Da Count - Money

That’s right today is pay day. Money is good. It means I am still able to pay for the heating when it’s cold, the air conditioning when hot, food, daycare, the mortgage....

Oh screw the bills! Going to go party, it’s my birthday. Whew! Almost had my priorities messed up there.

Da Count - Life's little rituals

Without any conscious thought, I have set up these little rituals that get me through a day or a week. Like getting through a day to see my favorite show that night.
Today is, as is every Friday, a Starbucks morning, where my family always starts our commute by going through the Starbucks drive thru for our mochas and a hot chocolate for my daughter. It's a treat we start looking forward to on Thursday nights.
Now I'm not one for furnishing ruts or anything. I quite like flying by the seat of my pants, thank-you. But I think having something to look forward to, no matter how small, can help you face an otherwise very deary, business as usual, day. Or at the very least help you drag your butt through it.

Da Count - Those little bits of fire

I love those ah ha moments I get, usually right about the time I’ve had it or I’ve lost that lovin’ feeling for my endeavor. This time around my best head clearing or unblocking methods have not been doing the trick.
I kept finding myself crawling into bed usually only a few hours before it would be time to get up and once again get my daughter ready for daycare and head off to work to do it all over again.
The whole time I’m thinking, “Am I insane or just stupid to think that I could do this? I don’t know what the hell I’m doing.”
Thank god I don’t listen to myself and just do things anyway.
So struggling with the big picture but not giving up, I took a webinar this week. And bam! Boy do I love second winds.
It is always good to find out that a) I’m putting the right puzzle together and b) to find the missing pieces that will get it finished.
So this week I’m “counting” those epiphanies, those little bits of fire that get it all going again. I’m behind the wheel again just following the road signs and zipping through the traffic.
I also have to say that the people at Writer’s Digest are awesome. Besides being very informative they are also accessible and helpful in answering questions. Writer’s Digest hosted the webinar I took this week of which they have many great ones.
WritersOnlineWorkshops.com

"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it." -Pablo Picasso