Seven Summer Tips for RV Travel

April 11, 2008 | By cspothitt In travel | Comments(0)

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Here in Phoenix, spring often feels like the summers I grew up with in Northern California. And with true summer just a few short weeks away, I thought this would be a good time to continue my RV story arch with some summer travel tips.

компютри втора употребаTip #1
Make sure your RV is inspected by a trained mechanic. You don’t want your vacation to be interupted by some silly, preventable engine problems.

Tip #2
Map out your intended route. That way you can concentrate on the fun and not the where to next. Also, leave a copy of your itinerary with a close friend or relative. In case of an emergency, you’ll be easier to find.

Rental Options for Traveling by RV

April 4, 2008 | By cspothitt In travel | Comments(0)

One way to nuture your spirit is to travel and embrace adventure. Many people, but especially those with mobile careers like writers, do this with a recreational vehicle or RV. So, I thought, with the summer travel season right around the corner, I’d take the next few posts to talk about RV travel. First up: renting an RV

Traveling by RV is a great way to reduce travel expenses, as well as spend quality time with close friends and family members. but many feel that this is not an option for them, because of the cost of ownership.

Although there are a number of benefits to owning your own motor home, it is important to know that owning is not your only option. In fact, many people, especially beginners and those who only take limited RV trips, often find the best success when using with rentals.
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Different Buddhist Meditation Techniques

March 28, 2008 | By cspothitt In meditation | Comments(0)

There are a number of different Buddhist meditation techniques that followers and many meditation enthusiasts practice. Despite their differences, the techniques are all generally based on developing two things — mindfulness and concentration, both of which are particularly beneficial to writers. Developing attentiveness to the movements of the body and to the ever changing states of mind, it is believed, allows you to identify with the real concept of self. Objectivity in this case can be a valuable aid to clear thinking. With objectivity comes concentration, the ability to focus the mind and keep in focused on a single point or object.

Many Buddhist schools employ different techniques in meditation. Some may focus on practices such as breathing meditation, while others focus on movements. The diversity of variation is great. Most Buddhist techniques are school specific. Only a few masters aim to combine and categorize the techniques from several Buddhist traditions.

One meditation technique is practiced by Western Order meditation master Kamalashila. This teacher identifies five basic methods as the traditional set for meditation. Each method can be used as an antidote to one of the five primary obstructions to Enlightenment — distraction, hatred, craving, conceit and ignorance.
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Urgent News for Authors

March 27, 2008 | By cspothitt In behind the scenes | Comments(0)

Angela Hoy of Writer’s Weekly wrote this amazing article that I think is so important for writers to read that I’m going to post it on all four of The Holistic Writer’s blogs.

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A Spirit Journal

March 14, 2008 | By cspothitt In spiritual growth | Comments(0)

O.K. With this post I’m going to make the following assumptions about you, dear reader.

You’re a writer — why else would you be reading a blog with “writer” in the title?
You spend a great deal of your time writing (or in other writing support activities).
You make a good deal of your income from your writing.

That said, I have a question for you: Do you take time to write just for the sheer pleasure it brings you? Do you write just for yourself because it helps you figure stuff out?

If not, you are missing out on one of writing’s biggest benefits.

I recommend you find a nice journal that feels good in your hand and keep it as a Spirit Journal. This is a journal you write in when you have random, meandering thoughts that you don’t want to loose. This is the journal you write in when there’s something you want to figure out and writing about it helps you. This is the journal where you keep all you big thoughts, bit dreams and big plans.

This the journal where your spirit expresses itself in writing.

It is so important to have an outlet for this kind of stuff. Personally, I like finding a journal that I enjoy holding and writing in. But you can always do this stuff on the computer or into a Dictaphone. You just need to record these thoughts and feelings somewhere. And you should do this at least once a week.

O.K. I’m off my pedestal now. This post just came bursting out of me today — I pondered what I was going to say all day yesterday. Yeah, this wasn’t quite as eloquent as I’d hoped, but here it is anyway — and it comes from the heart.

Seven Summer Tips for RV Travel

Rental Options for Traveling by RV

Different Buddhist Meditation Techniques

Urgent News for Authors

A Spirit Journal

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