## Colophon title:: A Wish for the New Year type:: [[clipped-note]] date:: [[2024-12-31]] tags:: [[&articles]] ## Highlights > **“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” -**Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jge4mp40r0g2bk87hbtf27ja)) > Another quote by another great writer sums up my feelings accurately (um why can’ I say these things myself, how am I ever going to be a great writer?) > > “Writers don't write from experience, although many are hesitant to admit that they don't. ...If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.” - Nikki Giovanni > Empathy is a great thing, it helps me reflect on human experiences in a way that helps me connect with them easily. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jge4n1e38c9fa424xtdw27q8)) > Procrastination isn’t laziness, there’s a reason we avoid doing our work. A good question to ask yourself when you find yourself procrastinating endlessly ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jge4nmts25ev1dp11qd3xsjy)) > As we end 2024, remind yourself that > • Taking a break is part of the process. > • Rest isn’t a sign of failure. > • You’re not a machine, and creativity doesn’t come on demand. > • Celebrate the fact that you’re showing up, that in itself requires courage. > • **You deserve good things. Go to the mirror, and say it again, and again, and again.** ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jge4p0t176mnayrdm1ps4bhz)) 💯 --- publish: false creator: Prateek Waghre --- ## Colophon title:: A Wish for the New Year type:: [[clipped-note]] date:: [[2025-08-27]] tags:: [[&articles]] ## Highlights > **“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” -**Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jge4mp40r0g2bk87hbtf27ja)) > Another quote by another great writer sums up my feelings accurately (um why can’ I say these things myself, how am I ever going to be a great writer?) > > “Writers don't write from experience, although many are hesitant to admit that they don't. ...If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.” - Nikki Giovanni > Empathy is a great thing, it helps me reflect on human experiences in a way that helps me connect with them easily. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jge4n1e38c9fa424xtdw27q8)) > Procrastination isn’t laziness, there’s a reason we avoid doing our work. A good question to ask yourself when you find yourself procrastinating endlessly ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jge4nmts25ev1dp11qd3xsjy)) > Here’s the good news- it gets better. It gets worse again but it gets better. Again. Ebb and flow. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jge8rdhh12wes1zqjq2att4p)) > Life comes to us in waves. 2023 was a tsunami, 2024 felt like the sea was finding its calm again and I hope 2025 is filled with those gentle, warm waves where you bob up and down with no effort at all ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jge8rpq6857ktp4xnsceweeh)) 2022 was the earthquake, in my case. Maybe 2025 will be about calm and, hopefully, joy. > As we end 2024, remind yourself that > • Taking a break is part of the process. > • Rest isn’t a sign of failure. > • You’re not a machine, and creativity doesn’t come on demand. > • Celebrate the fact that you’re showing up, that in itself requires courage. > • **You deserve good things. Go to the mirror, and say it again, and again, and again.** ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jge4p0t176mnayrdm1ps4bhz)) 💯