Blake Barksdale, CPA, CMA’s Post

Here is a great content to help develop some clarity of thought and reduce anxiety especially in a time of ambiguity and stress

This is really great! In business, having a clear and focused goal is crucial. Without it, you and your team can become anxious and waste time on tasks that don't contribute to where you want to go. The key is to identify simple, relevant and compelling actions that support your goal. I'm excited to focus on this today, how about you?

I've definitely found this helpful recently when feeling overwhelmed with the never ending, and ever growing, to-do lists and goals; both professionally and personally (with a large family). I'd be interested to check out the app. I've essentially done this, a low tech version, in one of the 3 following forms (nothing very formal or time consuming). 1. A piece of white printer paper and pen.  2. Google drafts or Notepad file. 3. Conversation with myself during commute on office days. Most of the time I just crumble up the paper and throw it away afterwards or just delete the file. Quickly jotting down, or speaking out loud during my commute, my tasks/ideas/thoughts/concerns just to get them out. Then prioritizing and noting clear next steps. Praying for wisdom and guidance and then trusting God with the results. This process has been extremely helpful in not feeling anxious and overwhelmed. 

What’s troubling you? Name it; write it down. Bring your thoughts and feelings out into the light so you can start working through them. Writing helps provide you with a clearer understanding of the challenges you face, how you feel about them, and how you might resolve them. If you clarify your thought and reduce the complexity to a single path forward, you will minimize your anxiety. Create a clear and meaningful path forward at Essay App. Try Essay with a 14-day free trial: https://lnkd.in/e2pumnkz To learn more, check out our full writing guide: bit.ly/essay_writing_guide Visit our website: https://bit.ly/essay_app

🌟 Excited to Share My New Journal App! 📖✨ As someone deeply fascinated by Journal writing , I've always found immense value in the power of journaling. Today, I'm excited to present the E- Journal , a journal writing app designed to eliminate the need of pen & paper and allows us to store our thoughts , feelings and experiences inside our own phone . Check out the video below and let me know what you think! #JournalApp #AppDevelopment #SelfReflection Inspired by Gratitude.

If you are trying to write a book then carry a notepad and pen with you everywhere. You could use your phone but then there are distracting notifications and tempting apps. So try this instead. Does it works for you? And here are 10 'pockets of time' you could be using to write: 1. Waiting in a coffee shop when a friend is running late. 2. Kept waiting for a delayed doctor/dentist app (or any app). 3. On your commute or any trains/bus journeys (can also be great for inspo). 4. Get up a little earlier or go to bed a bit later, it's only temporary after all. 5. While you're waiting for your kids at their hobbies or while the dog is at the groomers. 6. Use a 1/4 of your lunch break. 7. While you're at the hairdressers/barbers or any kind of app you can still write. 8. Anytime a meeting or Zoom is cancelled. 9. Join a writing group that meets regularly. 10. Find a few local writers and meet up for co-writing sessions (great for accountability too!) Don't wait until you 'have time'. You gotta carve it out and just write when you can. @KirstenRees #BookEditor #WriteABook P.S. Got a question about becoming a published author? Send me a message here or via my website (link in comments).

Do you take a lot of notes? 📖📓📔📒 Whether it's 📋daily to-do lists, 📚notes for class, 📝or just jotting down the various thoughts in our brains, it's nice to have somewhere to write everything down. Sure, you could just open your Notes app, but physically writing something down helps you remember and learn more. Let's see the amazing notebook which may look like a normal notebook but It amazingly shifts your work in digital form🎯 mean whatever you write on your notebook will appear in digital form on your own phone 📱 Doesnot it seem world is shifting🤩 Do let me know whats your review about this Gadget🤩 Anoosha shahid Always love to connect with more to view analyze people opinions and shares💐 #digital #notebook #notes #modern #smartgadget #revolution #writing

A cool new free app that I have been enjoying: Text reader by Eleven Labs: it turns any book into an audiobook. Eleven Labs is the big name in AI voice synthesis, they have very high quality voices, but tend to be pricey, so the free app is great. The reader app can take pdfs, epubs, and web page urls and read them to you. You can select from a bunch of different voices. I isn't quite as good as an audiobook voiced by a real human, but it is far better than anything else I have tried. There are some limitations, you can't save the audio it creates, you can only stream it (you have to use the paid service to save). You also need to be connected to the internet as it is run on their servers. The app itself is a bit rough around the edges, but hopefully that will improve over time.

The second in a series of blogs about the tools I've found useful in my writing journey. https://lnkd.in/gEeMQ-Dn