Hmmm, something sticky has occurred.
Something slimy and oozy and oh so gummy must be stuck in the gears.
Between the thirty-day writing challenge and the work of creating yoga and meditation content, I found myself unable to produce anything of note. Not working on my mail newsletter, being inspired by REELs on my feed, or squeezing one poem or short story through the goo.
I could blame it on the desire to monetize some of my work, though I know it will eventually be part of how I build my dreams.
I could blame it on the travel schedule and demands of being a nomad, but who am I kidding? With some proper time management, I have more free time than god herself.
No its something stickier.
Something trickier.
Something squishing through the gaps of all the self-confidence I have worked so hard to embody.
It is something far more relatable, tangible, and powerful than any fleeting self-doubt or desire to rage against the machine and suffer for my art.
What sticks and clings and forces itself to be known is that all too real worry that all this effort, all this passion, all this creativity is for nothing. That no one will care, and the world will keep turning.
That my too muchness will marry my not enough-ness and leave me vulnerable and right back “where I started.”
But fear not.
Just as you are reading this quick writing of the day, so have I begun to clear the goop once again. After years of trial and error and the knowing of the all-too-familiar feelings, I have concocted my “work-without-fail” goo remover.
The recipe for me:
3 days in a row of To Be Magnetic meditations (minimum)
Letting myself rest - either with extra sleep or less activity in the day
More time in nature.
Touching trees, swimming, hiking, laying in the grass are all options here.
Tell someone or multiple someones about the sticky feeling
A nasty journal entry followed by a beautiful one
“Just sit down and start” after all of the above, works magic
A mix of all or some of these is sure to at least give those gears a little more room to turn, and before you know it, you look up, and you’ve got a fully written newsletter, three REELS scheduled, and a Substack post ready to send and all the silly little goblins in the back of your mind have been quieted once again.
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