Well, I am almost off to Austin, TX to visit my friend I haven't seen in 8 or so months and my family I haven't seen in 2 years.
Apparently I am going to be met with an "Arctic blast" while I am there. Brrrr
But like true Texas weather, just wait a minute and it will change.
While I am there, and I am sure you will hear all about my trip, I will be doing yoga, seeing friends and family, watching UT play in the championships (on tv) and maybe even making some fun t-shirts with friends.
The most important thing is to enjoy my time with everyone.
That is my intention for this trip.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
My number 1 fan
Hi babe,
Thank you so much for becoming a follower. You always tell me you are my number 1 fan.
I want you to know how much I appreciate you and love you.
Ok, so the whole world or maybe just you and me know how much I love you. (I don't think anyone else is reading this..haha)
Today was a good day and YES!!! I did write. I met my friend and partner in crime Jessica at a cafe to catch up and write. We typically write using prompts and time our writing so we have a time goal like 20 minutes.
Prompts can be anything like a sentence, a quote, a word, a song, a picture, a smell, etc. Anything that takes you to the "dream space" as our favorite writing teacher (Chris) calls it.
And you sit there and write. Don't criticize. Write the first thing that comes to mind and no editing. Just write.
This method has been very helpful for me to push the critic away and to follow my creative mind down the path it is leading me.
Jessica is a superstar prompt creator and is almost always in charge of providing this. Which is amazing.
I encourage others to write and acknowledge the critic if it shows up but not to listen to it.
If you should like to write, I am going to share the prompt Jessica created that I wrote from today:
"Fuck being tough."
Thank you so much for becoming a follower. You always tell me you are my number 1 fan.
I want you to know how much I appreciate you and love you.
Ok, so the whole world or maybe just you and me know how much I love you. (I don't think anyone else is reading this..haha)
Today was a good day and YES!!! I did write. I met my friend and partner in crime Jessica at a cafe to catch up and write. We typically write using prompts and time our writing so we have a time goal like 20 minutes.
Prompts can be anything like a sentence, a quote, a word, a song, a picture, a smell, etc. Anything that takes you to the "dream space" as our favorite writing teacher (Chris) calls it.
And you sit there and write. Don't criticize. Write the first thing that comes to mind and no editing. Just write.
This method has been very helpful for me to push the critic away and to follow my creative mind down the path it is leading me.
Jessica is a superstar prompt creator and is almost always in charge of providing this. Which is amazing.
I encourage others to write and acknowledge the critic if it shows up but not to listen to it.
If you should like to write, I am going to share the prompt Jessica created that I wrote from today:
"Fuck being tough."
Monday, January 4, 2010
The cool thing is...
So far the blog may be a lot of writing about nothing.
Good news is...not only is it keeping me writing something every day, it's making me really think/contemplate writing every day.
I am meeting up with a friend tomorrow to write for a few hours.
And I have some of my pieces to type up as well.
And so I will continue to write in this blog. Although I am sure I am boring whoever, if anyone is reading this...don't worry, it might not get more interesting.
But..it might!
I leave for Austin, TX on Wednesday to visit my friends and family. My family who I have not seen in 2 years. I'm nervous but excited to see them. I hope we can just have fun together. I do miss them and truly cannot believe I have not seen them in so long. And my nieces are now 8 and 11. ugh.
Growing up happens so freakin fast. I cannot believe how they are growing up and how everyone, well mostly everyone (except for a few of my friends), seem to be growing up too and doing adult things. having kids, animals, careers, 2nd careers, businesses, etc.
I feel truly great this year and very clear headed so far. I have no doubt that will ebb and flow.
A book I am reading right now by a very wise woman, Pema Chodron, said something that stuck with me after I read it last night, "What I find helpful is to think of whatever I am experiencing-whether it's sadness, anger, or worry; pleasure, joy, or delight-as simply dynamic, fluid energy of life as it is manifesting right now."
The thought that our emotions will unendingly be changing in a fluid way calmed me.
It's true, we can't always be happy, we won't always be sad. We will be exactly where we are.
Good news is...not only is it keeping me writing something every day, it's making me really think/contemplate writing every day.
I am meeting up with a friend tomorrow to write for a few hours.
And I have some of my pieces to type up as well.
And so I will continue to write in this blog. Although I am sure I am boring whoever, if anyone is reading this...don't worry, it might not get more interesting.
But..it might!
I leave for Austin, TX on Wednesday to visit my friends and family. My family who I have not seen in 2 years. I'm nervous but excited to see them. I hope we can just have fun together. I do miss them and truly cannot believe I have not seen them in so long. And my nieces are now 8 and 11. ugh.
Growing up happens so freakin fast. I cannot believe how they are growing up and how everyone, well mostly everyone (except for a few of my friends), seem to be growing up too and doing adult things. having kids, animals, careers, 2nd careers, businesses, etc.
I feel truly great this year and very clear headed so far. I have no doubt that will ebb and flow.
A book I am reading right now by a very wise woman, Pema Chodron, said something that stuck with me after I read it last night, "What I find helpful is to think of whatever I am experiencing-whether it's sadness, anger, or worry; pleasure, joy, or delight-as simply dynamic, fluid energy of life as it is manifesting right now."
The thought that our emotions will unendingly be changing in a fluid way calmed me.
It's true, we can't always be happy, we won't always be sad. We will be exactly where we are.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Paranormal State...of mind.
Is Paranormal State real?
Well...probably not.
The characters definitely hear things that we often don't hear and show their drama
with the eyes wide open, "Did you hear that?"
But one thing I can say is that I was totally annoyed with it the first few times I watched it and now it's actually pretty entertaining.
I like it when we actually see things flying and shadows stepping out from the darkness
but I definitely don't want to see that stuff actually happen in my house.
Well...probably not.
The characters definitely hear things that we often don't hear and show their drama
with the eyes wide open, "Did you hear that?"
But one thing I can say is that I was totally annoyed with it the first few times I watched it and now it's actually pretty entertaining.
I like it when we actually see things flying and shadows stepping out from the darkness
but I definitely don't want to see that stuff actually happen in my house.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Type my write
Today was a catch up day. Although I didn't catch up that much. I did however learn a bit more about health insurance from my very intelligent h.i. savvy friend Steph and typed up 8 of my pieces from a project I am working on with my friend Jessica.
Who knew typing up what I write could take so long. But it does. It's very tedious work but it's fun, too. Put on some good music, some mood lighting and type away. The best part about it is getting to re-live my stories. Visualize them as I am reading them.
Enjoy the characters, the setting, the dialogue. And what's really funny is while I'm typing, thinking what the character might say next, although not remembering what I had written and then seeing that I had written what I thought might come next.
I feel solid that I know who my characters are and what they would say.
I also get to take a look at how much I have written. Step back and realize I have gotten alot of writing done since I started writing in May. And I will continue to write.
Who knew typing up what I write could take so long. But it does. It's very tedious work but it's fun, too. Put on some good music, some mood lighting and type away. The best part about it is getting to re-live my stories. Visualize them as I am reading them.
Enjoy the characters, the setting, the dialogue. And what's really funny is while I'm typing, thinking what the character might say next, although not remembering what I had written and then seeing that I had written what I thought might come next.
I feel solid that I know who my characters are and what they would say.
I also get to take a look at how much I have written. Step back and realize I have gotten alot of writing done since I started writing in May. And I will continue to write.
Day 1
So technically it's January 2nd but since I haven't gone to sleep yet, it's the 1st and I am accomplishing my goal of writing today.
Last night was a fun New Year's event celebrated by a full moon, a blue moon and somewhere in Ireland one could even see a lunar eclipse!
All of that on New Year's Eve.
We started the evening with a pre-dance party get together at my house with friends.
We burned our "intentions" for the month/year since my roommate said it's a good thing to do when there's a full moon.
And today was a good, easy-going day.
I'm working on creating a space on my wall in my bedroom to post my goals for the year.
So I can look at them everyday and remember and keep moving forward.
More work will be done on it in the next few days and I will keep adding to it as things come up.
For now, this is the first step, writing daily...even if it's only in this blog.
Last night was a fun New Year's event celebrated by a full moon, a blue moon and somewhere in Ireland one could even see a lunar eclipse!
All of that on New Year's Eve.
We started the evening with a pre-dance party get together at my house with friends.
We burned our "intentions" for the month/year since my roommate said it's a good thing to do when there's a full moon.
And today was a good, easy-going day.
I'm working on creating a space on my wall in my bedroom to post my goals for the year.
So I can look at them everyday and remember and keep moving forward.
More work will be done on it in the next few days and I will keep adding to it as things come up.
For now, this is the first step, writing daily...even if it's only in this blog.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Last day of the decade
Well, we did it. Today is the last day of the single digit days of the 2000 millenia.
We begin the next decade tomorrow or tonight at midnight. Some begin before others and in fact are already celebrating the new year perhaps in Thailand or somewhere far away from San Francisco.
My friends in New York and Austin and other cities will also hit 2010 before me.
The new year always brings a fresh start for me. A new beginning. A clean slate.
I'm excited for the new year to put myself out there especially for the things that scare me.
Dive in head first.
And I had planned to begin tomorrow...but that's my standard plan/excuse/idea.
So I began TODAY. Right now. No time like the present.
I will be keeping a daily blog of my life and my adventures.
I don't make resolutions because they don't motivate me long term.
I am making specific goals this year to keep me moving forward.
And one of those goals is to write daily which is what I will be doing with this blog.
Read it, don't read it. It's for me, to keep moving forward and to write every day.
We begin the next decade tomorrow or tonight at midnight. Some begin before others and in fact are already celebrating the new year perhaps in Thailand or somewhere far away from San Francisco.
My friends in New York and Austin and other cities will also hit 2010 before me.
The new year always brings a fresh start for me. A new beginning. A clean slate.
I'm excited for the new year to put myself out there especially for the things that scare me.
Dive in head first.
And I had planned to begin tomorrow...but that's my standard plan/excuse/idea.
So I began TODAY. Right now. No time like the present.
I will be keeping a daily blog of my life and my adventures.
I don't make resolutions because they don't motivate me long term.
I am making specific goals this year to keep me moving forward.
And one of those goals is to write daily which is what I will be doing with this blog.
Read it, don't read it. It's for me, to keep moving forward and to write every day.
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