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Isn't the above cartoon funny? I find it so true too. At least that's how I feel. Somedays I wonder where my creativity goes and when it's coming back. It really annoys me. However, I think that probably no one else really cares about it except for me.
I just can't seem to find time to sit and write these days (or read much either). I hate that. I really need to add it to my to-do list -- Make time to read and write for thirty minutes, or even just fifteen minutes each day. It would be so good for my creative soul.
I've been keeping up with my alphabet-letter challenge for September but I don't want every single post to be just about that. I'll probably do some weekly recaps on what Viv and I do instead.
Since my head is all over the place at the moment, this blog post might as well show where my wondering thoughts are too. Here is my wandering mind on this Wednesday and the questions that arise in my head:
- Why is it so much easier to say "No" than it is to say "Yes"? I'm so tired of my two year old (almost three year old) saying "No" over every little thing I say or ask her to do. I'm trying my hardest not to use the word "no" anymore. And guess what? It's really hard! I'm working my brain to stop, pause and say something like "Let's do ___ instead of what you're doing." Or I just try to distract her with another activity, thought or item. It's so much easier to talk about it then it is to practice it! Why can't I be like Jim Carrey in that Yes Man film?
Why can't the people in my household use the word "Yes" instead of "No" so often?
Leave me alone - stop calling out my name!
Why does our baby monitor (Yes, we still use it and my daughter is almost three. Sad but true.) remain on and quiet all day long; then at night when we actaully need to use it-- when Kirk and I are going to sleep, it suddenly becomes a full-on country music radio station (my least favorite type of music, by the way) and have voices that resemble the actors and scenes from the Smokey and The Bandit film? I do not need Burt Reynolds trying to talk to me while I'm hoping to achieve beauty rest.
Why do I let a few pimples bother me so much? I'm not in junior high anymore. Yet a few red dots around my forehead or chin and I become this awkward teenager again. Why should it get to me?
Why do I love having so many books around me when I don't always make the time to read them all? The same thing goes for movies. When will I watch them? Or am I just a collector?
How come knowing the history of a person, an artwork or any object makes it more special to me? The other night I watched the behind the scenes footage of the film Alvin and the Chipmunks. It told the incredible story of how the creator came up with the idea for the chipmunks and about how his career took off. After watching this, I had such an appreciation for those furry creatures and their mastermind.
I loved learning how Alvin is based on a real chipmunk that creator Ross Bagdasarian saw on the road while driving!
Why do I think of ways to help others but rarely put them into my own life to help myself? This goes from the small things to the larger aspects in life.
When will I get to travel someplace fun again? I'm wishing that I could plan an adventurous trip right now, somewhere further than an hour from my house.
Why do people spend a lot of money on lingerie and nighties? It comes off so quickly anyway. I suppose it may make some folks feel sexy. But, isn't naked better and more to the point?
Why can I sit there and eat an entire bowl of peanuts or chips with dip in one sitting? Why can't I be that way with carrots or broccoli?
Why does that librarian in the children's section of our local institution look so incredibly scary? She looks like she cannot stand children and even does these strange voices that seem to say, "fear me" not "like me."
Why won't my dog stop eating his own poop? And why must my cat puke on the carpet every single time - why not the tile floors that are easier to clean?
Why do I always have so many questions in my head? When am I going to realize that the questions are what matters, not the answers?
What is your mind wondering about today? I hope you're having a good week!
3 comments:
You're hilarious, although I'm not quite sure you wanted to hear that. As for Viv and the word, "no", it will pass. It will. When she finally realizes that other choices are just as good than "no" then she'll move on.
Now, I was thinking about you and your writing and how I could push you to take time out to write. I think I need to hold you accountable. You should email me so we can decide when you should "turn in" your writing assignment, aka "the manuscript" or at least ideas for you and I to talk about and go over. I can also do the same thing. I know that you are limited on time so writing at least 30 minutes or less even every other day would be a good start, right?
When you find the answer out about the dips and chips, please let me know. I can eat potato chips and dip until it's coming out of my ears.
I think it is a good idea to set time aside each day to read and write. The more you do something, the better you become at it. At first it will feel like you have nothing to write, but after a week or so of doing it, the words will just come. That's how it is with me anyway. And of course, you will see improvement in your writing.
I am finding it incredibly hard to say "no" these days, even though I know I have to do it. I am saying yes too much and I am spreading myself way too thin....I am working on saying no. Though saying yes is good, right now "no" is the answer for me.
I too think lingerie is silly, but Leland really likes it. I have two sexy things that I wear maybe once a month each. They come off so quickly it really isn't worth the money. It's not like they are comfortable to lounge around in!
I can't answer most of these but I can tell you this - broccoli and carrots will NEVER taste as good as chips and dip. That's why.
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