My last check in had a slightly cocky headline… might as well call it a jinx:
I said this: “Something is definitely clicking as I continue on my various projects.”
Haven’t I learned yet that there is nothing like slamming the brakes on the creative process right then and there? In my own defense, I am exceptional at getting back up, dusting myself off, and hitting the keyboard again without too much self flagellation. Most of the time.
I’ve had a birthday since we last “spoke”. I don’t feel older. I don’t think I look older. I hardly even celebrated.
I did manage to get out of the swing of my routines, though, and as a consequence… my goals have been sitting, fallow, while I readjust to my new decade, my new age, my new invitation to the AARP.
I have decided I will post the nitty gritty updates on Sunday. Wednesday will be more of what I would call (with my life coach hat on, mind you) my “beingness” of ROW80. In other words, this is what is underneath the facts and figures of my goals. I might share a story, a vignette… whatever I am feeling in that particular moment.
I have had a couple creative breakthroughs this week unrelated to writing. I am actually enjoying my theater work, it is the people I am not always wild about seeing nightly AND my photography didn’t stop inspiring me, I stopped clicking when I didn’t feel like like anything was compelling me to push the shutter. I discovered it is precisely this clicking no matter what that has created my body of work (in all the arts I play within)– not the other way around.
I love how these lessons relate back to writing.
I went to poetry group Saturday and wow, was it uninspiring. My poems almost always get ripped to shreds. And some members just do not listen. And other members seem to sneer down their noses at me. I just need to let all that roll off me and simply continue to show up, even (or especially) when I don’t feel like it.
Also, the clicking of my camera feeds my other creative endeavors. I need to remember to continue creating with it. Just taking some random shots inspire me to take more random shots and then I soon find I can literally illustrate any blog post with anything I might possibly want, given I tag them effectively.
My goals for the rest of this week?
~ Keep up with my goals as listed (You may check out this earlier post if intrigued… otherwise just come back on Sunday if you would like).
~ Write a poem about forgiveness daily during the Month of February. I am especially working on Self forgiveness via a 30 Day program I created, but may write poetry to dig deeper and differently into the other work I am doing.
So - there you have it... what insights have you had about your goals during this first month of 2012's ROW80?
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