How I did it: You know how in life you always meet people who take just EVERYTHING for granted : you, your attention, your time,... until one morning you wake up and find out that your life is such a mess that you don't know how the hell you got there..
The worse part is when you end up turning down job offers cuz it's too far (from the 'beloved'), missing school exams (cuz you're too tired), etc, etc,..just because there is always someone wailing for your energy..playing reverse psychology, treating you like their toy. That's when I knew I had to withdraw.. turn down the calls, the invitations, leave social networks and even shut down the cell phone to a certain extent.... now that was what you can call 'radical'... but I needed to focuse on who I really was and it payed off !!! My long forgotten dreams came swimming back to me and it all became very clear : suddenly I had time and space to paint again, write again,...and more important: I had the energy to believe again !!!

Lessons & tips: It taught me who my true friends really were (those who won't ask more than you can give, those who respect you and who are not expecting you to give up on yourself under any circumstances) ---> my tips ??? avoid crazymakers !!!!!!!

Resources: Morning Pages, Artist's Dates (see Artist's Way by Julia Cameron), Finding Water, Walking in this world, the right to write, letters to a young artist... all by Julia Cameron

Dec 16, 2009, 07:38AM PST | 3 comments | 11 cheers