And thank you for your encouragement and cheering from your OWN marathons!
I'm now starting to look at the finish line and figure out whether/how I am going to reach all the goals I'd set.
One of the things I've learned during this time is how important it is to change up activities-- keeping myself alert and interested as a first goal, and not merely a byproduct or nice extra.
Also experimenting with a poem that involves writing one line/day, mixing longer, manageable projects with more focused work.
Translation, too.
I'm also using this as a guideline when I write: Is this interesting to ME? Am I interested? Such a simple question, but so easy to lose sight of...
Yes, happy birthday and congrats on the run! I don't know how you do it! I'm trying for five hours this week; I've been really stuck--putting in time but feel like I'm not making forward progress but ruminating, etc. I know I'm scared of the two things I'm doing (one small, one big), so I'm trying to come out of that. Thank you for all of your insights!
Above all else, Nancy, happy birthday and congratulations on your boardwalk run.
I’ve been consistent in devoting mornings to writing this past month, but rewriting a blog ad infinitum has dominated my life over this past week. So my commitment to poetry is to return to it FIRST UPON WAKING no-NYTimes, cell-phone-checks, one-more-chore. Two mornings. Tuesday/Wednesday. Min. two hours each. To create a new poem due Wed eve for class I’m taking. Key word: exploration.
Happy birthday, Nancy!
And thank you for your encouragement and cheering from your OWN marathons!
I'm now starting to look at the finish line and figure out whether/how I am going to reach all the goals I'd set.
One of the things I've learned during this time is how important it is to change up activities-- keeping myself alert and interested as a first goal, and not merely a byproduct or nice extra.
Also experimenting with a poem that involves writing one line/day, mixing longer, manageable projects with more focused work.
Translation, too.
I'm also using this as a guideline when I write: Is this interesting to ME? Am I interested? Such a simple question, but so easy to lose sight of...
Yes, happy birthday and congrats on the run! I don't know how you do it! I'm trying for five hours this week; I've been really stuck--putting in time but feel like I'm not making forward progress but ruminating, etc. I know I'm scared of the two things I'm doing (one small, one big), so I'm trying to come out of that. Thank you for all of your insights!
Above all else, Nancy, happy birthday and congratulations on your boardwalk run.
I’ve been consistent in devoting mornings to writing this past month, but rewriting a blog ad infinitum has dominated my life over this past week. So my commitment to poetry is to return to it FIRST UPON WAKING no-NYTimes, cell-phone-checks, one-more-chore. Two mornings. Tuesday/Wednesday. Min. two hours each. To create a new poem due Wed eve for class I’m taking. Key word: exploration.