Taexalia
wild.life
Skewed Focus
After a brilliant beginning to NaNoWriMo where I felt great about myself and my productivity, I fell back into the Not Writing Habit. I'm looking at how that happened and of course the main reason is that I popped off to Glasgow for a couple of days last week and when I came back I didn't get straight back to the story. Glasgow was excellent. We went to see a concert on the Tuesday night and were entertained by Iced Earth (OK), Lamb of God (I was not expecting to enjoy them and I liked them ... read more
Nano Diary ~ Beating Procrastination
Today I came to my computer feeling ready to write. I even opened up my writing software and set up a new entry. Then I seemed to drift into invisible but cloying foam and no matter how many thoughts about writing I had, visions even of scenes playing out in my mind, I just didn't seem to make it to the job of actual typing. I bounced between thoughts of self congratulation for getting 8037 words down in 2 days to thoughts of "yes but they are done, now you need to reach another goal". I ... read more
Procrastination
I have been noticing my inner dialogue recently is tending towards harsh. I find myself accusing me of procrastination - I even made a SoulCollage card about procrastination. There are a couple of tasks within my business that I am having trouble motivating myself to just do, and I even find myself doing the guilt thing because I don't write here every day. But you can't force it, right? Why do we tend towards the negative? A wise woman told me last year that it's hard to motivate yourself ... read more
Trapped by Procrastination
Description: I made this card a couple of nights ago. I intended to describe procrastination - something I am wrestling with just now. I found it easy to do the "I am the one who.." exercise but I found it challenging to consider what procrastination could give me, or what it wants from me. Doing those exercises has made me look at my procrastinating self from a different angle - perhaps there is a purpose for procrastination... [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="317" ... read more
SoulCollage - Happiness