So, what are we all thinking about this new year so far? Does it feel like it might fit, or are you wondering where the exchange line starts already? Just curious.
Honestly, around here things feel pretty much the same as they did in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving of 2021. My house is pulled apart and I'm trying to convince myself to give it a good cleaning before adding things back to the shelves. I walk into my kitchen and wonder where all the dirty dishes came from. The laundry needs put away. My back hurts. We're still keeping a close eye on our cat after three major procedures and multiple minor medical interventions/medications done to keep his insides on the inside when he visits the litter box. To say that I'm not standing on productive creative ground at the moment is an understatement. I really need a clone that enjoys cleaning and doesn't have a body that makes strange noises when she stands up. That would free me up to focus on my works in progress. I think that January should actually be known as Holiday Retrograde. We revisit the same tasks and thoughts we had leading up to to the multiple holiday festivities on offer between November and December, only we do so in reverse. Eventually this leads us to the starting point of where we left off with everything before the whirlwind of celebratory preparations took over our lives. If my back holds up, I should be back to where I left off in the next day or two. Yes, this might be lunatic optimism on my part but I'm running with it - or at least lurching forward as briskly as someone whose lower back feels like a sketchy Jenga tower can lurch. All the creative things in my head are circling the runway hoping they'll be given permission to land before they run out of gas. I figure the strongest will survive this lull in the creative action. The weaker ones will crash and burn, eventually get recycled and most likely be better for the experience. Creativity has a lot of that type of carnage built into its workings. The trick is to learn to enjoy dancing around of the fire.
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