30 days of something – checking in
it's the last week of 30 days of (something)! my, how this month has flown by.
i am so very glad i started this writing practice. i find it immensely helpful to type the gunk out of my head in the morning. it seems to leave my mind more clear as i start the day. additionally, writing every morning means that i am more likely to jot down bits of my dreams, which i like to analyze every so often. (i'd do it more often if it weren't so time-consuming.)
a funny side story .. apparently part of me is rather excited about the idea of signing up for nanowrimo because i had at least five ideas for novels last week. one of the ideas was a gift from a dream. in my dream, i was reading a story, and i skipped to the end because i had to find out what happened. (i do this in real life all the time, both for books and movies. it made me laugh when i did it in my dream too.) after i read the ending, i said, "hey! i should write this story down for nanowrimo!" and then i woke up.
i am still going in and out of flow, and i am becoming more and more convinced that it truly is my word for 2012. it reminds me of how i found this year's word. i focused on trust for a week, and then for a month. sometime during that month, i realized that what it really needed was an entire year.
if you are joining in and want to check in on this post, i would love love love to hear from you. regardless, know that i am happy that we're all in this together, and am cheering you on.
I have so much enjoyed your weekly catch-up posts, Elizabeth, and hearing about your experience for the month. Writing is so cathartic, isn’t it?! I find it great for purging all sorts, as well as getting closer in touch with what’s really going on in my head and heart. Somehow getting it down on paper (yes, still wasting trees and ink, sorry to say–still have weakness for paper journals and pens!) brings things up more clearly. Trust has been my word for a few months now, it just sorted of happened. Flow for 2012…sounds very good. And your writing plans sound very exciting–go for it! ;o) Happy Week, my friend ((HUGS))
sorry to say i lost the thread weeks ago. oddly enough i kept a journal all thru my husband’s illness and death years ago and it helped me greatly. it’s not only good for normal times but a good tool for grief as well. i agree with tracy.. paper and ink for me always. it just feels right.
if there were ever a word i’m going to steal from you for 2012… it’s flow!
i have fought everything it seems this year…
chrissey’s illness, the tornado hail storm, the slow insurance people…the triple digit heat that lasted 4 months of the long summer.
it’s time to learn to flow with life (and death) and simply BE. i read it, i meditate on it but do i do it? no. mostly i try to control.
silly me. life is so much better when it flows.
thank you as always e!
love,
tammy j
My 30 days of Shiva Nata have sort of gone *splat*. I don’t think I’ve done any over the last week-plus. Maybe one day. My internal conversations are taking on a more negative tone about it, too. I’m working on looking for the compassion.
I still really appreciate the space that you’ve set with offering to have us join you in this, and providing a weekly check-in option. Even though I haven’t done this quite the way I set out to, I feel supported knowing that this space has been here. Thank you, elizabeth!