I Don't Have Time for Creativity

And it doesn't matter. You still have to do it. 

I saw my mother-in-law last Sunday, and she told me how, on Friday, she hosted a small get-together after a putting contest at our local golf course.

She woke up early in the morning to cook and clean, then ran to the course, then came back to host her friends. The entire day, she felt like she was going and going. When she woke up on Saturday, she was beat and decided to take the day to chill and read.

I responded, "My Friday was like that, too. And so was my Saturday. I'm sure Sunday will look like that, too, because every day of my life is like that. And I can't take a day off."

And it is.

And I love it.

But only because I have learned to accept the constant, never-ending motion of living a full life with kids at a young age.

When my daughter wakes up, she asks, "What are we doing today?" 
There is always something to do. Accepting it is the best way to deal with the madness. I think.

Somehow, I still manage to sit down and keep on writing and telling stories. I meet my submission deadlines, finish courses, send out my two newsletters, and get out and perform.

This Wednesday, I'll be performing at my local story slam, but not before going to a dine-and-donate pizza event for my daughter's school and coming back home to help my wife put the girls to bed.

I don't have time.

I don't.

But I find the pockets where I can make time and work on the things that are important to me. 

'I don't have time' is a limiting belief that seeps into everything we do.

It takes different forms when it comes to writing or telling stories: I don't have time to write, I don't have time to begin, I don't have time to tell everything I want to tell, I don't have time to finish what I started, I don't have time to edit it.

If this is you and it weighs on you that you are not sitting down to write your personal stories, or your memoir, then you need to check out my new course, "The Story of My Life."

If you yearn to tell the stories locked inside you and feel it is important, you can find five minutes every day and work through the structure I cover in this course.

If you have five minutes every day of the week, you can finish a story a week; in a year, that's fifty-two stories. That is way more stories than a contemporary memoir has in them.

The course has five very short videos. After you finish the first one, you can start your writing practice. Every video gives you more tips and tricks for sticking to your stories until they are finished. This structure helps with writing, editing, and performing. 

I soft-launched the course last week and asked a friend if he would like to check it out.

He doesn't need this course. He is one of the most amazing storytellers I know and a very prolific vlogger. But he checked it out, and it made me so happy to know that it was short and engaging enough for him to zip through on a weekend.

What he loved the most were the practical tips on finding pockets to work on writing even with a full schedule.

My friend found something useful in it.

I'm sure you will, too. 

Check it out: The Story of My Life

Don't let another year go by without sharing your story.

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