Yes, I know that's a lame heading. As I mentioned yesterday, I'm trying to build some discipline, and it's a bit of a struggle for me. Please bear with me. I'm looking at a mound of papers that need to be dealt with, emails to be responded to, lists of writing contests and freelance options to explore, and an old diary to transcribe, and I'm trying to figure out what to do first. Ultimately I will have to decide NOT to do some things--and that's difficult for a semi-manic optimist like me.
In my befuddled mind, all things are possible, and all I have to do is keep plugging away. My sane half knows that would be true if there were unlimited hours in the day and unlimited days in life. There aren't, so I need to prioritize. With a new book that needs to be promoted, a new issue of a historical society magazine to put together, a new writers' retreat to plan, I feel as though I'm standing before a loaded buffet table with a very tiny plate. I want to have it all, but how? It's a nice problem to have. To borrow an expression rapidly becoming trite, life is good.
So what are you working on? Or aren't you? What pushes your choices around? Drop a note here.
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1 year ago
Congratulations Perky!
ReplyDeletei'm not a blogger either and won't be. i have only found one other person that i'm even interested in reading their blogs, and now you're #2.
liked your analogy to standing before a buffet table with too small a plate. i find that a very stressful situation too cause i love tapas and buffets. always try to try one of everything.
wish you the best with your endeavors to prioritize, i'm trying to figure that out also. but ... baby steps ... and just do it ... try those things you think and talk about but don't do. then you can say you 'did such and such' and the positive responses from those who hear what you're doing will spur you on and you become this 'new person' who does things. that's what i've found and keep working at. act 'as if'. happy new year!
Hi Perky, you know you can monitor your comments section. You can choose what comments you want to post. They send you an e-mail and you approve or disapprove.Good luck with your blog. I've added it to my favorites.
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