I recently read Ikigai: The Japanese
Secret to a Long And Happy Life. Not only did the international
best-seller give me good life advice for living a healthy future, it inspired
me to pen this post about how to live a long and prosperous writer’s
life.
Some of the insights for living a longer life
that were shared in the book include:
- Having a purpose, however it is defined
- Eating a healthy diet of vegetables and tofu, typically
served on smaller plates - Having a close-knit group of friends
- Enjoying a glass of wine daily
- To only eat until we are 80% full at a sitting
- Practicing daily, low-intense movement, like
gardening - Serving the community (being useful)
- Maintaining an active, adaptable mind
- Making new connections for your brain, such as feeding
it new information - Having mindfulness
- Not sitting for too long
- Getting enough sleep
- Soaking up moderate amounts of sun daily
- Laughing
- To do what you love until your dying days
But what can a writer do to be happy — and live
long?
- If a writer is healthier and less stressed, that should
make writing easier and their life should be long - A writer lives with goals and desires- and is never
satisfied but for a moment after finishing a book - He or she enjoys the act of creating
- Writers get to live in other worlds when they write
- The writer who worries not about critics and only focus
on writing will live a fulfilling life - A writer who doesn’t worry, cultivates good habits,
spends some time with people, and who exposes themselves to new places,
ideas, experiences, and people is a healthy person - Writing and taking breaks, including walks, keeps you
young - Having resilience in the face of setbacks
- Being flexible about things
- Never stop writing and live in the moment
The writer who loves writing, strives to write
better, and who finds rewards other than from money, critics, or book awards
shall live a long and rich life. He or she seeks truth and to find the best
possible way to convey that truth to readers.
Write the book with no ending,
that is how to approach life.
Timeline Of Major Media Moments
100 B.C – First bound book existed.
1450’s – Gutenberg’s moveable type invented
1650 – First daily newspaper in the world (Leipzig).
1730’s – First appearance of magazines (England).
1836 – First paid newspaper ads (France).
1850 – The Philosophy of Advertising by Horace Greely was
published.
1856 – The first full-page ad in a newspaper was published, in the
New York Ledger.
1949 – Network television was launched, in the U.S.
1980 – First commercial P.C goes on sale
1984 – The introduction of guerrilla marketing came on the
scene.
1995 – Beginning of web search browsers – ebay.com, MSN.com,
Yahoo.com. Amazon.com
1998 – Blogging begins
1998 – Google.com launched
2004 – Facebook launched
2005 – YouTube launched
2006 – Twitter launched
2008 – Google Adwords launched
2007 – The first Kindle e-book reader was launched
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has spoken at ASJA, BookCAMP, Independent Book Publishers Association Sarah
Lawrence College, Nonfiction Writers Association, Cape Cod Writers Association,
Willamette (Portland) Writers Association, APEX, Morgan James Publishing, and
Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association. His letters-to-the-editor have
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