After a week or two off, I was all gung-ho about getting back into business stuff. I managed to stay motivated – for about a week. Now, I don't know what it is – but I am feeling unmotivated. I think it stems from being overwhelmed. With possibilities, with things I want to do and…
Although I have been keeping up fairly well with my morning pages, I still feel like I have lost focus. When I did the book the first time around, I seemed to have more 'a-ha!' moments, and maybe I have just fallen into the trap of comparing the two. Mostly, I think I just feel…
I was sorting through old stacks of random scribblings and came across a manilla envelope with some old family reunion newsletters. There was also a clipping of a short bio about my grandmother, also a writer, that I would like to share. Reading this made me feel very lucky that I am physically ABLE to…
I feel good today. I've been sort of sulking in this mind set of unaccomplishment & uninspiration for a while now, but today is different. I feel the "shoulds' are dropping away and the "need to's' are back. It has been detrimental to think "Oh, I should be doing this or that" when really, it…
I found a comment on my journal that I hadn't seen before. In the entry, I was questioning whether I was any good at writing, and the person said something along the lines of my worrying too much about what others thought and that if I wnted to make money, I might have to write…
I miss receiving letters. I used to have 3 pen pals in England that I would send thick 15-page letters to. I'd stuff in little trinkets, or photos. That was a great feeling, going to the mailbox and finding a lumpy package waiting. I've since lost touch with one of those pen pals. The other…