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I love your writing space Emily! That coaster in particular is adorable 🥰

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Thank you Molly 🙂 I had to battle lots of London tourists to get that in The Notting Hill Bookshop! 🛍️📚😂

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Your writing space looks cosy, calm and beautiful 🥰

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Thank you so much Hayley 💞

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Might be time I resuscitate my study! Thanks for the inspo! 💕

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😊 I think it's well worth doing ! Have fun with it 💛

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Thank you for sharing this Emily!

I have been feeling so uninspired to write lately, mostly because of how fast the days are moving. Maybe I need to carve my own writing space to smoothly transition back into enjoying writing again💕

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That sounds like a wonderful idea Mansi ... Are you going to schedule yourself a break over Christmas and New Year ? I do think it's so important to take breaks to fill up our creativity well (to use Julia Cameron's term!) so we are well rested and invigored! Ebbs and flows are natural 🙏

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Your writing space is delightful. I can feel the calmness emanating from the room and how it gives personality to your writing. I completely agree with you that having a special ritual, space, or state of mind (or all) is essential to crack on writing. Mine is a stand-up desk I managed to bagsy for way under the market price from a neighbour wanting to move out. Talk about serendipity.

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Oh wow ! That's amazing... What a bargain!

Thank you Sekar 🙏 I'm really so pleased with it, it's not big but it's perfect and I really have enjoyed having a dedicated space 📚✍️

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Like you, I have recently made myself a writing space. I wrote about it here: https://open.substack.com/pub/helenpoore/p/reclaiming-quiet?r=1rr1h9&utm_medium=ios

I was surprised how much difference it made.

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Oh Helen... That's wonderful 😊 thank you for sharing the link, I'll go and take a look ❤️

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Your writing is not accidental. I loved reading how deliberately you have created your writing space and rituals. Inspirational.

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Thank you so much Terje ! I am so pleased with it and I feel like it's transforming my writing and belief in myself ! 🙏

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