You know that project hanging over your head? The one that’s been sitting half-finished for months, gathering dust, just waiting for you to bring it to completion? I have several. They make my skin itch when I walk past them, covering me with the debris of guilt every time I remember them. And once a[…]
Over the holidays, our immediate family went to Kansas City, Missouri to visit some of the extended family. The weekend was calmer than our typical visits and I was pleased to get to see and spend time with more people than I usually do on those whirlwind trips, and more importantly, on an individual level.
I’ve given you excerpts from Steven Pressfield’s cut-through-the-crap-and-get-busy book The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles over the past few weeks. Today, I leave you with a final installment, and I hope that you will run your little fingers over to your favorite book-purchasing website and pick it[…]
We’ve all said it at least a million times: “If only I could get motivated, I would get started on this book/redecorating project/degree/workout!” How often have we just kept searching for that one thing that will make us finally get off our duffs and take action on that idea that we have? If you’re like[…]
There comes a time in your life when you reach a crossroads. You have a task/painting/manuscript/project in front of you. You know that it is within your power to push forward and accomplish it… and yet… I’ve found myself in this place so many times I get frustrated every time I think about it. While[…]