“Dealing with laziness in writing can seem like a hopeless battle,” says Christopher Kokoski, Creator of the website: WRITINGBEGINNER – Tips & Tricks. He continues, “Most people just tell you to grind through it, but that doesn’t really help. Thankfully, I’ve figured out a better way.” He advises that, “You overcome laziness in writing by unearthing the hidden drivers of your lack of motivation, resolving unprocessed emotions, tapping into habit loops, and leveraging boredom and motivation triggers. Moving your body, eating healthy, and redefining your self-image can also help.”

Below is listed the headings of 10 of his helpful tips for overcoming laziness in writing. Please go to the link below to read Christopher’s entire article:

https://www.writingbeginner.com/how-to-overcome-laziness-in-writing/

1) Ask the Really Hard Questions.

2) Know Your Laziness Type.

3) The Busy Writer With No Time.

4) The Unstructured Writer.

5) The Zero Attention Span Writer.

6) Address the Hidden Reason for Laziness in Writing.

7) Tap Into the Power of Habit Loops.

8) Apply the Seinfield Method.

9) Create an Ugly Room.

10) Set and Fire Motivation Triggers.

Belize, Conservation, and Trees.

Up until the 1970s, Belize had relatively relaxed environmental laws that went largely unenforced. However, with the formation of the Belize Audubon Society in 1969, public awareness of the value of Conservation grew rapidly. After gaining independence in 1981, the government passed both the National Park System Act and the Wildlife Protection Act, designating an array of protected areas of different status for the protection of the immense biodiversity of life contained in the parks. Most Belizeans actively participate in Conservation, in their own way. An easy method in which one can help is by planting a tree, not by aiding in deforestation.

The Arbour Day Foundation asks the question: What can a tree do for you? The answer is “A lot.” Check out all the ways—sometimes unexpected—that trees positively affect us, our communities, and our world:

Trees help clean our air.

Trees contribute to our health.

Trees provide us with oxygen.

Trees help clean our drinking water.

Trees provide much-needed cooling.

Trees help reduce the effects of climate change.

Trees help us save energy.

Trees benefit wildlife.

Trees help reduce crime.

Trees are a good investment of our public dollars.

Trees increase our property values.

Please go to the following link to read the entire article:

https://www.arborday.org/trees/treefacts/

Many of us will remember the following poem from our Primary School days. It is the poem TREES by the journalist and poet Joyce Kilmer who was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1886. Known for poetry that celebrated the common beauty of the natural world as well as his religious faith, he was killed after enlisting in the United States Army during World War I. Kilmer was awarded by the French the prestigious Croix de Guerre (War Cross) for his bravery, and a section of National Forest in North Carolina is named after him.

TREES

I think that I shall never see

A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest

Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day,

And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in Summer wear

A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;

Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,

But only God can make a tree.

Man-O-War Caye (Bird Caye) was/is a tiny mangrove island offshore the Stann Creek District, Belize, a designated bird sanctuary, and was famous for its multiple species of birds and also for having the 3 types of mangroves found in Belize, these providing a perfect sanctuary to a variety of indigenous bird species, including Pelicans, Booby birds, and the Magnificent Frigate (Man-of-War) birds. Irrespective of it being an important bird sanctuary, the caye has been allowed to wash away and only a skeleton of it remains. Man-O-War Caye can still be saved.

Dr. Henry W. Anderson has written a poem called The Frigate Bird (On Conservation) and it is included in his book The Son of Kinich – Illustrated Poetical Works published 1995 by Jabiru Books.

I am the Soul of the Frigate Bird;

Soul of our past,

The Soul of now,

Soul of our tomorrow.

For years have I touched these heavens

With my feathered body

As I soared on air

Above this beautiful land.

I was here in the beginning,

When the rising sun

Never made a human shadow;

When all was green and silver

As river waters and the sea rebounded the sun

And trees grew tall.

Those were the earliest days,

When the jaguar played upon the beach

Amidst the jabirus.

No gun was heard,

Not even the soft sound of the swift arrow;

Only the myriad sounds of a thousand birds

Answering the call of the mating baboon.

I shout with laughter as I recall

The turtle playing as the jaguar ran;

The heron watching with the jabiru

While the green trees untouched

Danced slowly in the wind

Upon the sandy beach.

Then one day

The sound of wind came from the valley.

Not the wind that blows the seed to grow

But wind from the bamboo tree; cut!

The Maya Chan* had come, had planted his corn

And he danced as his harvest grew

On the banks of the Puhuy* and the Texoc.*

And soon villages of clay and palmetto

Ate away the tall and green,

And smoke dimmed the smell of flowers.

The jaguar played no more upon the beach

And jabiru feathers oft adorned their chief.

The baboon call was heard, oh, so afar.

The turtle stayed off the beach, hidden.

Man had arrived in this my land

And my trees fell before his hand.

And more came.

As I soared high one dismal night,

For thunderstorms were all alight,

Tossing upon the coral arms,

Ships of men, men of sea

Splintered, broken

With cannon blast unanswered

Over the wind-swept sea.

I heard their cries of terror;

I heard their prayers in pain

As they huddled in their lifeboats

Amidst the wind and rain.

Some made it to this precious land: the sand

Where once the jaguar played.

And though my heartfelt joy for them

I cried; for I could see

The logwood and mahogany

All cut away from me.

People! More people!

Oh, I fear for my Love.

It was in eighteen twenty-three

Upon a blessed mom,

With blessings of God’s hand,

Their canoes touched this land.

Dancing with joy and beating drums,

With cassava and cocoa in baskets round.

Alejo Beni had guided them;

His fortitude and strength at the helm.

Houses and gardens soon displaced . . .

Farms and roads took their place

And as the trees were felled,

My eyes watered: compelled;

For the jaguar played no more upon the beach

And the jabiru was gone.

How strange the things I smelled one day:

The taste of curry in the air,

And other spices from the East,

Things that were never here,

The ‘Who Say Me Say’ and the ‘Chinese-walk,’

Fields of rice where once were nature’s park.

The sun has set in my Belize.

Alas, not only the sun,

But the north star, the southern cross

And the constellations as they pass,

They too send me people.

And the jaguar no more plays upon the beach

And the jabiru is gone.

I am the soul of the Frigate Bird;

Soul of our past,

The Soul of now,

Soul of our tomorrow.

And, as I soar in these blue skies

And reach to crystal seas below,

1 pray to God that as we live

Our land will live also.

And once again the jaguar

Will play upon the beach,

And there’ll be flocks of jabirus

Watching the turtle play

As the gibnut and the mountain cow

Eat in the foliage green

While trees untouched

Dance slowly in the wind

Upon my sandy beach.

*Notes:

Maya Chan is the name for the Maya who initially inhabited Central Belize. The Puhuy and the Texoc are Maya names for rivers in the Stann Creek District, Belize.

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