The Goodjelly Blog
By Christine Carron
There are over two hundred bones and six hundred muscles in the human body. There are also multiple types of joints and ranges of motions that create an array of different types of possible movement: flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, protrusion, retrusion, elevation, dep...
By Christine Carron
Does your art matter? And by art, I mean whatever creative endeavor you practice. That could be writing, or painting, or quality assurance, or dog training, or jujitsu, or anything. We are human beings with awesome brains and applying those brains in any context, in my book, is ...
By Christine Carron
Unstoppable creative flow requires both structure and spaciousness. Most productivity approaches focus on the structure. They propose—and in some cases insist—that consistent forward momentum is only possible if you force yourself into repeating patterns that you must follow to ...
By Christine Carron
If you want unstoppable creative flow, you have to put YOU into the equation of how you’re getting your creative work done.Â
Traditional productivity approaches bamboozle us into thinking that the context of us is irrelevant to our forward momentum. It’s as if the proponents of...
No. 160 | By Christine Carron
Have you ever felt time poor when it comes to your writing? If you have, then I'm guessing you also know how much of a distraction it can be. Instead of focusing on the work at hand, you get fixated on the time you don't have but believe you should. That drags on your ...
No. 155 | By Christine Carron
This whole Goodjelly adventure started with a dream of helping writers create more confidence, ease, and flow on their writing journey. So in honor of the blog's 3-year anniversary, something a little different.Â
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Tend to Your Writing Dreams
They keep you going t...
No. 151 | By Christine Carron
How have you been kind to yourself and your writing this week?
The first time I stated that question aloud while teaching one of the reflection processes in Goodjelly’s Jam method, there was a collective laugh from the three writers in the class. It was a somewhat unc...
No. 149 | By Christine Carron
Parker Richards opens his New York Times opinion piece, Down With Efficiency! (When We Get Around to It.), with this line: “We are no longer achieving an acceptable level of whimsy.”Â
Hear, hear, Mr. Richards. And this dearth of whimsy is doubly prevalent, in my opini...
No. 145 | By Christine Carron
For me—and for Goodjelly—the three pillars of sustainable writing productivity are smart process, grounded power, and inner kindness. It never occurred to me to make the third pillar inner niceness.
Indeed, I’d never really thought deeply about the difference between...
No. 140 | By Christine Carron
On a recent group coaching call with the writers in the Jam Straight program, we were discussing how to stay motivated in the face of rejections and uncertainty. Part of my answer included the suggestion to practice “fierce inner kindness.”
Inner Kindness is one of Go...
No. 135 | By Christine Carron
I help writers get their writing done with greater ease and speed using three strategic levers: smart process, grounded power, and inner kindness. I always lead with smart process, as most writers have not been exposed to a holistic set of productivity tactics, tools, ...
No. 130 | By Christine Carron
I was knocked sideways last week in the most delightful way. It was one of those moments that grabs hold of you and makes you realize, “Wow, my life is cool.” I’m going to tell you what happened, but I need you to prepare yourself. I mean, this is going to blow your mi...
