February has not been a great month for writing as far as putting words on a page. I’ve been under a lot of stresses, including financial ones and the quest for a place to live. I haven’t stalled out completely, which is a relief, but it’s been hard to find the energy to put towards a lot of concerted writing effort and I don’t like this.
What I have done very well at in February is creating infrastructure for me to write within. The first Houston Art Nerds salon was a huge success, with lots of art, photography and creativity in evidence. But I spent most of that time facilitating the group rather than creating for myself. Likewise I’ve successfully begun the process of reviving my online writers’ group, the Society of Voluptuaries but haven’t contributed new work to it yet myself. I’ve also gone a long way into making my life more stable and secure, at least for the next few months, which helps facilitate an environment in which to write and keeps stress from interfering with creativity.
In March, though, my goal for the ongoing healing of my muse is to work on balance — to keep writing while continuing to work on the day to day work of keeping myself fed and housed. Writing does not (yet) pay the bills, but it’s necessary to my sanity. And being able to pay the bills keeps me from stressing out to much to write (not to mention making sure I have a place to put a desk!). I am pleased with myself at working so hard to create this infrastructure, but now I need to make sure I continue to both enhance that infrastructure and create within it.
I’m highly motivated and have a lot of ideas kicking around in my head ready to be matured into words on a page. March should be good to me.
