It has been a very long time since I posted. The last few months, I have many setbacks and other issues. And being a “party of one” I was strectched to almost have a full force meltdown. I had plans and I had goals.
I fell short but with a solid landing on my face. Metaphorically.
Plus, I hate this time of year when everyone seems to be publishing there Year in Review Top 10 picks. They just remind me of how much I seem to be behind and off course.
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress”
– Frederick Douglass
I know everyone starts a new year off with a bunch of resolutions. There is a lot of energy for them. But it is very easy to slip on a clean slate because there is no real traction to start. So I am taking a slower and steadier pace for myself this year when it comes to make such personal proclamations for myself. It is more of a process of getting back in touch and in tume with my Creative Nature.
So I am researching my own experiences and trying to see what is out there that can help me.
This are a few things I have found. So far. But I have to be cautious of how far I go into the rabbit hole that I created here.
The Accidental Creative podcast episode that has Four Questions to start with. (And there is a downloadable worksheet available)
Tim Ferriss recommends you do a personal review of yourself instead of resolutions
Gretchin Rubin has Six Questions to Ask and 13 Tips for Keeping Resolutions
So I am working myself through all of these and more. And I have to keep an ongoing reminder to myself on the Value of Process. And this is on my wall at home.
And with all of these a very important point to keep for myself also.
And I also have a daily habit of rereading a passage from an Austin Kleon book or a Ryan Holiday book.
Plus, as I was assembling my thoughts for this post on my notepad I remembered this story of the late Gene Roddenberry
Skin and Bruises 