I love creating things. I wish I could do it all day long. I made my first puppet video yesterday. I think it’s kinda funny. I get to justify making stuff like this because it’s also marketing, which is an effort to get book sales rolling enough that I can do whatever I want whenever I want, which means many more entertaining, inspiring creative endeavors.
This is one of the topics I discussed with my friend Melanee today. I love excellence. I crave it. I seek to create it in my own life (shut up! I already know I have a long way to go!) and am starving to find more of it all around me. Continue Reading »
That’s how today began. “It’s impossible. I can’t do it.” I don’t know how this works, but I simultaneously meant it completely and yet I knew it was just a trick. A tool. A way to remove all the pressure of my self expectations and lighten my load so I would suddenly find myself doing all the things I have to do with so much less effort.
Then I went to work. I kept on getting things done like I’ve been doing forever, hoping that something great will work out this time instead of just more disappointment and endless struggle. Getting things done is good.
And then I called my friend Melanee. One of my very favorite people in the whole world. She’s like me in many ways, and it’s rare to feel as understood and appreciated as she makes me feel, and the feeling is mutual. She started reading my vampire book recently and left a message last weekend about how much she was enjoying it. I wanted to hear more and just see how she was doing and catch up. Continue Reading »