Hitting the pause button at the beginning of October may have been the best decision I’ve made since starting Chapter 3. At the time, a string of destructive hurricanes followed by the horrific Las Vegas massacre had dimmed my creativity. Feeling pretty down from it all, I not only stopped blogging, I minimized the amount time I spent watching the news and keeping up with the outside world. I greatly reduced my involvement on social media. I walked more; I read more. We still had visitors and plenty of social interaction so I didn’t withdraw completely. But I certainly took a big step back.
There was one thing I did abandon entirely – planning. I literally had no goals for October. Or if I did, I never opened my planner to look at them. I simply woke up each morning and did what needed to be done. Well, to be completely honest, on most days I did only what I felt like doing of what needed to be done. Not once this past month did I make a to-do list. It was as close to living in the moment as I ever remember. Continue reading “Two Strangers Just Rescued Me from Months of Wasted Effort”