Sentence examples for instructing myself from inspiring English sources

This past week I've fallen into the habit of talking to myself, instructing myself, encouraging myself, as one might a stumbling child: You can do it.

I read Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca and instructed myself to write a linear suspense story based on Bluebeard, complete with locked doors and a brooding, irresistible wife-killer.

In the interim, I hereby instruct myself to make more testable predictions in the next year; and in the meantime, I'm sure I can always count on TechCrunch's much-beloved commenters to keep me honest.

"Presume Innocence," I instruct myself.

As usual, I am seeking to instruct myself first, but if I'm saying anything useful for you, I'm glad for that as well.

It began with an exercise where I instructed myself to write a love poem to an everyday object that often goes unnoticed, one that even might be difficult to love.

DAY TWO: As instructed, I gave myself a Rogaine massage, but must have done something wrong.

I thought them how to properly wash their hands using soap, as I was myself instructed at the health center.

So in these workshops, I think of myself as a newfangled type of science teacher, instructing extremely smart and distinguished adults in science fundamentals.

It was reminding myself that there was a time and place for instructing them and that meant not always in front of people.

I introduced myself, as the elevator filled and began its climb, and said, "I understand you're instructing Professor [I gave his last name] not to write for National Review".