Don't Think... Just Write!

Here I sit... Thursday night... The weekend shall make its appearance after I clock in and out of another eight hour day in the cubicle tomorrow...

Right now, as I sit here, I am full of thoughts.  For one thing, I am deeply thinking of my friends down in the United States as they celebrate their Thanksgiving and get ready to flex some muscles on Black Friday.  Many of those friends came into my life with the gift of their individual presence.  As a result, I am missing each and everyone of them at this time.  

After I left the office, I was dying to get on the train heading out of Downtown Toronto.  I had my clothes packed in the car and I was ready to hit my mat at Power Yoga Canada - Etobicoke.  Deep flow was on my mind and I was ready.  Truthfully, I just wanted to see Susan and loosen up my tired body before heading home to bed.

A lot of thoughts came to mind as I sat in the car outside the studio before heading inside to get ready to flow.  For one thing, I was thinking that I have so much to say, so much goals I want to accomplish, but I have been denying myself an outlet.  The outlet I have enjoyed using has been neglected.  That outlet is my writing.  

I have always thought about branching out into the writing world.  There is something about expressing yourself with words that I have always enjoyed.  The time I have been away from the blogging world has been quite something.  I always found myself wanting to share nuggets that have come up in my life through my writing but I never really committed to sitting down and sharing through the art of writing.

The courage to write came to me this past Sunday.  I am currently taking part in a workshop - Your Life Design - at Power Yoga Canada.  Here is how I describe it to those who are not within the community:  Goal-setting on steroids!  One of the first things we did was create a vision board.  On my vision board, I posted a goal to be an inspiring writer.  When I shared that goal, along with the feeling of being stuck in my career, I piqued the interest of fellow teacher and friend Jenn Dwyer.  She is a writer and her writing takes on a life of its own.  When I revealed to her that I have a blog that I have not posted to in a long time, she gave me some sound advice and told me to write whatever came to mind, no matter how short or how long the post is.  After procrastinating for much of this week, I am now ready to recommit to my writing.  

"Right now, I commit to posting twice a week!"

There, I said it! Twice a week will be my minimum.  Later on down the road, I will explore taking some courses or workshops related to writing.  My ultimate goal is to be a bilingual writer, writing in both English and French. 

It just feels good use this keyboard and get some words out onto the screen.  So as I wrap this post up, I wrap this post up with cheer and look forward to the next time I share...