Quote of the Month

“Where the mind goes the man follows.” 

― Joyce Meyer

Totally needed this reminder.  I tell myself "I'll just write later," and later never comes.  I tell myself "I don't have time to write today," and so I spend my time stalking seeing what all my friends on Facebook are up to, and checking my email for the 7th time.  I tell myself "I don't have a good story to write, no one's going to read it", and I avoid working on it like it's the plague.

But other days I think, "Ok, I'll just sit down and write for 15 minutes."  And the next thing I know, I've written for 40 minutes.  Or I think "I'll write before I check Facebook," and I do.  Or I think "Hey, this story isn't so bad."  And it isn't.

Where the mind goes, the man (or woman!) follows.  Joyce Meyer is such a smart lady. :)  

Can anyone else relate to this?!

Stifling the Muse...

(Muse speaks in a blue font. Siren in red. And Jenn? In boring ol' black. Don't know what we're talking about? Check out this post: Does Your Creativity Have a Name?)


Dear Jenn,

You may brag you put the pro in procrastinate. But what you're really doing is stifling me. Deciding something else is more important than me or your writing.

Here's a list of the top ten ways you stifle me...

1) Checking your email.

2) Checking Facebook.

3) Checking other peoples' blogs.

4) Comparing them to your own blog.

5) Checking Facebook again (just in case something major happened in the last 10 minutes).

6) Deciding to throw in a load of laundry.

7) Or empty the dishwasher.

8) Watching TV.

9) Or a movie.

10) Looking for writing contests.

So, I'm writing this to tell you to stop. Stop stifling me. Just write already! Just let the words flow! And have fun.

Your stifled friend,

Musie