Since we’re all busy making stuff, and we’re already well into the week, I wanted to remind us all (myself included) that sometimes it’s hard to find the time to do our little creative projects.
Our lives are big. Filled with many things, likely not least of which is work, but also: exercise, cooking and eating, enjoying friends, family/kids, watching TV, travel, playing on our phones. It’s hard to consistently carve out time to do all the things, all the time. So, don’t. Don’t do all the things all the time. Do all the things at different times. You can get to everything, you just probably can’t get to everything EVERY DAY. So don’t. Just be committed to giving yourself the space to doing your creative projects when you can, and don’t get discouraged if life gets in the way sometimes. Just make a deal with yourself—and stick to it!—to get to it later. I find setting aside real time by putting it in my calendar to be a lot more helpful than you’d think.
And now: Name. That. Mood! Clearly this ditty is a Get Up and Dance It Out, My Friends. Sometimes we need a mid-day, mid-week, mid-month, or mid-life motivator. So I made this one for us. What do you think?
—MBF
NaNoWriMo+Mood Music Ep. 2