Revisiting my old writing has been hit or miss, except for the poetry, which I have been reposting and revamping with commentary 15+ years later.
"Sometimes, I pull out my notebook before I do anything else and put down whatever comes to mind as way of warming up for the day." Definitely better than scrolling through the phone first thing in the morning!
Much of what I write never gets revisited, but I want to actually sit down and do it. There might be some wonderful pieces of unfinished business that I didn’t feel fit then, but would do well now. The battle against the phone is strong! I try to not look at my phone for the first hour of the day and when I do, I can feel the difference.
I also deleted the Substack app. and only log in on my computer now which helped make my time here feel more worthwhile.
I have learned that I can kill an annoying song stuck in my head by listening to Herb Alpert. But pretty much anything joyful, mirthfull or silly will do. Writing is much the same. One cannot create with the problems of world tugging on each elbow. Get up and dance. No one is watching. And if someone is, so what.
Revisiting my old writing has been hit or miss, except for the poetry, which I have been reposting and revamping with commentary 15+ years later.
"Sometimes, I pull out my notebook before I do anything else and put down whatever comes to mind as way of warming up for the day." Definitely better than scrolling through the phone first thing in the morning!
Much of what I write never gets revisited, but I want to actually sit down and do it. There might be some wonderful pieces of unfinished business that I didn’t feel fit then, but would do well now. The battle against the phone is strong! I try to not look at my phone for the first hour of the day and when I do, I can feel the difference.
I also deleted the Substack app. and only log in on my computer now which helped make my time here feel more worthwhile.
I have learned that I can kill an annoying song stuck in my head by listening to Herb Alpert. But pretty much anything joyful, mirthfull or silly will do. Writing is much the same. One cannot create with the problems of world tugging on each elbow. Get up and dance. No one is watching. And if someone is, so what.
This is something that took me longer to learn than I would have liked, but it feels good to be here now.
Oh, I am far from gettting it right. But I am working on it.