Another Stacy Challenge: stream of consciousness ….Write for the sake of writing, to empty your mind of all random tidbits in order to bring some thoughts into focus; clarity of vision; strength of thought; brilliance of feeling; courage of conviction; creation of something valuable and even share-worthy.
That’s a pretty tall order for a bunch of random thoughts and ideas rattling around in this head! But, it is what you have to do when you have writers block. Or, in my case, writers ramble. Far too many things are simply swirling around - just out of my grasp. My fingertips itch with the need to grab a hold of one random idea and turn it into something worthy of repeating; of pondering; of typing. Leaping out of my fingertips onto the keyboard of my laptop to create magic. Not big magic. Little magic. A small nugget of truth to be considered profound or endearing.
No editing allowed. Don’t worry that everything is just one run-on-sentence after another. No spelling corrections. Just close your eyes and type.
I do love the idea of my blog. Most days I love the reality of my blog. It gives me a place to go to write my random – kind, encouraging, mean, insightful, angry, questioning, enthusiastic and proud – thoughts and ideas. Now, one of my many entries created quite a stir and was removed for no other reason than to apologise to my husband for venting on a public forum. Though nothing was written that was untrue or inaccurate, it did create for him a crisis. He’s well over it and I could probably put that entry right back on, but why? My point was made. My husband and child are safe and happy. I haven’t written much since that incident.
Time has truly gotten away from me with the kids’ busy baseball schedules, moving to our new home and selling the old one, my annual trip to the Creating Keepsakes Convention in Buffalo, finishing up the school year, getting ready for our annual holiday in Cape Cod, attempting to continue working my Creative Memories business, keeping up with the marketing demands of our Frozen Ropes business. This is my life, and I love it. Some things just fall by the wayside: blogging and scrapbooking are at the top of the fall-away list, sadly.
I’m hoping that when our holiday is over time can be carved out of every day, or even every week, for me to dedicate to the activities I love instead of simply exhausting myself dedicating all of my time and energy to the people I love! They are certainly exhaustion-worthy but I fear that if I don’t rejuvenate and fill myself, I will have nothing to give them.
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