Make your creative dreams real : a plan for procrastinators, perfectionists, busy people, avoiders, and people who would really rather sleep all day

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Make your creative dreams real : a plan for procrastinators, perfectionists, busy people, avoiders, and people who would really rather sleep all day

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Make your creative dreams real : a plan for procrastinators, perfectionists, busy people, avoiders, and people who would really rather sleep all day

Author:

Sark, 1954-

ISBN:

9780743269247

9780743229210

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New York : Simon & Schuster, c2004.

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Let this book be your haven, guide, fairy godmother, or map for making your creative dreams real. It's a "paper lantern" to illuminate your path. Your dreams glow in the dark even if you don't ever tend to them. They will wait for you. I know this from my experiences as a recovering procrastinator and perfectionist. My dreams waited for me -- now you can begin to make your creative dreams REAL!

Author Notes

SARK (Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy) is an author/artist and acclaimed teacher on the subject of creativity. She was featured on the PBS series Women of Wisdom and Power. She is a recovering procrastinator and perfectionist who practices what she teaches and lives in a Magic Cottage in San Francisco with her "fur husband" cat, Jupiter

1. Fantastic First Month: Finding and Naming Your Dream(s)	p. 24
What's your dream?	p. 24
How living your dreams benefits you and others	p. 26
Who dreams?	p. 28
Why dream?	p. 29
Remembering dreams	p. 29
Your dream legacy	p. 33
Naming your dream	p. 34
Stages of dream development	p. 36
Week 1 A Game or Something to Try	p. 37
Week 2 A Gift for You	p. 39
Week 3 A Positive Challenge (I Dare You)	p. 40
Week 4 Radiant Resources	p. 40
2. Succulent Second Month: The Land of No	p. 42
Fear and negativity	p. 43
Procrastination and perfectionism	p. 46
Resistance and inertia	p. 49
Inside critics	p. 52
"Inside" children	p. 54
Grudge Island	p. 55
Jealousy and competition	p. 57
From the Land of No	p. 58
Week 1 A Game or Something to Try	p. 63
Week 2 A Gift for You	p. 64
Week 3 A Positive Challenge (I Dare You)	p. 65
Week 4 Radiant Resources	p. 65
3. Treasured Third Month: The World of Yes	p. 67
Love	p. 67
Willingness	p. 69
Self-acceptance (radical variety)	p. 71
Energy	p. 73
Inner allies, teachers, and mentors	p. 75
Building your dream life	p. 79
The courage to let loose the wonders inside you	p. 81
Week 1 A Game or Something to Try	p. 83
Week 2 A Gift for You	p. 85
Week 3 A Positive Challenge (I Dare You)	p. 85
Week 4 Radiant Resources	p. 86
4. Feisty Fourth Month: Making Creative Dreams Real with MicroMovements	p. 88
What are micromovements?	p. 88
Examples of micromovements	p. 90
Stories of success and stumbling	p. 91
Practice and process with micromovements	p. 95
Micromovement wheel	p. 97
Micromovement buddies	p. 97
Week 1 A Game or Something to Try	p. 101
Week 2 A Gift for You	p. 102
Week 3 A Positive Challenge (I Dare You)	p. 103
Week 4 Radiant Resources	p. 104
5. Fabulous Fifth Month: Creative Dreams Support Systems	p. 105
How can your friends and family support your creative dreams?	p. 105
Requests from and invitations to people you don't know	p. 107
Creative dream teams	p. 109
Providing support for yourself	p. 112
Who or what inspires you?	p. 115
Week 1 A Game or Something to Try	p. 120
Week 2 A Gift for You	p. 121
Week 3 A Positive Challenge (I Dare You)	p. 122
Week 4 Radiant Resources	p. 122
6. Sublime Sixth Month: Committing to Your Dream and Keeping It Moving	p. 124
Have you made a commitment to your creative dreams?	p. 124
Time and creative dreams	p. 127
Keeping dreams moving	p. 128
A review	p. 133
New perspectives and possible changes	p. 136
Week 1 A Game or Something to Try	p. 137
Week 2 A Gift for You	p. 138
Week 3 A Positive Challenge (I Dare You)	p. 138
Week 4 Radiant Resources	p. 139
7. Superb Seventh Month: Inspiring Stories and Examples of Creative Dreams and Dreamers	p. 141
My creative dreams and what I've learned	p. 141
Clark (artist)	p. 148
Elissa (copy editor)	p. 151
John (teacher)	p. 152
Alex (writer)	p. 154
Val (expressive arts therapist)	p. 156
Sabrina (artist and author)	p. 158
Vanessa (student)	p. 160
Kindred spirits for creative dreams	p. 162
Creative dream questions	p. 163
Your page	p. 164
Week 1 A Game or Something to Try	p. 165
Week 2 A Gift for You	p. 166
Week 3 A Positive Challenge (I Dare You)	p. 167
Week 4 Radiant Resources	p. 167
8. Ecstatic Eighth Month: Living Your Creative Dreams	p. 169
Fear and loss	p. 169
Doing more things badly	p. 173
Rebelling and nonconforming	p. 175
Guilt	p. 176
Failure	p. 178
Frustration	p. 179
Impatience	p. 180
Don't work harder	p. 181
Week 1 A Game or Something to Try	p. 183
Week 2 A Gift for You	p. 183
Week 3 A Positive Challenge (I Dare You)	p. 184
Week 4 Radiant Resources	p. 185
9. Nourishing Ninth Month: Nourishing You and Your Creative Dreams	p. 187
What feels nourishing?	p. 187
Nourishment experiences and examples	p. 189
Ordinary days as dream nourishment	p. 193
How's your creative dream?	p. 195
What if you're stuck with your creative dream(s)?	p. 196
Style and pace of dreams	p. 198
What do you and your creative dreams need?	p. 200
Week 1 A Game or Something to Try	p. 201
Week 2 A Gift for You	p. 202
Week 3 A Positive Challenge (I Dare You)	p. 203
Week 4 Radiant Resources	p. 203
10. Terrific Tenth Month: What You and Your Dreams Need Now	p. 205
Where does your creative dream need to go or grow?	p. 205
Stages of dream development	p. 206
How do dreams get to where they need to go?	p. 210
Assessing and reassessing your creative dream	p. 212
Examples of creative dreams growing	p. 214
Quitting and postponing dreams	p. 216
Dreams that lead the way	p. 217
Examples of creative dreams that grew	p. 219
Week 1 A Game or Something to Try	p. 222
Week 2 A Gift for You	p. 222
Week 3 A Positive Challenge (I Dare You)	p. 223
Week 4 Radiant Resources	p. 224
11. Energizing Eleventh Month: Managing and Growing Your Creative Dreams	p. 226
Managing your dream	p. 226
My dream growth	p. 227
Teams	p. 228
Marketing	p. 229
Scary or alone parts of "success"	p. 231
Your creative dream growing larger than you	p. 234
You can explore growth in the following ways	p. 237
Week 1 A Game or Something to Try	p. 239
Week 2 A Gift for You	p. 240
Week 3 A Positive Challenge (I Dare You)	p. 241
Week 4 Radiant Resources	p. 242
Dream Stoppers	p. 244
Dream Starters	p. 245
Questions and Answers	p. 246
12. Tender Twelfth Month: Living Elegantly and Successfully with Your Creative Dreams	p. 250
Elegant, successful you!	p. 250
How open are you to change?	p. 251
Sharing dreams with others	p. 253
Creative dreams in service	p. 254
Welcoming new creative dreams	p. 256
Celebrating and acknowledging	p. 257
Share your success with the world	p. 269
Week 1 A Game or Something to Try	p. 271
Week 2 A Gift for You	p. 272
Week 3 A Positive Challenge (I Dare You)	p. 273
Week 4 Radiant Resources	p. 274
Acknowledgments	p. 276
Resources	p. 278

Books

SD_ILS:564714

English

2004

Sark, 1954-

Creative ability.

Self-actualization (Psychology)

Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/simon053/2004042960.html

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Sark, 1954-

Conduct of life.

Creative ability.

Self-actualization (Psychology)

153.35 S

"A Fireside book."

Conduct of life.

Creative ability.

Self-actualization (Psychology)

Simon & Schuster,

Conduct of life.

2004

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/simon053/2004042960.html

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/simon051/2004042960.html

Make your creative dreams real : a plan for procrastinators, perfectionists, busy people, avoiders, and people who would really rather sleep all day

2004

SARK (Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy) has lived one of her creative dreams by transforming herself from a struggling artist into a bestselling author, artist, and creative spiritualist. She is actively working with her other dreams, and she tells readers that making dreams real is not only about making dreams come true but also about living with all that is real about life, the disappointments, frustrations, progress, quitting, and fulfillment. Now she tells readers how they can live their dreams in a guide that is practical, inspirational, realistic, and as inventive as only SARK can be. Whether your dream is to write a book or plant a garden, open a bed and breakfast or get a degree, help children with cancer or star in a musical, SARK guides you step-by-step on a journey toward making your dream real. Are you wondering just what your creative dream is? SARK puts you in a "dream activator" state of mind and helps you figure it out. Are you lost in the land of no? SARK can help you work with your fear and negativity, live with and transform procrastination and perfectionism, communicate with inside and outside critics, and work with inertia. Do you have a dream but it seems overwhelmingly impossible? SARK's famous micromovement technique will help you make your creative dream journey in tiny yet powerful steps. Need inspiration? Read the stories of others who are making their creative dreams real. Having difficulty fitting your dream into your real life? Let SARK show you how to think differently about time and find resources in unexpected places and people. To begin, choose one of two tables of contents: one for the logical or linear mind that follows the steps in order or one for the more abstract thinker who would prefer to play the system like a game. No matter which path your journey follows, you'll encounter SARK's whimsical humor and tender understanding of human foibles, extensive resource sections, and lots of exercises that will help you get unstuck, activate creativity, and put plans into juicy action. Make Your Creative Dreams Real is the all-in-one book for everyone who has ever wanted to live a more deeply creative and satisfying life.

Fantastic first month: Finding and naming your dream(s) -- Succulent second month: Land of no -- Treasured third month: World of yes -- Feisty fourth month: Making creative dreams real with micromovements -- Fabulous fifth month: Creative dreams support systems -- Sublime sixth month: Committing to your dream and keeping it moving -- Superb seventh month: Inspiring stories and examples of creative dreams and dreamers -- Ecstatic eighth month: Living your creative dreams -- Nourishing ninth month: Nourishing you and your creative dreams -- Terrific tenth month: What you and your dreams need now -- Energizing eleventh month: Managing and growing your creative dreams -- Dream stoppers -- Dream starters -- Questions and answers -- Tender twelfth month: Living elegantly and successfully with your creative dreams -- Resources.

9780743269247

9780743229210

278 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

New York : Simon & Schuster, c2004.

1954- Sark

Make your creative dreams real : a plan for procrastinators, perfectionists, busy people, avoiders, and people who would really rather sleep all day

Non-Fiction

Adult

Cabell County Public Library

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153.35 S

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