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Doodle Play
Perfect timing - the latest issue of Mslexia plopped through my letterbox today. I'm always intending to submit work every time the new issue appears, but I always manage to put it off... I was struck by something Maggie O'Farrell said in her interview - "I have to be disciplined to do the washing or do the tax return or the hoovering... but I don't need discipline to write, not at all." Clearly I've got things quite the wrong way around because I'm having to discipline myself to write ... read more
Change is the Buzzword – but where is the difference?
"You know that old Beach Boys song, Bomb Iran? Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran." ~ John McCain "My goal will be to eliminate this threat." "I will do everything to stop Iran getting a nuclear weapon." ~ Barack Obama (Source: BBC Article - where it also becomes clear he will be another president happy to ship bombs to Israel... will he also use Scottish domestic airports and forget to fill in the paperwork?) I hate to feel apathetic before the expensive race to the White House has ... read more
Ready To Go
Well I didn't get the clays out yesterday. Instead I packed my suitcase and got myself almost totally organised for my trip. Call it productive procrastination, or call it living proof that I have learned some lessons about Being Ready Ahead of Time. I don't leave for my trip until early tomorrow.
The only thing I haven't done is complete the partner for this sock. Fortunately or unfortunately, depending how you look at it, my Mum ... 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