As I type this I am wondering why I am doing that Creative
Path course thing. I have no idea what has possessed me in starting this. At
least it is getting me out of the house and meeting people. I think “block” is
an understatement for my “daily pages”
But then according to the book there is no right way/wrong
way of doing these things.
But I am trying to make an effort to do the exercises and
all that.
Anyway- I
digress. I am almost a month into my new lifestyle. For a number of reasons my
plans have gone to pot. Think the main ones are the inclement weather tinged
with a bit of procrastination and lethargy. I was really hoping I could kick
start my love of reading again-but that is proving to be pretty difficult for
some reason. Thankfully I am NOT sitting staring at a computer screen-although I
must admit another of my plans is to learn to use Lightroom and Elements
better.
Have not
bothered seeing about the voluntary work yet, because I was told that I need to
get used to my new routine first-I still feel I am annual leave. In fact this
afternoon it felt like Sunday (today is Monday). I actually did think I had to
go to work tomorrow-although this thought only lasted for a few seconds.
Think I
said before the one thing I miss about work is the company and the craic. But
when I was doing one of my many lists, the things I am glad to miss actually
outnumber the things I am sorry to miss. No doubt when I do look for the
voluntary thing-the team thing is most important to me.
Did I
mention about the fortune teller I went to when I was in Camden Town?
I’ll just say the “usual” –now I don’t believe this sort of stuff. But she did
say the usual stuff. Stuff that was rubbish and stuff that “you want to hear”
It was a palm reading. Before she started she said she needed to know my name
and age. She asked me my name at least 3 times. When she asked me what I did
for a living I told I got out of work on an early retirement deal-she asked me
why did I take it? She then told me that I had a pretty serious illness when I
was 50. HUH? I never had a day off work sick in over 20 years. THEN she said
that something I have a passion for will make me lots of money. Now I have a
passion for helping people-how will THAT make me money. Unless she was
referring to the photography-but I very much doubt that. She asked me if I was
married, or was I ever married (and I thought the whole palm thing would have
told her that), when I said no-she said that a woman from my past, that I have not
seen in a long time was going to come back into my life and there will be a
long, happy and passionate relationship-she gave me the impression it was
somebody I used to work with. Must admit I have that narrowed down to about
two-but one of them I would hide if I saw her coming towards me.
In the
Creative Path course we have to do “daily pages,” in which we start the day by
writing three A4 pages of –basically anything. There is no right or wrong way
to do it AND we are not to re-read what we write, just file it away. I was
thinking, well at least it will help me improve my writing-and does it? No
chance. I have noticed that as I get near the end of the last page my writing
speeds up.
The
ramblers are off to the Mournes this weekend-hope the weather improves and the
food in foodplace is good-and there is some music in the pub. Gonna get a map
so I can do a decent write up this time.Just heard weather forecast-not a good one-ah well-early night in pub now maybe?
And STILL to lazy to spellcheck this
it sounds to me like you're getting pretty good at this retirement thing
ReplyDeleteI think you'll be glad you did the Creative Pathways course once you're finished with it. The point of those daily exercises isn't really to improve your writing day over day but to get your creative juices flowing. We are often so concerned about technique or right/wrong that we hold ourselves back. When you let it all out w/o fear of judgment, your true creative energy can emerge.
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