Month: September 2013

Looking forward

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Today, I’m back to writing about challenging myself. It’s a recurrent topic for me, but one that I enjoy greatly. I am not going to talk about past challenges I’ve done, if you’ve read the blog for a while, you’ll be already bored with them! If you haven’t, have a look around and explore (I’ve been tagging them as challenge, so they shouldn’t be too difficult to find, hopefully!) So, what’s on the horizon for me? I like challenging myself both physically and psychologically, because, well, I guess that’s what gives me the kick to go on. I’m not crazy about challenges, or one of those daredevils that would do anything without thinking… No, I like to keep everything a bit more manageable. Hey, not having soft drinks for a week can also be a challenge! I have a few going on at the moment, so here they are, as well as why I’m doing them: Stop biting my cuticles. I’ve been sort of trying this for years. Truth is, it’s a bad habit that …

Creative writing

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This is sort of becoming a habit, linking between the two blogs back and forth, but well, that’s what happens when endless conversations lead to posts that lead to more endless conversations, I suppose. So I was talking to Sam and, again, we were talking about how to overcome writer’s block. Last time I told him to just write and he did so, but not as he intended at first – to write a post and publish it without revisions of content, or wondering too much about what readers might think about it. So yesterday was the day when he was going to just write it, and then he would just publish it too. I mentioned a creative writing exercise to him: restriction. The idea is simple, instead of writing about anything, which is an infinite and daunting pool of topics; restrict your creativity to write about something specific. Let chance choose the topic for you. Very common are the “30 days challenge” in photography and creative writing, in which each day you’re presented with …

Sick and knit

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This past week has been a bit rubbish, if I’m honest. I’ve been ill for pretty much all week, it all going downhill on Wednesday evening. I’ve gone through all stages of the meanest cold, from sore throat to headaches, runny nose, the whole lot. I spent Thursday and Friday either in bed or in front of the TV, looking at The Walking Dead (I say looking and not watching as I was too spaced out!) Yesterday I missed an exhibition I was looking forward to go to, and Sunday roast was cancelled today. So at least I didn’t miss that. Anyway, it’s been four days of feeling poorly, and I have to work tomorrow, and I still don’t feel well… So yeah, I would much rather stay at home again. However, it’s not all bad news! Today, since I felt a bit more motivated, I decided to make a bracelet I saw on Pinterest ages ago and that has been recently appearing again on my feed. I really liked the braided cable one in …

You don’t have to be great to start…

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The joke’s on me. For a few days now, I’ve been talking to my friend about the fact that the only way to get over a writer’s block is to write. Thanks to NaNoWriMo, I’ve realised that we are our own worst critics and that if we edit and proof read as we write, chances are we will stop half way through. How many unfinished posts I have hanging around on my dashboard. How many texts I have in notebooks, on my phone, on any scrap of paper. Ideas that I save for later but that I never revisit. His problem was (is?) that he’s to tough with himself. He wants to create a perfect post, so if it doesn’t reach his standards, he just deletes it. My answer was, has been, and will always be to just write. That’s pretty much the topic of his last post (hello there!) Well, the joke’s on me. I can’t write today. I’ve started this post many times already, and each with a different topic. See, I have …