do the artists way

this is the fourth week in a row that i’ve felt disappointed in how things are going. i should have read week 5 for this week. i didn’t. my partners should have done the exercises for week 4, but they didn’t. ach. we’ve all been feeling a little blah about the process for the past few weeks. next week i’ll be better prepared. at least my morning pages and artist’s dates have been going well. and i’ve done a few of the exercises on my own during the week.

so…this past sunday was our 3rd meeting on chapter 3. it was really kicking our ass. we’re finally done with it, but it took some doing.

on the other hand, because we spent so long on chapter 3, we actually did almost all of the exercises. that’s the first time that’s happened. which is alright. there are a lot of exercises in each chapter.

we read chapter three for this week and planned to do some of the exercises today. after discussing the chapter, we just didn’t have the time to do the exercises, so we’re going to stay on this chapter next week.

that’s fine with me. i still have a lot of exercises from weeks one and two to work on. there’s so much material in there!

overall, this project is going really well and i’m really enjoying it.

we had our weekly meeting again today. it went pretty well, but not as well as the first two meetings. crazy as it may seem, 2 hours may not really be enough time to get everything done. but any more time than that really would be crazy. morning pages are going well. the exercises are going well too.

A, S and i had our second check in today. it went well. i was nervous beforehand because i was afraid that i’d be unprepared, but as it turns out, our plan last week was much more sensible than i had remembered. we agreed to read chapter one and then actually do it this coming week while reading chapter two. good plan!

i met with scott and anney today for our first artist’s way date. it was awesome!

we’re going to try to meet every sunday for a couple of hours in the afternoon. they’re two of my best friends and i’ve been wanting to spend more time with them anyway, so that’s awesome!

today we talked about just the intro, basic principles and basic tools. i could go on and on about that, but i think i’ll save that for my morning pages.

i’m really excited about this.