I am trying to get back to work. I can’t go back to an office, because of my paranoia, my anxiety, and my lack of motivation in terms of social interactions, but I could, if I try hard enough, work from home. That is why I am taking the creative nonfiction (CNF) certificate program at UCLA.
I can do the certificate all online and I should finish the program with the basics I need for pitching magazines about stories and actually getting hired to write essays and articles.
Being a writer is the only dream I have ever had. When I had my first episode of psychosis in my twenties, I tucked that dream away, because I could no longer focus enough to read or write.
I am fifty now and I am coming to this field very late (I see twenty-somethings and thirty-year-olds publishing constantly), but hopefully I can continue to carve out a place for my voice.
I want to be a busy writer, and today, that wish has come true. I have an essay due for school tomorrow, a Psych Central blog that needs to be written, a blog post for this blog that needs to be written, and an artist’s bio/portrait page that needs to be submitted for two essays that were accepted into a book (that will come out in March).
For me, this is a lot of work to get done in one day, because I don’t have a very long attention span, and ideas take days to percolate in my brain. I am more of a day dreamer (searching for ideas) than I am a person who gets a lot of words on the page.
Here’s hoping today is a productive one, so that when our heads hit the pillows tonight, we know not a single moment was wasted.
Busy day. Get to work:)
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Thanks, friend 🙂
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Good luck to you have a productive day.
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Thank you! I hope you have a good day.
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Remember to take a break along the way and make sure at least one item is do
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Thanks!! 🙂
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To completion
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You are a great writer! Have fun!
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That is such a nice thing to say!!! Thank you so much. 🙂 Have a great day!!!
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That is a TON of work to get done in one day! Holy cow! I am so, so, so happy for you!!!!!
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I didn’t get it all done. I did my best though – it will have to be good enough.
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It sounds great! I think it would be hard for me to even write one thing per day. (I don’t say that because I have another job. I just don’t process that quickly.) Most of what I put on my blog is stuff I wrote years ago. I have to think so long and hard, and I am so slow at writing. Your productivity is absolutely astonishing–and what you do produce is consistently good.
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Thank you!!! 🙂
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Don’t forget to have “artist’s dates” — a concept from Julian Cameron’s book The Artist’s Way. If you haven’t read it, it’s great for inspiration, for freeing up creativity, celebrating the arts and divinity in each of us. Artist Dates can be simple, like going for a coffee or donut alone and watching people, or seeing a movie alone, driving home the long way, or taking a walk in the park. These things let your mind rest and unfurl. “Morning Pages” are another practice Cameron encourages. A lot of writers get many of their ideas from these pages written first thing in the morning, pre-coffee (yikes!). I need to read my copy again. I’ve been neglecting my creative side! Best of luck on being busy and following your dream.
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I have heard such positive things about that book. I haven’t read it myself, but it sounds like I should.
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very cool. You’ve got a lot going on. It’s that way with my music some weeks where I’ve got to get tracks finished for collaboration projects and challenges on the internet as well as working on solo material. I hope it all goes well.
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Thanks! I didn’t get it all finished, but I made an excellent attempt at it. I’m not thrilled with my progress, but I am satisfied, and that is good.
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I love Psych Central! Congrats 🙂
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Thank you!!! 🙂
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