"Whenever I find myself with down time, I look for ways to fill it up."
Ack! That's me! My husband jokes that I'm physically incapable of sitting on my butt (in a relaxed way.) I get antsy if I'm still without purpose for too long. My kids are older (8 and 11) so they require less hands-on attention than they did as littles. Now it's like writing has become my toddler. It pulls at my sleeve all day and doesn't let me rest. 😂
This post was a good reminder that there is life outside my creativity bubble. Because without fail, when I do take 1/2 a day or even just a couple of hours to do anything but write, I come back to writing with more energy for the practice.
I sometimes wonder if getting these things tattooed on my forearms would help me remember them more easily. 🤔
I think we could both use that tattoo to be honest. Thanks a lot for reading, Meg, I'm so glad that it resonated with you, too. It's been something I also have to continually remind myself---even after writing about it!
"Whenever I find myself with down time, I look for ways to fill it up."
Ack! That's me! My husband jokes that I'm physically incapable of sitting on my butt (in a relaxed way.) I get antsy if I'm still without purpose for too long. My kids are older (8 and 11) so they require less hands-on attention than they did as littles. Now it's like writing has become my toddler. It pulls at my sleeve all day and doesn't let me rest. 😂
This post was a good reminder that there is life outside my creativity bubble. Because without fail, when I do take 1/2 a day or even just a couple of hours to do anything but write, I come back to writing with more energy for the practice.
I sometimes wonder if getting these things tattooed on my forearms would help me remember them more easily. 🤔
I think we could both use that tattoo to be honest. Thanks a lot for reading, Meg, I'm so glad that it resonated with you, too. It's been something I also have to continually remind myself---even after writing about it!
I saw your book comes out next year.. why is it coming out then... if its already written.. I wanna read it now... It sounds awesome :)
I had to look up Kidz Bop...
I read that whole thing about the crisis of Manhood.
Thanks for your great substack!
Thank you! I appreciate you reading!