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🌞Good morning
🙏🏽Small Talk: We were snowed in. My oldest made pancakes for breakfast and my husband made nachos for lunch. Then I took a walk through the storm. How was your snow day?
☝🏽Gentle thought: Some distractions are the kind you miss when they’re gone. It’s ok for those be part of the process.
📝 In case you missed yesterday’s post, here’s a quote I shared.
“You have a million excuses. Write anyway.” ― Carrie Kei Heim
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“You have a million excuses. Write anyway.” ― Carrie Kei Heim
I don’t know what it is, but the exact moment I finally fully commit to writing something shows up and pops out of nowhere. It could be a person, a phone call, a news headline—there’s really no limit. The point is that I have to really sit down and commit to it against all odds. Every. single. night. So the excuses are very real and very accurately timed to interrupt your writing. Write anyway.
At the same time,
I’m laughing because of what I’m about to say: when you are a writer, it’s also important to find a delicate balance of welcoming distraction. Don’t cut yourself off from the world. Don’t keep the things you love away from you. But also make sure you put your seat in that chair and write. That’s all.
Do you welcome limited distraction?
🌞Good morning,
🙏🏽Small Talk: We are gearing up around here for the big storm. Gunna be a big one is what I’m hearing but we’ll have to wait it out and see. From what I read the Texas power grid is holding up much better than the past. Either way, we’re ready over here. 🙂
☝🏽Gentle thought: Writing is meant for collaboration.
📝 In case you missed yesterday’s post, here’s a quote I shared.
“Writing well has everything to do with being able to read one’s own work with an eye toward the unmet possibilities that are there.” ― Lucy Calkins
Thank you for sharing your time with me. ❤️
“There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.” – Vincent Van Gogh
It’s no easy task, and it does take great skill and commitment to love those around you. Also, it takes a boldness that can at times feel distant. And I’m not only talking about the kind of love that leaves you breathless in a hallway.
Here’s the thing: when we learn to write, we have to take time to learn from the greats. Learning to love asks the same thing of us. Like any art, we have to stop and take time to learn how to love. It doesn’t have to be in the dark and all alone; we have excellent teachers who left guides for us on how to love. Some of them are still here.
Here’s the kicker: at the end of the day, the canvas of life is ours.
We have full permission to paint in detail with love and admiration as our mediums.
The best part is that we get to decide how that looks.
When’s the last time you picked up a paintbrush?
“Writing well has everything to do with being able to read one’s own work with an eye toward the unmet possibilities that are there.” ― Lucy Calkins
As an overthinker… I don’t advise looking for all the unmet possibilities in your near finished work. I’m laughing because I really think I’ve over-edited, and not as in this is the perfect, most flawless first novel ever known to man. But I often overthink and delete parts that maybe aren’t so bad. I do save all my edits, but that’s not the point. The point is don’t do this too much, but definitely during the first few drafts. Dream, inspire, fantasize—whatever gets the work finished. Then trust yourself. Trust your voice. And trust that you’re allowed to let it shine in your work.
What do you think the quote is saying?
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”
― Howard Thurman
Yesterday, I wrote a post about believing in life, and I don’t take back what I said, but I also need to follow up by saying that I had stopped believing in a certain type of life.
I had to stop believing that this isn’t my life.
I had to shift from pushing through to welcoming the breath of life. I believe deeply in my life force and all it’s connected to. I believe it’s deeply powerful, and we’re often taught that there is some divine disconnect.
I don’t believe that.
I’m not some prodigal daughter, and I never have been. I was always connected. It was only the noise of this world that made me believe that I ever was.
Life is not just a term to believe in.
Life is the very breath that fills your lungs.
Life is not a belief, life is truth.
🌞Good morning,
Small Talk: I hear there’s a possibility for a snow storm this weekend. I’m a lover of winter weather and now that my iron is good, the cold doesn’t bite so hard which makes it even better!
☝🏽Gentle thought: Are you taking time to appreciate the work you’ve done? The writer’s life doesn’t have to feel invisible, join a writing community or use hashtags like #writerscommunity or even hashtags for the genre you write in! It’s ok to want to feel seen as a writer.
📝 In case you missed yesterday’s post, here’s a quote I shared.
“To be an artist is to believe in life.” – Henry Moore
I hope you have a warm day. 😊
“To be an artist is to believe in life.” – Henry Moore
It took me a long time to learn to live. Once you really believe in life and all the tidbits it has to offer, you won’t want to take those tidbits away from others. Those who haven’t found the courage to believe in life won’t understand those who boldly stand up and say, “I believe in this life and all that it has to offer.” Once life becomes their truth, they wake up with renewed vigor along with a sense of awareness and accountability.
“Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant; there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing.” – Georgia O’Keeffe
Here’s a confession: I’m one of those women who easily gets swept up into hustle culture, but the truth is my spirit isn’t about that life.
I’m one who likes long-term connections, slow art, slow love, and my absolute favorite slow mornings.
The thing I had to learn was that hustle culture is not designed to see the soul stuff. 👉🏽 The exact stuff I adore in humans. 👈🏽
So I had to reframe my perception; I’m doing heavy lifting that others can’t see. And it became my job to affirm that instead of trying to measure up to a system that was never created for me.
How do you feel about hustle culture as a writer?
“The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul.” -Wassily Kandinsky
This quote can quickly get too philosophical for me. Souls, what are they and where do we find them? Do we find them, or are they just there when we arrive here? The point is that writing should be more than mastering technique and finding the perfect word. Those things are important, but we must ask on our journey: is writing limited to mastering those things? I don’t think so. Writing should inspire discomfort, shouldn’t it? It should take you from the status quo and invite you into new thoughts and ideas that those around you aren’t yet ready to entertain. I think this is a good reminder when we start to circle perfection and overthinking. It’s not just about perfection; it’s about you, the writer, becoming better than you were yesterday. Whatever that looks like, that is enough.
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