Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 03/09/2025I had my right hip replaced on Aug 21. In 108 days from that event, I plan to be healed. If you want to see how I'm organizing body, mind and heart join me as I journal. www.steven-barnes.com/notes/87nzb3t1odg6cyd37fgmfrt1y0ijyg 1191
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 20/08/2025If you can breathe five times, five times a day, keep at least 5 minutes in the morning sacred to your own spirit, read your goals 2x a day and share your results with a partner...you can transform your life. www.lifewrite.com www.stevenbarneslist.comlifewrite.comLifewriting!Login to Lifewriting! community via email or SSO today. 0131
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Today's Affirmation: “I Am In Control of My Mind, My Energy, and My Choices.” www.stevenbarneslist.com 094
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 18/08/2025QOD: "What’s one past failure I haven’t learned from yet?" For me, its arguing with sleepers and snakes. No. I must care for myself, and nurture my tribe. Those are people willing and able to take the first step, with gratitude and focus. www.stevenbarneslist.com 010
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 17/08/2025QOD: What truths are we softening—for others’ comfort—that our younger selves needed to hear raw? 074
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 16/08/2025Observing the dying, the Sufi seem right: we all get that clarity at the end. The rarest, most courageous thing isn’t facing the end… it’s fully showing up for the journey. Memento vivere. (Remember to live.) www.stevenbarneslist.comstevenbarneslist.comMy Web Form 2 021
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 16/08/2025QOD: What's one resource I already have that I'm not using? 010
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 15/08/2025"You're one of us." That’s what the mentors say when they recognize you’re on the same path. Are you moving in a direction where those words could be spoken to you? www.stevenbarneslist.com 020
Reposted by Steven BarnesTananarive Due - The Reformatory @tananarivedue.bsky.social · 11/08/2025FREE talk Weds 8/13. THE REFORMATORY has sold more than 100,000 copies - and @kundalinisteve.bsky.social & I have taught hundreds of students. Why "talent" is a myth What's more important than goals The myth of the "solitary genius" Plus an excerpt from my next novel! REGISTER - freehorrortalk.com 15227
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 13/08/2025 Goals aren’t targets—they are MRI scans for your soul. 031
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Are you ready to up your Horror game? If so, you'll want the free THE THREE LIES OF HORROR WRITING webinar, coming this Wednesday. Bring your friends! www.freehorrortalk.comfreehorrortalk.comSave your seat!Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes 052
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Losers will focus on the impossibility of seeing the last step before they've taken the first. Winners take small steps every day, learning every time. 090
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 10/08/2025QOD: "What’s one thing I could finish today that would shock my past self?" 020
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Real tools aren’t just personal—they’re reparations. Master them, and you rebuild what centuries tried to break. www.stevenbarneslist.com 010
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 09/08/2025 Metaphors are how we swallow truth without choking. 052
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Until you take full responsibility for what you CAN change, it is unwise to worry about that you CANNOT. www.stevenbarneslist.comstevenbarneslist.comMy Web Form 2 040
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Enlightenment isn’t a transcendent state—it’s the absence of bullshit. 071
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Question of the Day, August 5: "What comfortable lie am I telling myself about why I ‘can’t’?" Applying this to your current story might break a logjam. "What comfortable lie does my lead character tell himself about why he can't?" www.stevenbarneslist.com 020
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 04/08/2025"Ethics without discipline is just poetry." www.stevenbarneslist.com 030
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 30/07/2025QOD: "Who’s one person I need to thank for helping me get here?" GRATITUDE creates faith in your future. Faith is the antidote for fear. www.stevenbarneslist.com 050
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 24/07/2025"You are the result of your first five morning habits"--Jim Rohn For help crafting your perfect morning, join us at www.lifewrite.com and at www.stevenbarneslist.com 010
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 24/07/2025QOD: "What’s one ‘necessary evil’ (task, conversation) I’ve been delaying?" Write down your answer. Share it with your partner, or on social media. 010
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 24/07/2025"you don't create your morning. Your morning creates you. 10 minutes of silence and you hear yourself. 10 minutes with a pen and your day has direction. 10 minutes of movement, and your brain turns on. 3 minutes of gratitude and your heart is aligned."--Jim Rohn www.lifewrite.com 030
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Most horror writing fails. Ours did…until we cracked the code. Tomorrow I'll break down the most important scene in our movie THE KEEPER, the one that "trapped" the viewer. If you aren't on my email list, join now at: www.stevenbarneslist.com 041
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 21/07/2025QOD: (Write down your answer. Share it with your accountability partner, on social media, or write it down and burn it) "What’s one truth about myself I’ve been refusing to admit?" Five minutes a day. Five days a week, to change your life. "Steve's Blog" at www.lifewrite.com 010
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Inner peace is not the absence of problems. It is the presence of perspective. 081
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 19/07/2025"Power corrupts" is propaganda created by corrupt people to scare the virtuous into surrender. Truth: Power reveals. Absolute power reveals absolutely. www.lifewrite.com 182
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Alien 3 was vile. The most obvious ugliness: they use a fluoroscope to find an Alien queen in Ripley. A question: if they had a fluoroscope, why perform an autopsy on Newt? One reason: to make the audience squirm. That's right, they mutilated a dead child for the entertainment value. 050
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Otis Johnson has revealed he's sold ELEVEN stories since joining Lifewriting, less than a year ago. THAT is amazing. Join us on www.lifewrite.com (free!) and check out the writing section, where he spills the tea.lifewrite.comLifewriting!Login to Lifewriting! community via email or SSO today. 010
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 29/05/2025In 21 Days we shoot our first studio film. "Today, I write with earthquake hands. The ground shakes not with fear—but with the footsteps of stories demanding to be born." www.lifewrite.com 1202
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Today, I write with ghost ink. My ancestors' unlived lives are my muse. 070
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 19/05/2025 Try this 15-minute Three Gates Ritual. 1)Write the truth you’re avoiding. Burn it. 2) Send one message of encouragement. No emojis. Raw. 3) Set a timer for five minutes. Do the thing you’ve been avoiding. (The world needs warriors. Not zombies.) www.lifewrite.comlifewrite.comLifewriting!Login to Lifewriting! community via email or SSO today. 0132
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 11/05/2025The people who irritate you the most will always be breaking the Three Gates in one way or another. If you argue that you need to as well…well, that's why they irritate you. They are you, living different lives. And you can't handle that mirror. www.lifewrite.com 040
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 11/05/2025If you improve by 1% a day, you will be almost 40 times better in one year. Built SYSTEMS that guarantee progress . You will vastly out-perform the people who are waiting for the world to change. In fact, you will become one of the people who can change the world. 031
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 09/05/2025QOD: If your life was a fractal… The first five minutes of the day The first hour of the day The day The week The month The next six months… What changes would you make, if the smallest unit was connected to your next six months? www.lifewrite.com 060
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 08/05/2025youtu.be/bGFavqpA4Rcyoutu.beSINNERS: How Ryan Coogler Shook Hollywood!YouTube video by Steven Barnes 031
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Don't rely on luck. Weaponize serendipity. Join us tomorrow on LIFEWRITING LIVE, May 9th 2025 at 12 Noon Pacific: www.thefiredance.com 000
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 08/05/2025The stoics suggest we focus on one specific virtue every day. How can we apply this to creating a better life? Join us tomorrow on LIFEWRITING LIVE, May 9th 2025 at 12 Noon Pacific: www.thefiredance.com 000
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Be careful of shortcuts that lead to dead ends. 062
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 07/05/2025an ounce of action is worth a pound of thought. www.lifewrite.com 061
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Your answer is one of these: 1) Strengthen your body 2) Embrace your heart, friends, and family 3) Make more $$$ 4) Create Art. Save yourself. Save your family. Save the world. Join us! www.lifewrite.comlifewrite.com 1100
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 26/02/2025One of the saddest things in the world is a human being who felt loved only for what they did, not just for being a precious, beautiful child. Accept'tat at every moment of your life you did the best you could. If you cannot extend this grace to others, you haven’t REALLY done it for yourself. 051
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 20/02/2025The greatest work of art is your own life, lived with passion and purpose. Join us on Zoom tomorrow on LIFEWRITING LIVE! 12 Noon Pacific, Friday Feb 21, at www.thefiredance.comthefiredance.comJoin our Cloud HD Video MeetingZoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom ... 061
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 19/02/2025Be too busy saving three people to burn out on the news. Focus. 092
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 19/02/2025"Success isn't about luck or talent. They are about the systems and habits you have in place"--Jim Rohn This is excellent. And the most important habits and systems should be integrated into the first hour and first half of your day. Get it "done by one" 040
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 18/02/2025The moment you decide to stay positive no matter what, you've already won. 091
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 18/02/2025There are few things sadder than talking to an abused child who has, to survive, come to agree with the abuser's assessment of their value. Horrifying. Check your internal dialogue. 0111
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 17/02/2025BREATHE! Spiritual Breathing teaches us that we are all connected in love. – Dan Brule www.steven-barnes.com 020
Steven Barnes @kundalinisteve.bsky.social · 16/02/2025A question was asked: “why is desiring mastery important?” Simple. You are either improving or deteriorating. You cannot stand still. 1102
