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What A Crazy Week It’s Been

I feel like I’ve been at full throttle non-stop this week. Granted, most of my activities were recreational and therefore more fun than business but I still feel a bit winded by it all. And I still have stuff to do during the weekend?!

So quick recap, Monday through Wednesday I went to comedy shows non-stop. Thursday housework chores and errands took up my day. Today I had a job interview that I had to run to (and hopefully I nailed it). In between all of that I recorded a two hour plus podcast and spent most of my free time editing it (by the way it’s now up if you’re interested in listening to it, heh-heh). I also re-enrolled in the Long Ridge Writers Group. Currently, with a lot of free time on I have no excuse preventing me from completing the course this time around.

And of course I exercised and moderated my meals and those things alone can drain the energy from you when you’re not use to eating properly or moving around. Anyways, I’m thrilled. It may not sound like it from the previous two paragraphs but I love the hustle and bustle. I hate it when I have too much free time. I just have to get use to this amount of activity. But I couldn’t be smiling any wider right now.

Housework Confounds My Creative Process

I hate housework. I hate how it pervades my every waking day. Just interrupting me, irking me, getting under my skin and completely overwhelming my thought process. It’s hard for me to sit down and get on writing when I see dishes in the sink that need cleaning, piles of mess everywhere that need organizing, floors that need to be vacuumed and mopped, laundry that needs doing, etc.

It made me come to a conclusion. Artists need to be selfish to get their creative visions realized and I’m not sure I have that level of selfishness in me. I’ve been married for 13+ years. All I know is compromise and helping out. I don’t think I can deviate from that pattern of my life. Yet if I don’t I feel that my creative output will continue to be stifled. It seems like a catch 22. I wonder if there is a way to have some kind of balance between those two mindsets?

Obviously, I’m going to try to come up with a solution to this. I don’t have any other option. I love the life I have and I love the opportunity I currently have. I hope both these options can coexist harmoniously.