Hello dear Readers,
After a long long sleep -- recuperating from travels, catching up with family, and all the anxieties that go with both -- I am ready again to get back into my routine.
I learned also that I can swim still! It's nothing at all like riding a bicycle though. The problem here is that the swimming pools are arranged length-wise, instead of width-wise, which means you have to struggle and not try to rest in the deep end!! Glug glug glug... that's why I still need to swim next to the wall in those Olympic side swimming pools. But eventually I'll get strong enough and courageous enough where I won't have to do that...
The normal things -- bills pile up, letters and emails to respond to, new venues to try from leads collected in November -- and the non-normal things; it's December. Which means parties and friends wanting to meet up before Christmas and New Year.
And writing writing writing. Of course, I am WAY WAY behind. Shame on me. But at least I've come to terms with a few important issues like the connection between my health and my work (paid and unpaid as of yet). It's not all or nothing at all, that's just silly, I see that now. Everything in moderation. Life supports art, not the other way around. I'm going for the sustainable development route -- in managing my health, my writing and my business. And of course, my personal life. Sustainable development to me means small changes that over time, instead of drastic change, which more often than not, overwhelms me and makes me unable to cope.
I have two book ideas now and several short stories that need to be tweaked and sent out again. I'll try to get into the holiday spirit nonetheless. Lists are my drivers. I couldn't do anything without lists.
Motivation wanes and waxes as usual but I think I am getting better with that as I feel more secure in my path of re-invention. It will take longer than I thought. Faith will be rewarded!! My thoughts create my success... hey now, where is that list of "I Promise" ?? Here it is.
This week, I'll try to get back into Word Prompts from my two writing listservers that I found useful. I've got so many resources at my finger tips that I can't fail! I'll try and remember to share my resources, but I think each to his/her own. Writing is such a personal, lonely job, but it suits me right (now).
Anyway, enough rambling for a Tuesday morning. Have a fun day! Think Positive!!
