I spent much of fall and winter with a virus. I’m always getting sick. I need to build up my immunities and be healthy. Take vitamins, eat vegetables, cut back on sugar.
Somehow, I have to get my energy, focus and motivation back. For everything.
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Keep track of things I've accomplished
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Write the fourth draft of my novel
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write a synopsis
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2 people |
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say 'yes' to life
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16 people |
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write a query letter
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2 people |
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Polish the Sample Chapters of my Novel
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1 person |
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Start a writing group
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12 people |
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publish
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101 people |
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write my book on creativity and motherhood
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1 person |
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Raise strong, happy children
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1 person |
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transform my relationship
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1 person |
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learn to drive
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6,743 people |
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Be Brave Project: Do one brave thing a day
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5 people |
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The Happy Pages
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1 person |
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Eat Well
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182 people |
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breathe deeper
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40 people |
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Be sociable again
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1 person |
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expand my etsy shop
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2 people |
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believe
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202 people |
How I did it: rowenamurillo.etsy.comI had plans to do this for a year or two. Planned, planned, thought, thought.Then started painting. Painted painted. Blogged blogged. Built up my internet platform, got involved in online communities.Finally started working towards setting up a shop. Designed and bought business cards, bought packing materials, researched pricing and other etsy shops.Then photoed all my paintings, edited photos, and … Read how I did it…
How I did it: I started out from a place of no creativity, depression, inaction.Slowly, day by day, moment by moment I first focused on positivity and looking for the joy and beauty in things. 43things helped immensely with that.Then, when I was remembering who I was, I made the commitment to regain my creativity. I stated it here and on my blog. I began thinking and writing about what creativity was to me, and how it happened, and what it … Read how I did it…
How I did it: I figured out what I wanted my blog to be about, I worked on the content, the writing and the pictures. I spent time looking around the blogosphere for inspiration and community. I commented thoughtfully on other people's blogs. I joined challenges and groups of like minded folk. I wrote regularly and/or everyday. I had fun. Read how I did it…
I spent much of fall and winter with a virus. I’m always getting sick. I need to build up my immunities and be healthy. Take vitamins, eat vegetables, cut back on sugar.
Somehow, I have to get my energy, focus and motivation back. For everything.
my scanner bit the dust. the printer still works, but the way i print my work is as immediate as i can make it. i photocopy them with my expensive ink. now my scanner bed is leaving a black bar across everything i try to photocopy, although i can print from my computer. A new printer isn’t really that expensive but money is tight and my job is moving into the slow slow season so there’s nothing extra. :(
I shrank my etsy shop instead of expanding it, pulling it back to only original work. I could still put my crafts in the shop if I wanted to make some more effort. I could add the owls I made my kids or original paintings and drawings or i could make miniatures with sculpee. But I’m not very motivated lately. We’ll see which direction i take it. I’m not really thrilled with leaving my shop so limited.
late on the update. I spent november writing, not doing much on the internet. And I spent december doing Christmas and then recovering from Christmas. But I hit my word count goal in the last couple of days of November. Far from my usual fast paced writing where I was writing twice as much as I needed, I averaged the minimum every day. Never got ahead. I write fast, but I had no time, so didn’t write much. Still won. I have to remember that sometimes slow and steady really does win the race.