Momentum

May is certainly flying by, and it's been an interesting one. Weather-wise it's been alternately hot and cold, rainy, sunny, stormy. As we round the corner into June, the heat is on in more ways that one. I feel like I'm on a racehorse coming down the home stretch and I'm banking on momentum to carry me across the finish line. Like any good jockey, I'm keeping one eye on the prize and the other on my surroundings. Of course, I'm not in competition with anyone, but sometimes I feel like I'm competing against myself and often against Time. You know that feeling, I'm sure!

Lately I've been on a wildly creative streak which has sparked the forward motion. In my last post, I mentioned that I would take any action necessary to achieve my goals. One of the action plans I made was to make better use of spare time. This is not the easiest plan to stick to, but I've been working at it with satisfying results. For instance, I have an hour for lunch. As I usually brown-bag my lunch, I go outside to sit and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine. It's very relaxing and keeps me from feeling 'shut in.' With so much extra time after I munch out, I decided to start working on my book during this time. So, after a leisurely meal, I take out pen and paper and write a few paragraphs for the book. Not to say this is easy...so many times I'm sitting there with pen in hand, waiting for the words to come. That old blank sheet of paper just stares back at me, unblinking, and totally unhelpful. But the point is that I make the attempt and succeed more often than fail at getting something written. This gives me a big boost of confidence, and a sense of having accomplished something. It keeps the momentum going, keeps moving me forward.

This feeling of movement, of being caught up in the current and going with the flow, spills over into other areas of my life. With this creativity streak going, I've started working on my living space to make it more conducive to both relaxing and creating, signed up to take lessons from a local artist whose gallery I've been visiting, and bought some wood to build a much needed coffee table for inside, and a table for the back porch. When you get this kind of momentum going, it's easy to take on too much, and the creativity feeds upon itself. The more you create, the more ideas you have for other projects. Like a rain-swollen river, the creative momentum just keeps pushing you along. And like the racehorse, the exhilaration of running ahead of the pack, heading down that home stretch, keeps you focused on your goals.

Summer is a great time to turn up creativity and start a new project (or tackle and old one). It's time to get out and about. It's time to....

Catch the Momentum! Get Creative!
StellaD