Nothing else has been playing all day. I AM SO EXCITED!!!
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Saturday, March 24, 2012
How To Snap Out Of A Writing Hiatus
For someone who claims writing is her passion, I sure have not been doing what makes me happy. Add making art and doodling to the list of things I would rather do than sit and zone out in front of a laptop. This stops NOW. And I hope I don't back out of yet another attempt to jumpstart the juices from flowing.
I will write. I will make art. And I have just the stuff to make everything feel like a fun exercise I will not be able to resist. I have a tool box containing a slew of art supplies, which includes a couple of colored Sharpies and colored pencils. I have a brand-new sketchbook that's been sitting in my bookshelf for months, dying for me to use it. I also got this book.
I was in a nearby Barnes & Noble with my husband, browsing at art books, and this caught my attention. I had a previous doodling project that started out as a daily effort, but gradually, like most of the art projects I've been coming up with these days, it became occasional to non-existent.
It's not that I don't have the discipline. I just realized why I keep stopping in my tracks with these projects: I have no visible goal to target. I have no reason to push myself to get off my ass and go write/create something.
Now I do. My application for a work permit in the U.S. is currently being processed, and I am determined to land a job that's at least related to what I love (writing) or what I went to college for (Multimedia Arts). I will make it my mission to build up my portfolio and make sure that my work speaks for itself.
The idea of being stuck in a job that I don't enjoy. That's a thought scary enough to will me out of my writing rut!
I will write. I will make art. And I have just the stuff to make everything feel like a fun exercise I will not be able to resist. I have a tool box containing a slew of art supplies, which includes a couple of colored Sharpies and colored pencils. I have a brand-new sketchbook that's been sitting in my bookshelf for months, dying for me to use it. I also got this book.
I was in a nearby Barnes & Noble with my husband, browsing at art books, and this caught my attention. I had a previous doodling project that started out as a daily effort, but gradually, like most of the art projects I've been coming up with these days, it became occasional to non-existent.
It's not that I don't have the discipline. I just realized why I keep stopping in my tracks with these projects: I have no visible goal to target. I have no reason to push myself to get off my ass and go write/create something.
Now I do. My application for a work permit in the U.S. is currently being processed, and I am determined to land a job that's at least related to what I love (writing) or what I went to college for (Multimedia Arts). I will make it my mission to build up my portfolio and make sure that my work speaks for itself.
The idea of being stuck in a job that I don't enjoy. That's a thought scary enough to will me out of my writing rut!
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