I have some time, I’m making time, I am waiting for my wife. We escaped our small town today and ran away to the big city to shop, relax, eat, try and relax, eat, shop. Something tells me the relaxing part may not come to fruition but likely the others will. Once we arrived in …
I just picked up a book, maybe it picked me up I’m not sure. It’s called “The Right to Write: An Invitation and Initiation into the Writing Life”, written by Julia Cameron. I came across it in the book store while looking through the Psychology section for another book, read a few passages within it …
Well the weekend flew by and although I did get some things done I neither blogged nor wrote in my journal. It’s interesting that when listening to the radio yesterday they were interviewing a female singer who commented about writing and journalling. She was speaking mostly in regards to writing music or poetry but she did …
Here I go again, when reading a book or article and some passage or concept strikes my fancy and my mind wanders, and wonders, and I feel the need to get down some thoughts. And need is not too strong a word. I almost cannot stand it and find it very difficult to focus on …
Seems like procrastination and Giftedness have some overlapping characteristics. One trait that is common would be taking on too many, or too big, a project or goal. I certainly do that, I can have 3 or more books going or many projects started, going great guns but seldom finishing any before moving on, to something …
The book I’m currently reading is called “Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do About It Now”. A few things in it that I see apply to me are “Mediocrity Builds Contempt”, “Excellence without Effort”, “There is a Right Way” to some degree “I Can’t Stand to Lose” and “All or Nothing”. I will …
It’s often interesting to me how the written word, and often other benign media, can have such an impact on ones mood, in this case bringing me to sadness. It’s not only the sadness of loss, which I certainly feel, but the sadness of loves felt and missed. The book I’m reading, fiction in this …