Drunk on Writing

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you,
Ray Bradbury

I have committed to this philosophy when it comes to my novel. For a short time, I focused only on formal editing. Grammar, wording, formatting and completely lost touch with my novel. It didn’t feel good to keep working on something I had no connection with. It even caused me to think things needed changing but they were put in the proper place at the proper time. I was just so distant from my story that I was not aware of the flow and timing anymore.

It’s the same for me with anything. If I step away from something for too long, I lose touch with it and I forget why I started doing it in the first place.

So lately I’ve been trying to get myself to work on all my projects daily. Some days I accomplish more one project than others. It works though because even when I’m doing a little bit, it keeps me in the flow. It keeps me in the loop and in the right mindset that will have me ready for what’s to come.

Marching

Don’t let a few mistakes keep you from reaching your potential. Adjust. Rethink. Reorganize. Keep marching on. There’s supposed to be mistakes! The world where people act like everything’s perfect and fine is over. We fess up. We talk about feelings and we try our best to connect with others. Plus, you know what they always say,

You’re doing better than you think.

Art in One Quote

We work in the dark – we do what we can – we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.
Henry James

Going into this writing thing the madness was glorious. Now I’m just tired and not interested in all the hype. I need like a million naps.

Hang On

Don’t be the thing you let go of for success. The key to success is to hang onto all of you as if your life depended on it. The things that bring you joy. The places that put a smile on your face. The scent that whisks you away from all your troubles. These are all parts of you. They are yours to enjoy and search out and celebrate finding. Learn to adore your body. Heal the parts that need healing. This is what it is live. When you place other things before your relationship with yourself, you get lost. You forget your values and what made them your values in the first place. You eventually become a stranger in your own body full of conflicting ideas that aren’t even your to conflict with.

Life’s better when you’re present.

Moving Forward

Today sped by faster than I could say please give me your best chocolate cake. I’m super tired. I got a lot done but now I’m so tired, I’m not having very much fun. Some days may be like this. But I want to do my best to work in a way that I can still enjoy time with my family and time with myself.

I have my tea in hand and I’m going to take a shower and have a cup of tension tamer before bed.

I’m happy to be alive. I’m happy to live the way I live right now. I want to keep the good times coming.

A poem to keep me moving forward.

In Good Time…

Life can seem an endless maze,
The twists and turns, lulls and delays,
But things always fall into place…
In good time.

Friends will sometimes go away.
Some may disappoint or others betray,
But new ones will come to stay…
In good time.

The hurt of getting something wrong,
And the lesson it often brings along
Are there, you see, to make you strong…
In good time.

Kindness freely given away,
Unnoticed now, will somehow find its way
Back to you and come to stay…
In good time.

Efforts seem not to pay to plan?
Forge on friend, doing the best you can.
Fortune will find the deserving man…
In good time.

Life can be tough, there’s no doubt,
But hope is the thing we can’t do without.
Right things with joy will come about…
In good time.

Source: https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/in-good-time-4

Mom Moment (a quick one)

Today has been a special day for my little one. She turned three! And she’s full of so many great adventures ahead. I want to explore the world with her because she’s amazed by everything and who doesn’t love an excited 3 year old?!

I’m grateful for this day to celebrate my big 3 year old’s existence. I’m grateful for my family and my mama who came along to enjoy our celebration. Any my family who celebrated with us in spirit.

My little girls are a gift and worthy of celebrating every chance I get. I want to be their number one fan for always.

Write with Me

Writing has brought me a long way. Writing, mentors, and self love have changed me for the best. I still have a lot of work to do. It’s still pretty hard for me to choose myself and me time over family/home time. Even just once a week I struggle to take myself out for myself. I don’t struggle with taking phone breaks in the house, I don’t struggle with finding time to clean and organize in a way that makes me feel good about my home. I struggle with taking myself out to just enjoy life however that looks. Whether it’s lunch, arts and crafts shopping, doing the craft, shopping for myself etc.

But outside of that, I’ve learned to set boundaries, I’ve learned to make my yes! more valuable. I’ve learned to find value in life in a variety of different ways. I even learned how it feels to truly love myself inside and out. And I’m dedicated to learning and understanding myself from here on out.

Before all this, life didn’t feel meant for me but when I write, I feel like I can create a life that was literally designed for me.

Moments

There’s is nothing in the world that fills my heart more than seeing my family laughing and playing together. Those impromptu dance sessions in the kitchen make me feel like I’m in a bubble away from all the chaos going on in the world.

Research Trips

I’m reading through Creativity Inc by Ed Catmull. I’ve reached a section of the book that talks about creating as a group. And one of the section titles is called Research Trips.

Writers! Are you taking research trips?!

This makes me laugh hard and get excited because the adventures are endless here. I chuckle because I’m in the Sci-Fi Fantasy part of my book. I can think of places I can visit still but how wild would it be to visit the fantasy world we create in our novels.

Well, I mean as creatives we can visit that world regularly and should. Visualization is one of the most important parts of writing and creating. That’s another post for another day.

Back to the point Research Trips

One place I just realized I could go for a research trip is a marina. And we have a great place not too far from us that has some great views and some great marinas.

Where would you go if you could go anywhere for a research trip?

Fight

It’s so easy for me to become passive when it comes to issues I truly care about. Part of me wishes I had the energy to stay passionate and part of me wishes the world would just be perfect so I didn’t have to fight for my passion.

It reminds me of The Matrix (link to scene) when they said they created a perfect world and the humans didn’t thrive in it. But would we thrive in a close to perfect world? And knowing that, should it really hinder us from trying to create a better place?

Either way, I’m going to passively and passionately fight for issues I care about and place things that are important to me in all I do. That’s what I can control and that’s really the only way I know how to create a better future for myself and my children.