My life wizard described a world without external distractions where I could float freely as if in a bubble. I pictured the kind you blow from a tiny plastic wand. Sparkling spheres float toward the sky, then—POP—leave wet rings on the sidewalk.
I often think “wouldn’t it be nice to not have to think about stocking the fridge, paying bills, doing the laundry, (insert anything and everything else) so I could just focus.”
I just need to be in the bubble. Unapologetically.
I could choose to be in the bubble during the day and other tasks can fall outside of the time I clock out. Because perhaps it’s easier for me to do a load of laundry than start on the scary new project. 😨
Love it, love it, love it - the window into your creative moving the (memoir) ball forward! Hugs from another grad school cohort who right now is simply stuck.... For now, for me...so be it, I'm thinking. Good on ya!!
This is a huge struggle for me. I have two kids 100% of the time, solo. And they’re homeschooled, so I really do mean we’re together all day every day. They’ll go to camp for three weeks. I will write with focus then.
I love our house but my home office is in an open loft overlooking the living room, and I have to send them into a room with a door that closes when I really need privacy.
Next home office will have a door that closes.
I have also found I can plunk down by the fire and work for prolonged periods!
"When I started working later than planned or less than hoped or when the ideas were wrapping themselves into knots, I watched my usual negative self-talk and judgment bounce off the unpoppable shiny shell of my bubble." I really loved this. Such a good articulation of my favorite phenomenon that I regularly chase...
This is gold!
I often think “wouldn’t it be nice to not have to think about stocking the fridge, paying bills, doing the laundry, (insert anything and everything else) so I could just focus.”
I just need to be in the bubble. Unapologetically.
I could choose to be in the bubble during the day and other tasks can fall outside of the time I clock out. Because perhaps it’s easier for me to do a load of laundry than start on the scary new project. 😨
Love it, love it, love it - the window into your creative moving the (memoir) ball forward! Hugs from another grad school cohort who right now is simply stuck.... For now, for me...so be it, I'm thinking. Good on ya!!
This is a huge struggle for me. I have two kids 100% of the time, solo. And they’re homeschooled, so I really do mean we’re together all day every day. They’ll go to camp for three weeks. I will write with focus then.
I love our house but my home office is in an open loft overlooking the living room, and I have to send them into a room with a door that closes when I really need privacy.
Next home office will have a door that closes.
I have also found I can plunk down by the fire and work for prolonged periods!
This is awesome. Thanks so much for including my little blurb. Seems like you’re reorienting your whole life into one big retreat. Sounds delightful.
"When I started working later than planned or less than hoped or when the ideas were wrapping themselves into knots, I watched my usual negative self-talk and judgment bounce off the unpoppable shiny shell of my bubble." I really loved this. Such a good articulation of my favorite phenomenon that I regularly chase...
Short and precise