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	There Is No 'Other': Ego vs. Heart - The Channeled Wisdom of Osiris, Ra, and Thoth by Tim Birchard (2015-05-01) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Fear of 'getting all spiritual'

I used to be afraid of ‘getting all spiritual’. After feeling like organized religion had let me down in so many ways, I began to equate ‘getting all spiritual’ with being tricked… with believing lies.

From then on, I wanted proof. I assumed that if I could perceive it with my physical senses, it must be true. Anything outside of the scope of concepts could not be proven; therefore, if I believed i Read more of this blog post »

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