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Here's our Firedance Community Starter Pack with people who attend my live weekly Zooms with @tananarivedue.bsky.social. Connect online!

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I had my right hip replaced on Aug 21. In 108 days from that event, I plan to be healed. If you want to see how I'm organizing body, mind and heart join me as I journal.

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September 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If you can breathe five times, five times a day, keep at least 5 minutes in the morning sacred to your own spirit, read your goals 2x a day and share your results with a partner...you can transform your life.

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August 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Today's Affirmation: “I Am In Control of My Mind, My Energy, and My Choices.”

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August 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
QOD:
"What’s one past failure I haven’t learned from yet?"

For me, its arguing with sleepers and snakes. No. I must care for myself, and nurture my tribe. Those are people willing and able to take the first step, with gratitude and focus.

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August 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
QOD: What truths are we softening—for others’ comfort—that our younger selves needed to hear raw?
August 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Observing the dying, the Sufi seem right: we all get that clarity at the end.
The rarest, most courageous thing isn’t facing the end… it’s fully showing up for the journey.

Memento vivere. (Remember to live.)
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August 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
QOD: What's one resource I already have that I'm not using?
August 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"You're one of us."

That’s what the mentors say when they recognize you’re on the same path. Are you moving in a direction where those words could be spoken to you?

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August 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Reposted by Steven Barnes
FREE talk Weds 8/13. THE REFORMATORY has sold more than 100,000 copies - and @kundalinisteve.bsky.social & I have taught hundreds of students.

Why "talent" is a myth
What's more important than goals
The myth of the "solitary genius"

Plus an excerpt from my next novel!
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August 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Goals aren’t targets—they are MRI scans for your soul.
August 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Are you ready to up your Horror game? If so, you'll want the free THE THREE LIES OF HORROR WRITING webinar, coming this Wednesday. Bring your friends!

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August 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Losers will focus on the impossibility of seeing the last step before they've taken the first.

Winners take small steps every day, learning every time.
August 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
QOD: "What’s one thing I could finish today that would shock my past self?"
August 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Real tools aren’t just personal—they’re reparations. Master them, and you rebuild what centuries tried to break.

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August 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Metaphors are how we swallow truth without choking.
August 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Until you take full responsibility for what you CAN change, it is unwise to worry about that you CANNOT.

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August 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Enlightenment isn’t a transcendent state—it’s the absence of bullshit.
August 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Question of the Day, August 5: "What comfortable lie am I telling myself about why I ‘can’t’?"

Applying this to your current story might break a logjam. "What comfortable lie does my lead character tell himself about why he can't?"

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August 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"Ethics without discipline is just poetry."

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August 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
QOD:
"Who’s one person I need to thank for helping me get here?"

GRATITUDE creates faith in your future. Faith is the antidote for fear.

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July 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"You are the result of your first five morning habits"--Jim Rohn

For help crafting your perfect morning, join us at www.lifewrite.com and at www.stevenbarneslist.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
QOD: "What’s one ‘necessary evil’ (task, conversation) I’ve been delaying?"

Write down your answer. Share it with your partner, or on social media.
July 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
"you don't create your morning. Your morning creates you.

10 minutes of silence and you hear yourself. 10 minutes with a pen and your day has direction. 10 minutes of movement, and your brain turns on. 3 minutes of gratitude and your heart is aligned."--Jim Rohn

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July 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Most horror writing fails. Ours did…until we cracked the code. Tomorrow I'll break down the most important scene in our movie THE KEEPER, the one that "trapped" the viewer. If you aren't on my email list, join now at: www.stevenbarneslist.com
July 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
QOD:

(Write down your answer. Share it with your accountability partner, on social media, or write it down and burn it)

"What’s one truth about myself I’ve been refusing to admit?"

Five minutes a day. Five days a week, to change your life. "Steve's Blog" at www.lifewrite.com
July 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM