Creative Meanderings

There is a short period in the morning that determines how much I am going to get done during the day. During the work week, this window is less noticeable because I generally have the same schedule that gets me up, ready for work and at work at the same time. For the most part, I am predictably productive and know that I can get my tasks done.

However, the weekends are a different story….

I have less than a week now to complete my literature review and am determined to submit something even if it’s not stellar. I just need to get over the hurdle of not doing it at all – or avoiding the completion of it. This is the last major hurdle to me completing the dissertation and there’s really no excuse. My future is starting to become more dependent on it as my hopes of an easy transfer to a different department are starting to dissipate and not having the degree makes it that more difficult to convince those who need convincing that I should be the one who makes the move (more on that later).

So, I really have to make a better effort and push myself to be productive/focused no matter what time of day or schedule I end up on.

This moment is a perfect example – we thought we had plans to go to a brunch so I hadn’t expected to get much done anyway, but was going to focus in the morning. However, we decided not to go to the brunch early; therefore causing me to move more slowly in the morning. By the time I sat down at my computer, I just wasn’t in the mood. So, I surfed the internet and made some paleo cookies (since I’m back in my own cooking space again! :D).

Now that that is all done, and my house is fully of sleeping babies, I really should focus….

😀

More to come,

~T 😀

So, my plan to write more has kind of gone by the wayside the past five weeks or so. There are a number of reasons for it:

*adjusted my living situation a bit
*work changed to be busier (understatement!!! :P)
*went on an up, then a down and am somewhere in between now
*my head is jumbled
*my body is tired….

This is just a short list, but you can get the idea….

I need a bit of a regular creative writing outlet, though, especially as I start to do more academic writing. Since I have a creative outlet through pottery and regular yoga to keep me more zen-like than without it, I feel like I should be balanced enough, but lately something has been nagging me…. I want to find a way to make use of my real passion – writing. At the moment, I need to focus on finishing the PhD and doing my academic writing. Therefore, that means that I need to use this blog space more regularly to ensure that I get the creative writing outlet that will hopefully keep me balanced for now.

So, (hopefully) I will be back on here more regularly with my random ramblings! 😀

More to come,

~T