Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Posts Tagged ‘meh’

A Day Today

Posted in Food and..., tagged , , , on July 6, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Some days all you can do is make a quadruple batch of cookies. So that’s what I’m doing.

* * *

Photo by Thalia Ruiz on Unsplash

Read Full Post »

Sorry, Censor…

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , on April 19, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Upon realizing that the day is passing by much later than I hoped:

My internal writing censor: You should be writing!

Me: I tried, I mean, I’ve been at the computer all day and everything!

Censor: Did you work on your day job and bills and that house project you need to sort out? Did you take a break for lunch? Did you do (pauses dramatically) multiple loads of laundry?!

Me: It’s true, I did all of those things.

Censor: And you say you tried.

So judgy! Sorry, Censor. Some days it just doesn’t happen, and that’s got to be ok.

Onward!

* * *

Photo by yue su on Unsplash

Read Full Post »

On Avoidance, and Its Discontents

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , on October 21, 2023| Leave a Comment »

In which I share a snapshot from my creative life, acknowledge that progress isn’t always linear and look forward to funner times.

What is it about avoiding a project that causes it to snowball into its own sort of blockade? 

I’ve talked about creative friction before, and it’s a bit of a process. (I don’t care who you are, the life of an artist is not all productivity and acclaim. Some days are just slow like molasses.)

It’s not just “the project” itself I’m avoiding now, it’s the increasingly large speed bump that has been growing between me and it. At this point, I’m having trouble even seeing the original idea, just the mountain standing between me and the task that’s been haunting my to do list for lo these many weeks.

Avoidance takes on its own power, not replacing but adding to existing barriers to action.

So much of what paralyzes us when we’re stuck isn’t the act we’re supposed to be doing, but rather the questions that hover above the act like a curious vulture. “Why is this so hard?” “Why am I not making more progress?” “Should I be doing something else instead?” “How much longer do I need to spend on this?”

— Adam Alter, Anatomy of a Breakthrough

The good news is that the opposite also holds true. Action dismantles both types of barriers, or allows you to bypass them altogether. 

The other good news is that it helps to remind myself that my key to creative progress has always been to tilt my perspective far enough that “must focus” becomes “must have fun.” 

And that I can do.

* * *

Is that a wall way down there? Photo by Rusty Watson on Unsplash

Read Full Post »

Got Nothing

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , on February 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »

It’s Monday and I’ve got nothing.

Ok, technically, I’ve got several post ideas but also a to-do list that’s too long and my brain appears to be broken and I have to write up some writing things aaaannnndddd… I’ve got nothing.

“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”

― Jack Kerouac

* * *

Photo by Cookie the Pom on Unsplash

Read Full Post »

Mediocre Monday

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , on August 22, 2022| Leave a Comment »

It’s one of those days today, where the clouds hang low and only drizzle when you go to the mailbox or want to go for a walk. I’ve been working steadily but not getting as much done as I’d like. Such is the way of Mondays.

In honor of this deeply mediocre Monday, I give you my version of the Omnitaur. Here’s the original by xkcd:

And here is my own half-assed version. It needs more work and focus, and that’s just not happening today. And oh look, I just noticed that the bull segment disappeared somewhere along the way. Ah well!

Some days creativity doesn’t quite work. Still worth it.

Read Full Post »