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Past lives, future plans, should vs. want

Recently on tumblr I can across this wonderful piece of fanart, “High Fashion Disney Princesses” by Shasiiko-anti (on deviantart): And being in a sentimental mood, it reminded me of all the fanart I did as young girl. It wasn’t called fanart back...

Pulling music out of the past

While my apartment is cramped by the remnants of my “inheritance” there is in fact very little left of the things my parents owned. I have bits and bobs — small percentages of what used to fill whole rooms. One of those collections is the vinyl...

Beating back resistance

For the past two months I have been beaten down in an epic battle with, in Steve Pressfield’s terms, Resistance. If you are familiar with his excellent books The War of Art or Do the Work then you know what I’m talking about: that unrelenting push-back...

Only going to hit what I aim at

This weekend I spent a lot of time sitting around staring at blank paper. It was a good thing, though. I’ve been writing a lot over the past nine months about goals, dreams, plans, and aspirations. I’ve talked about focusing on what I want while also...