Recently I watched a really interesting TED talk about Procrastination that talked about the results driven Captain (steering my ship) and his not very helpful (and unwanted) offsider, the fun monkey.
The talk gave me a couple of lightbulb moments: 1. This is me... Although on reflection my fun monkey is more of a 10% fun, 90% other things that need doing (like weeding gardens and dusting skirting boards), but despite the best efforts of the Captain, sometimes the fun monkey steers my ship. 2. The difference between procrastinators that do get stuff done and those that don't is a deadline. And again, this is me... In all parts of my life, not just writing. I need more deadlines/timelines. 3. Listening to a TED talk during what could have been writing time - who was in charge there? Probably the fun monkey. Anyway, if you're not supposed to be writing, or working or whatever, and you'd got a free 15 minutes, here's the link to the talk: Tim Urban: Inside the mind of a master procrastinator Enjoy! I'm sure you've heard me say it before - I'm a Taphophile - a lover of cemeteries. But the term sounds a little...disturbing, so I went hunting for something a bit less creepy. Here's some I came across:
Lots of people ask why???? I love the history, the tributes and the way nature, no matter how hard you try, always wins out. Like the stone above. In 1914, this monument was standing, but over 100 years (and three more burials) later it has fallen and is now being reclaimed. Here's a few more of my photos from my writing group's visit to Balmoral Cemetery. I have lived in Brisbane my entire life and have never seen a koala in the wild, until we went walking last Sunday.
We know we're slow, but we're only now (23 months in) exploring all the local parks and wildlife corridors around our new house. We blame our teenage dog - our downtime went into training and spending time with her. So last Sunday, we took the dogs to the park in the morning and snuck out in the afternoon to explore Vickerman's Track, in a wildlife corridor about 2km from our house.. Apologies for the quality of the image - we didn't want to get too close and the light was fading. Isn't it gorgeous? I'm thrilled to announce that Follow Your Dreams has been accepted into the Romance Writers of Australia Sunstone Anthology. I know I've said it before - I love writing short.
Congratulations to the place-getters and all the other Little Gems for 2016. A special shout out to Fiona Marsden who had two entries accepted. Officially, there are more Fionas than any other christian name this year, so you can't be unhappy about that. Sunstone anthology will be available in digital and POD from August 2016 from the RWA shop.. Or should I say rejoined the gym.
Writing is a hugely sedentary job, and combined with the movement restrictions from some recent surgery. my fitness wasn't where I wanted it to be. I let my existing membership lapse while I was recovering and while I felt a bit apprehensive about trying somewhere new, it was time. So, my choices -Major shopping centre gym with disco ball and DJ (4km away), non-airconditioned sport club gym with pool - my old gym (5km away), Chain gym with a reputation of being cool (4km away) and closer to home a 24 hour unmanned gym (2km) and 24hour access, family owned squash court/gym with swim school (2km). I chose the family owned gym. For me, it's about feeling comfortable in the space as much as it is the equipment and the classes. The clincher: a class called "Lights out, Groove on". I can't wait! |
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