I get distracted pretty easily.
Whether I am working on a project or cleaning the house distractions just pop up from nowhere.
On line it is really easy to get distracted-messengers, Facebook, Twitter-well you know 🙂
(I imagine this blog is a distraction for some of you right now).
Other times I choose to be distracted, letting work that can be done sit, marinate for a bit as I make space in my mind and sometimes even in the physical space I inhabit.
Last night I was finally able to complete the cover design for my poetry book.
Having changed titles mid-way through I needed a whole new look and feel and I am really happy with the final results.
I have been debating about sharing just the title and cover here as a sort of sneak peek but decided against it.
While the book is nearly finished (would be further along if I stopped getting “ideas” 😉 I am protective of her yet.
She’s a new little seedling and not ready to be shoved out into the world-not yet anyway.
In addition to the poetry book I am working on my first LIVE in-person workshop.
Well, first one of the creative sort that I am not doing for a company.
It is so exciting to create-and completely overwhelming as I wonder if I am ever going to get all the materials together.
How can I fit this all into just 5 weeks?
Then I worry if I will be able to fill up 5 weeks.
Ah, the ego-such a fickle little thing-always needing pacifying and reassurance.
Today, rather than continue work on my workshop, membership kits and poetry book I decided instead to work on my creative corner and get it ready for the Creativity + Money Playdate on Friday. I am really looking forward to this workshop and if you haven’t had the privilege of taking any of Andrea’s courses I cannot recommend them enough! She is my creative coach, muse and inspiration source when I get down and feel, “nope can’t do it.”
(You can read more about Andrea Schroeder in the interview I conducted with her a few months ago!)
De-cluttering and reorganizing my space had a great effect (always does).
It’s as if I have declared “YES I AM READY FOR THIS! LET’S ROCK!”
*What are you working on?
*What fun little projects are looming in the background (or maybe in the foreground)
*What colors of paint are getting your hands dirty these days?
*What kind of support could you use right now?
Here’s to a beautiful week, lots of play time and dreams manifesting!
Here is a poem I wrote one day when I was trying to do some writing and instead convinced myself I could not possibly write in such a messy space. So instead, I was distracted into cleaning….and then something interesting happened 🙂 Enjoy!
Distracted by a Distraction
Distraction is the word
that writers know well
It keeps us from finding
a book idea to sell
It gnaws away our time
leaving nothing left
So words are never committed to paper
risking identity theft
I first must clean my office
words cannot fit inside clutter
And I get buried under an avalanche
of papers and am forced to mutter,
“I first must create
a space so sublime
Then I can write the words
that roll inside my mind”
Distraction caused me first
to clean and sweep and mop
Until the clock without batteries
forced my mind to stop
A phrase rattled round
inside my brain so dusty
Distraction lead me to write
inside a mess so musty