The next of my goals was to lead a happier, healthier and more productive life, and the goal was to write creatively for at least one hour per week. The hour is intended to be a minimum amount, and as time goes on, I want to increase this minimum amount.
Writing has always been something I enjoy doing, and it is something I'm pretty good at. I think I have a certain amount of talent. I don't expect to ever have my writing be published or anything like that, but I think it is good for me to do, anyway. I sort of lose myself in the story, and it makes me happy to do it. I feel as though I'm meant to write. I feel an affinity with words and I am most myself when I am creating stories and characters.
I think it also makes me emotionally healthier. I think I can work out some of my problems or issues or whatever with the characters. One of my creative writing instructors said that once, that writers are some of the healthiest people because they can kill off their enemies as often as they want without ever committing a crime!
Prior to my divorce from Pete, I was writing often and somewhat effortlessly. Then the day came when he told me he wanted a divorce and we were getting one whether I wanted it or not. I put away the laptop and didn't touch it again for a long time. I certainly wasn't in a good place to do this while I was with Dale, I was way too preoccupied with survival. But now, I think it will be a good time to work on this again.
I've been working on this goal again for a few months now, since around Christmas. So far, I've been doing ok with this goal. I have everything from my old laptop on Google docs now, and I've added some new material. I've read it all again, and there are some parts of it that I still think are really good. Last week, I didn't work on it at all, this week I've had some trouble getting into writing again. But for the most part, I think I'm on track.
I wrote a poem for the anniversary of 9/11. I actually shared it with a few people, and shared it on FB. Everyone seemed to like it. I don't know about the book, though. I'm not sure I would ever be brave enough to share that. But maybe. But it doesn't really matter if I do or don't, what matters is that I am doing something creative, and that makes me use my talent and my imagination.
Writing has always been something I enjoy doing, and it is something I'm pretty good at. I think I have a certain amount of talent. I don't expect to ever have my writing be published or anything like that, but I think it is good for me to do, anyway. I sort of lose myself in the story, and it makes me happy to do it. I feel as though I'm meant to write. I feel an affinity with words and I am most myself when I am creating stories and characters.
I think it also makes me emotionally healthier. I think I can work out some of my problems or issues or whatever with the characters. One of my creative writing instructors said that once, that writers are some of the healthiest people because they can kill off their enemies as often as they want without ever committing a crime!
Prior to my divorce from Pete, I was writing often and somewhat effortlessly. Then the day came when he told me he wanted a divorce and we were getting one whether I wanted it or not. I put away the laptop and didn't touch it again for a long time. I certainly wasn't in a good place to do this while I was with Dale, I was way too preoccupied with survival. But now, I think it will be a good time to work on this again.
I've been working on this goal again for a few months now, since around Christmas. So far, I've been doing ok with this goal. I have everything from my old laptop on Google docs now, and I've added some new material. I've read it all again, and there are some parts of it that I still think are really good. Last week, I didn't work on it at all, this week I've had some trouble getting into writing again. But for the most part, I think I'm on track.
I wrote a poem for the anniversary of 9/11. I actually shared it with a few people, and shared it on FB. Everyone seemed to like it. I don't know about the book, though. I'm not sure I would ever be brave enough to share that. But maybe. But it doesn't really matter if I do or don't, what matters is that I am doing something creative, and that makes me use my talent and my imagination.
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