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My Favorite Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes

As a writer, I love spending Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day reading the words written and spoken by this great man in his lifetime. Of course, we turn to Dr. King’s words for thoughts on issues of justice and equality, but he spoke just as much about faith, aspirations, life and love. So many of his words can encourage us creatives as we seek to make our dreams come true and strive to make our world a better place with what we create. Here are some of my favorite Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. quotes.

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How to Accomplish Your 2019 Blogging Goals

If you’ve been reading See Jane Write even for a short period of time you know that I am a girl obsessed with goals. I set goals for the year, goals for each season, goals for each month, and even goals for each week and day.

While I accomplished a lot in 2018, I didn’t reach any of my writing or blogging goals and if I’m going to make 2019 a success I have to get honest with myself about why.

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Affirmations for Christian Women Who Write

On Wednesday, January 2 — the same day I published a blog post and an Instagram post on the importance of believing you can actually achieve your 2019 goals — I went to my church’s first Wednesday service and the preacher talked about the power of positive thinking. He discussed the power of positive speaking, too. We have to speak God’s Word over ourselves, over our lives, and over our situations, he said.

For me, this was confirmation that I needed to get serious once again about reciting (and sharing) daily affirmations, a practice I started last year but abandoned.

Related Reading: Affirmations for Women Who Blog

So I took some of my favorite Bible verses and used them to write 10 affirmations for Christian women who write.

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My Word for 2019

I am a writer so it’s no surprise that I believe there is great power in words. So each year I like to choose a word for the year, a word that is my theme and my focus. A word that keeps me grounded. A word that keeps me going.

My word for 2019 is “CHANGE.”

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