This week, I drove the Around the Bay race route with my friend Linda. While we were driving, I was thinking about the importance of staying focused at the beginning of a race. It’s easy to get caught in other people’s excitement during a race. Especially when you are lined up with the other runners…
It’s good to establish a routine. Something that you can do day in and day out. Hopefully something that helps you become a better you. But you’ve got to be careful not to add too much too quickly. I started the year declaring that I would do a blog post a day. It’s a big,…
Sometimes you just want to take a break. A break from the routine. A break from the habit you’re trying to cultivate. To rest. But if you stop pumping. If you stop pushing the flywheel. If you stop your forward momentum… You might find yourself having to start all over again. One of my favourite…
One of the things that inspired me to challenge myself to write a blog post a day was Seth Godin’s Ship It Calendar. Seth frequently says that people should blog every day. Easier said than done. But I thought I could use his calendar as a jumping off point for some posts. I figured that…
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…
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