"With low expectations, we can allow ourselves to have fun.
When we have fun, we let down our walls.
When we let down our walls, our creativity is free to flow.
When our creativity is free, we make our best work."
So so true. Yet so often we start off with the high expectations in an attempt to make our best work. (And have very little fun. Womp womp.) I am definitely needing this particular reminder as I begin some new routines around movement and nutrition (as you and Kalyn and I were chatting about today). But the reminder to have low expectations for perfection and seize opportunities to have fun is such a good one for me....and gives me hope for the fruit that will come!
Thrilled for you and this mega-milestone you have reached with finishing your first draft in 4 months. Thank you for sharing with us! Celebrating with you, my friend. And will continue to hold you and J close to my heart as you miss your sweet Dagny. XO
That's really exciting. Congrats on finishing your draft! And I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on Amy Sherman Palladino. I do really enjoy Gilmore Girls and Mrs. Maisel, but as I've grown up I've found that some of her jokes in Gilmore Girls really did not age well. Lol.
Thanks, Marian! I'm excited to talk all things ASP. 😊 Great point about the jokes -- I agree. 🥴 It's something that my sister talk about on our podcast a lot (about older films/works of art), and to that we say, let's keep doing better!
Yay congrats on finishing the draft! Great job. I'm on my second draft now and it's such a journey. Condolences also on the loss of your cat, I know what that feels like. I'm sure she had a beautiful life with you.
Thank you, Sascha! A journey is right. 😂 I'd love to hear about your drafting and editing practices. I wrote another (unpublished) story a few years ago and did my second draft right on the computer. This time I'm experimenting with printing/marking up the document before I start on the next draft.
I appreciate your kind words about our cat! She is missed, but we've taken a lot of comfort in knowing she lived a good long life.
well I started drafting during the pandemic! Then I read somewhere that you should "step away from your draft" for a while, which I did, and when I got back to it I was shocked by how bad it was :D so probably a good idea to step away, yes. I tweaked here and there, had a few people read it, and then dropped it again as I wasn't too sure how to improve it. But now I've picked it back up again with a fresh mind and much more motivation. I forgot how much fun it is.
This math equation is one that bears repeating:
"With low expectations, we can allow ourselves to have fun.
When we have fun, we let down our walls.
When we let down our walls, our creativity is free to flow.
When our creativity is free, we make our best work."
So so true. Yet so often we start off with the high expectations in an attempt to make our best work. (And have very little fun. Womp womp.) I am definitely needing this particular reminder as I begin some new routines around movement and nutrition (as you and Kalyn and I were chatting about today). But the reminder to have low expectations for perfection and seize opportunities to have fun is such a good one for me....and gives me hope for the fruit that will come!
Thrilled for you and this mega-milestone you have reached with finishing your first draft in 4 months. Thank you for sharing with us! Celebrating with you, my friend. And will continue to hold you and J close to my heart as you miss your sweet Dagny. XO
Thank you for those encouraging words! That’s a math equation I can get behind. 😂
Can’t wait to catch up again soon and hear about how your new routines are enriching your life, your family and your creativity.
And thanks for keeping us in your thoughts as we get used to life without our sweet Dagny. 🫶
That's really exciting. Congrats on finishing your draft! And I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on Amy Sherman Palladino. I do really enjoy Gilmore Girls and Mrs. Maisel, but as I've grown up I've found that some of her jokes in Gilmore Girls really did not age well. Lol.
Thanks, Marian! I'm excited to talk all things ASP. 😊 Great point about the jokes -- I agree. 🥴 It's something that my sister talk about on our podcast a lot (about older films/works of art), and to that we say, let's keep doing better!
Yay congrats on finishing the draft! Great job. I'm on my second draft now and it's such a journey. Condolences also on the loss of your cat, I know what that feels like. I'm sure she had a beautiful life with you.
Thank you, Sascha! A journey is right. 😂 I'd love to hear about your drafting and editing practices. I wrote another (unpublished) story a few years ago and did my second draft right on the computer. This time I'm experimenting with printing/marking up the document before I start on the next draft.
I appreciate your kind words about our cat! She is missed, but we've taken a lot of comfort in knowing she lived a good long life.
well I started drafting during the pandemic! Then I read somewhere that you should "step away from your draft" for a while, which I did, and when I got back to it I was shocked by how bad it was :D so probably a good idea to step away, yes. I tweaked here and there, had a few people read it, and then dropped it again as I wasn't too sure how to improve it. But now I've picked it back up again with a fresh mind and much more motivation. I forgot how much fun it is.
It is so much fun! I've heard that as well, that stepping away can be helpful and healthy. We'll see how this goes. I may need to do the same.