I’m a month into this posting every day. Every day for a year. One twelfth of the way there. Only 8% complete. But that’s over thirty posts done. Has it gotten easier? Yes. And no. I can sit in front of the computer and get today’s post written. Even when I waffle about what I’m…
Non-writers always ask where the ideas come from. As if they come from some special place. And are only doled out to the very lucky. But ideas come from everywhere. From the article you read that prompts a “what if” question. From the juxtaposition of two different things being combined to create a new thing.…
This week focuses on Recovering a Sense of Self-Protection. Cameron starts by having us revisit our creative blocks. Those things that we do so we don’t have to be creative. For me, it’s watching too much TV. Maybe even overeating. Both things dull my senses. And when I over-indulge in them, I don’t have any…
It drives me crazy. I’m like two different people. Morning Me and Evening Me. Morning Me is full of possibility. Brimming with ideas and potential. Energetic and excited. Evening Me wants to watch TV. And to veg and not have to do anything strenuous. But Morning Me has to go to work. I can’t do…
I’ve been working on my creative blockage for almost two years now. I’ve been blocked for longer than that. But in July 2022, I started working through The Artist’s Way to help get me “unblocked”. It’s not that I don’t have anything to write about. In terms of playwriting, that is. It’s that I can’t…
As part of my preparation for starting my new acting project, I’m rereading Do the Work. And a sentence popped out at me. I’ve read it a bunch of times previously. But it’s lingering with me today: A child has no trouble believing the unbelievable, nor does the genius or the madman. It’s only you…
This week focuses on Recovering a Sense of Compassion. It’s funny. Week 9 of The Artist’s Way has been the longest week for me so far. I “started” this week at the beginning of June last year. And I only moved onto week 10 seven months later. It’s not that I was working so hard…
Item #12 on My Five-Year plan is to put on The Lost Years in Montreal. The Lost Years is a play I wrote telling the story of Deb’s and my journey through parenthood. Deb and I performed it at the Hamilton Fringe in 2017. And we’ve been meaning to remount it ever since. We played…
Beth Pickens suggests having a Personal Maintenance Day every month. On the day of your birth. So, since I was born on February 22, my Personal Maintenance Day would be on the 22nd of every month. It’s a day to take assessment of your life. Think about your goals. Do the things you need to…
Now that I’m in my third week of this daily blogging journey, it feels like the momentum is starting to build. Jim Collins talks about the flywheel effect in his book Good to Great. The flywheel effect is that a bunch of small actions build on each other to produce greater actions. Think of a…
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