Letting Go of Pebbles to Embrace Creativity

What would happen if I dissolved my time soakers? The things that keep me busy, but don’t fill me with a personal sense of purpose?

Perhaps it is time to find out.

I Can’t vs I Can: A Lesson From Fridge Jam

The line between what you can’t do and what you can is cleverly disguised as the starting line. Take the first step, even if it is making up a recipe for fridge jam.

What’s On Your “Get Pumped” Playlist?

What gets you pumped? What do you listen to? I started thinking about my “go to” music playlist after reading an article on Seahawks.com. One of the newer members of the team, running back Freddy Jackson, offered up the five songs that get him pumped up for game time. Jackson, who will wear no. 22,……

Does Saying It Out Loud Make It a Fact?

In my mind, I have always thought that voicing something made it true. Words spoken would make it fact. Something that can’t be fixed, altered or taken back.

My father’s death was one of them. There have been many examples.

But does it make it true?

I Suffer From Creative Guilt: Why It’s Okay to Be Creative

“Why 4am?”

My early morning routine has been called into question several times, mostly by my confused night owl friends. They can’t understand the compulsion to wake up bright and early to write, read or just fill my creative tank.

I get up early because no one else is up. I get up because no one is sending me emails or hijacking my agenda for their own needs. I get up because my muse is early riser.

All true.

However, the real reason I get up early is because I suffer from creative guilt . . . a painful, soul-crushing disease that makes devalues how I choose to express myself.