Random Thought Generator
Excited about all kinds of things and not getting anything much done
I am reading an article that talks about consciousness and how studies have shown that we may unconsciously know or anticipate things before they happen.
In other words, even when we think we don’t know, we know.
A couple of days ago, I interviewed the author Colette Baron-Reid on the Simply Said podcast. Her episode, where we talk about manifestation and The Art of Manifesting will drop, Tuesday, but you can get a seat in her free class Monday, Nov. 17. On Simply Said, she explains how we can use art to clarify our intentions and manifest not only material items but our own “becoming.” It’s a hopeful idea.
By the way, If you aren’t listening to my podcasts, Polly Campbell Simpy Said and Simply Write w/Polly, please do. Some fabulous conversations and ideas are shared there.
Pick One and Get Going
Anyhow, I have all these thoughts about the nature of consciousness and mind and brain and growth, how it all works together, and it feels very expansive and creative for sure. But it’s not helping me get my work done.
This is how it happens for me, life brings in so much material that I want to explore or write about, that it becomes noisy and sometimes distracting.
It’s like walking into a bookstore and being excited because there is so much to read, and in the same moment feeling overwhelmed because there is so much to read.
Idea Overload
My friend Kate is in this “so-many-ideas-not-getting-anything-done” stage too. This happens to all of us, not just Pro-C creators who make stuff for a living. It can happen when you start making your Thanksgiving grocery list, or coordinating kid pickups, managing teams at work, or juggling multiple responsibilities.
It doesn’t have to feel bad. It can be exhilarating. It’s just a lot of input, decision-making, creative problem solving. And that can leave us feeling, well, like I am today, squirrely. Unfocussed. Excited.
In my email to Kate, I wrote that the energy will always be coming in—new-to-us ideas abound. But if we don’t pick one and complete that, we won’t have space for any of the others.
Pick one. Get ‘er done. Then move onto the next.
New Class with Writer’s Digest University
Earlier this week I finished a new class with Writer’s Digest University. I am so excited about it and know it will take your writing to the next level—and give you a system you can use every time you write.
You can sign up now until Sunday.
Seriously. I think revision is the most fun. It’s where creativity and craft meet to make story. In this 10-week class, I share my own revision strategies and more. You can follow along each week, at your own pace. Join us.
Hmm. Yep this feels right.
This, from Live Science:
“As we get older, our brains switch between thoughts and experiences more slowly. That means we notice fewer new things in a given amount of time. Since our brains mark fewer “events,” time feels like it’s speeding up. A year also feels shorter because it’s a smaller part of our total life — one year is a lot to a 10-year-old but not much to a 50-year-old.”
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“Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next.”
-Dr. Jonas Salk