I feel like I need a brain dump. This could be another post about nothing. I have no thoughts going into it. So this is, “me” thinking aloud.
I’ve been writing a vast amount lately. There are a few projects in the hopper, which require a lot of writing. As of March, articles on how to reduce stress and anxiety will be posted at www.livingwell.ca. I am one of the newly selected experts for that site. Isn’t it funny how life comes around in a full circle sometimes? Just another reason why I strongly believe everything happens for a reason. The livingwell website is operated by Johnson & Johnson. I spent my millennium years working for them before transitioning into a professional life coach.
I am also writing a new book while still finishing the first book. I am excited about the second one because I believe this is the book everyone needs to read. It is about the fundamental needs we as humans have, what we need so that we can make a real life change, and how to sustain it. The first book is about me, and my theories about life. I talk about the various developmental stages we go through throughout life and what we are supposed to learn from each stage, and what happens when we don’t. I will keep you posted on my development.
I am also in seminar mode, which requires a bit of preparation. Similar to when I developed my life coaching treasure chest of tools, I must do the same for seminars - develop a repertoire of seminars so then in the future I just have to rehearse it. It’s a lot of work upfront, but well worth it in the end.
Right now, I am preparing for the Woman4Woman group next week. I am speaking at the Divorce Education Seminar on March 6th. I believe everyone could use encouragement and empowerment. This is why I want to give some to those women. I will be the first male speaker at this event. I better have some real good jokes to warm up my audience and I hope they will leave feeling great and with a new outlook on life.
Since this post turned into an event calendar I might as well add that I am speaking on March 11th at the Small Business Enterprise Center in Richmond Hill. The topic is: Search Engine Optimization - Unrelated to personal development but it is related to entrepreneur coaching. SEO is a little skill I developed when I first launched my website. Unfortunately this will be my last SEO seminar.
So in the end what is apparent to me is that I enjoy creative writing. But what I need is different topics to write about. I can’t always write about personal development. Even though its a natural topic I still require inspiration. So a little brain dump from time-to-time does me good and serves a purpose, even though this post turned into an event calendar.
Have an excellent day!
2 comments:
Wow. That is a lot. I wish I had your stamina. No wonder you need a brain dump. They're beautiful things: just make sure you don't throw out the baby with the bathwater. Today's trash often gives birth to tomorrow's muse. You never know what little mental scrap that seems insignificant today could grow into a brilliant idea in the future.
And isn't the writing process a beautiful thing? It's so simple yet so complex at the same time. From that special circle of Dante's Hell full of blank pages that stare back at you, teasing you with their unmarked whiteness; to the almost orgasmic euphoria of finding yourself in "the zone" where the story writes itself and you are nothing more than an over-glorified pen letting the words flow through you -the writing process itself can be an intensely emotional and passionate process.
And it's like an addiction. Once you've been seduced by 'the muse' there's no going back; there's no escape. You can cast the muse aside, run away, leave town; but you'll never truly be free. Eventually, of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world the muse will strut into yours, catch your eye from across the smokey room, buy you a drink --and no matter how hard you fight it, you find yourself seduced all over again; grunting, grasping, gasping, wrestling together in the act of creation for hours, days, weeks, however long it takes for the muse to be satisfied. And never knowing if you'll awaken the next day to an empty bed and a scribbled note saying "Don't call me; I'll call you"
Yup that's the writing process: a true case of the agony and the ecstasy coming together to torment and delight you. I completely empathize with what you're going through.
And if I may be so bold as to make a suggestion with regards to different topics to write about: I seriously think you should try your hand at writing for children -for a number of reasons that I won't get into right now. File the idea away for now because you are TOO busy at the moment, but don't toss it in the circular file.
That was fun. I hope it helps you. You're a great writer by the way.
I’m sure you do. My only job is life coaching. Fortunately it’s a passion so it doesn’t feel like work. Writing two books is easy for me because I live and breathe most of what I write about. Most people write in a journal, I write my ideas in a journal, too, but with the intention of publishing it. So what I am really trying to say is that I don’t have any distractions taking me away from everything I want to accomplish – its my life.
I keep everything I write including blogs that never get posted. I write poems that rarely make it here. Its like you said, “today’s trash is tomorrow’s muse.” Thanks for the advice!
You just put words around my, sometimes overwhelming, need to express my thoughts. So is that what it is, I am being seduced by the muse? No wonder I keep wanting more. I fall desperate when I stay away for too long – just like an addition. You are so right, that’s exactly what happens.
I never considered writing a children’s book. Maybe it is something to consider. Things that make you go hmmmmmmm.
Thank you for your kind compliment, especially coming from an editor. I am proud with the improvement in my writing skills, but it still is work in progress, and if I continue to respond to your comments I’m sure it will improve even more.
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