This spoke to me SO much! I've let my blog slide because of a million reasons and I'm planning this month to return to it, but the fear dogs me. "I'm back!" I could write, but I feel the pressure to keep producing and I stutter to a stop, spent and exhausted by my own expectations. I don't want to be a machine producing for the masses, but I also want to stop being afraid of having something, or nothing, to say. Also, that you quoted from Big Magic....I JUST talked to my husband about that very idea from the book tonight because an idea I've nurtured for years is suddenly bubbling on the stove top, demanding my attention. Amazing that we're on the same wavelength there. Big Magic indeed!
Thank you so much for reading, and for the thoughts here! Your comment resonates so much with me - Fear seems to be a visitor determined to move in with me permanently, and it can be so tough to stay flexible and get into a flow when it looms large over your shoulder. And I LOVE the synchronicity around Big Magic - that book is a gift. Your metaphor about an idea bubbling on the stovetop reminds me of how LMA said she would simmer stories as she cooked. What a lovely idea!
This spoke to me SO much! I've let my blog slide because of a million reasons and I'm planning this month to return to it, but the fear dogs me. "I'm back!" I could write, but I feel the pressure to keep producing and I stutter to a stop, spent and exhausted by my own expectations. I don't want to be a machine producing for the masses, but I also want to stop being afraid of having something, or nothing, to say. Also, that you quoted from Big Magic....I JUST talked to my husband about that very idea from the book tonight because an idea I've nurtured for years is suddenly bubbling on the stove top, demanding my attention. Amazing that we're on the same wavelength there. Big Magic indeed!
Thank you so much for reading, and for the thoughts here! Your comment resonates so much with me - Fear seems to be a visitor determined to move in with me permanently, and it can be so tough to stay flexible and get into a flow when it looms large over your shoulder. And I LOVE the synchronicity around Big Magic - that book is a gift. Your metaphor about an idea bubbling on the stovetop reminds me of how LMA said she would simmer stories as she cooked. What a lovely idea!