On Being Creative When Life Gets Busy
Life is busy Everyone has their own level and intensity of busy-ness, I am no exception. It also comes as no surprise that there aren’t enough hours in a day. Nor enough energy to do everything on your list. So, then you must make decisions. Those decisions include what is most important and what is least important. Of course there are things that have to be done i.e. eating, sleeping, work – if you want to eat and have a roof over your head, laundry, family obligations. For the most part these things are required and are non-negotiable. For a long while, I have struggled with balance. I talk about…
Creative Doldrums
It’s almost the end of the first week of December and I haven’t written more than 800 words. The struggle with this is that none of these 800 words written in December have been on my work in progress, i.e. my NaNoWriMo 2016 novel. Sitting down to write is the last thing on my mind I have the doldrums. This happens often during December. NaNoWriMo, with all of its wonderful energy and connectedness, is over, and writing once again becomes a solitary occupation. And, then comes the holiday’s with all of the craziness they can muster. Doesn’t it seem as if, no matter what you do, the holidays become out…
Feng Shui Resistance
I must admit I procrastinate, freely and, mostly, unapologetically. But I realized tonight that my procrastination is a mask for something else: Resistance. I’ve written about resistance previously; you can read that post here. Tonight is different. With so many different things competing for my attention, it is easy to get caught up in the madness. The madness caught up with me in the way of my office being nearly unusable due to chaos and general messiness. Now, I am not a complete neat freak nor do I spend a lot of time worrying about how things look. But every once in a while, it all reaches this measure of fullness,…
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