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Julie Bestry is a Certified Professional Organizer® and president of Best Results Organizing in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In her previous career in the fast-paced, detail-oriented, and wacky world of television broadcasting, Julie developed a passion for inspiring good organizing skills and systems with patience and humor. Julie particularly loves eliminating paper chaos and motivates her overwhelmed residential, home office, and small business clients with the motto, "Don't apologize. Organize!"

In addition to helping her clients save time and money, reduce stress, and increase productivity in a guilt-free environment, Julie is often interviewed by area media and presents teleclasses and workshops. She is the author of 57 Secrets for Organiz
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Julie Bestry Don't wait. Write. Find writing prompts, and write. If you write non-fiction, use the writing prompt to come up with 5 different disparate answers to …moreDon't wait. Write. Find writing prompts, and write. If you write non-fiction, use the writing prompt to come up with 5 different disparate answers to any given question and flesh it out. If you write fiction, take advantage of "morning pages" even if you don't actually write in the morning, and use writing prompts to open your mind, shake out the cobwebs, and get started. It's amazing how much just writing ANYthing will give you content you can later use when you're ready to actually follow an outline and write.

A writer writes. We're all guilty of procrastinating, but reading about writing (and editing and publishing) is not writing.(less)
Julie Bestry Secret #46 in my book, 57 Secrets for Organizing Your Small Business, is actually all about overcoming writer's block, so I could fill up a lot of spa…moreSecret #46 in my book, 57 Secrets for Organizing Your Small Business, is actually all about overcoming writer's block, so I could fill up a lot of space on this topic. But I'll I share two my favorite ideas:

1) Write to an imaginary pen pal. Sometimes, you know too much about a topic to get a handle on where to start. Begin with "Dear Pal, I am trying to write my [article, book, etc.] It's generally about [overarching idea]. I'm trying to bring together [list one to five major categories]. For example…" and then just free-write and talk about the subject. Don't worry about grammar or fret about logical connections. Just concentrate on creating understanding. Because it's not the monumental THING (book, project, etc.), but merely telling a random someone about the thing, that omnipresent fear of failure -- what usually keeps our brains in a tizzy -- dissipates.

2) Do nothing. Seriously. A whole LOT of nothing. Set a timer for 30 minutes, and block all distracting stimuli. Face a blank pad or empty screen, but don't write. You may have to sit on your hands, but do not, under any circumstances, write. You have no idea how slowly time passes when you're staring at nothing, forbidden to create. Your thoughts may wander a bit, but by the end of the half-hour, your brain will be fairly bursting with ideas and you'll be chomping at the bit to start writing. (less)
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Not Your Mama’s Passwords: Passphrases, Passkeys, and the Future of Logging In

Those of us of a certain age remember the first time we had to create a password, and for many years, lots of people used the same password for everything. As we edged from the 20th century into the 21st, we got “smart” about using smart passwords so they’d be harder to crack. This short […]

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Reading the positive, glowing reviews left by fellow readers, I can't help feeling that many of them have not been in the habit of reading presidential biographies. I found this book to be, at best, broad rather than deep, lacking substance. There we ...more
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I'm rounding up from 3 stars to 4 with an initial explanation, as the whole of the book is not great, but some (but not "the sum") of the parts are lovely. Apparently, Amanda Grange is a best-selling author, but about 80% of this book is little more ...more
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This is, perhaps, the 20th time I've read Pride and Prejudice all the way through. Because I'm participating in the AustenConnection read-along of all six Jane Austen novels for the 250th anniversary, I'm doing a slower "close" reading of the books. ...more
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“I will love you if I never see you again, and I will love you if I see you every Tuesday.”
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“Madam, I have been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life; let us swear eternal friendship.”
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“Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.”
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“The main question to a novel is -- did it amuse? were you surprised at dinner coming so soon? did you mistake eleven for ten? were you too late to dress? and did you sit up beyond the usual hour? If a novel produces these effects, it is good; if it does not -- story, language, love, scandal itself cannot save it. It is only meant to please; and it must do that or it does nothing.”
Sydney Smith, The Edinburgh review: or Critical journal

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“Insecurity is the worst sense that lovers feel; sometimes the most humdrum desireless marriage seems better. Insecurity twists meanings and poisons trust.”
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