I hope the beauty of nature still inspires you to stop and say hello to yourself! That Brightens my day, and many other things you’ve written and done also inspire me!
Funny, just these past couple of day's I'm on the verge of walking away from half a decade of half-baked blog drafts and letting them stay private. Ultimately, maybe it's the process of thinking through writing that matter (to me). Publishing is only one potential benefit of that effort, and certainly the outcome that would require even more effort.
On the other hand, abandoning the sunk cost would free up brain space for new projects (more calligraphy or banjo!?). That said, I doubt I'd have the fortitude to just call it good on actual research book drafts....then again sometimes the correct answer is "fuck it". Though I suspect that answer would be easier to execute if you have some new shiny hobby to obsess over.
I just started a drawing class, as a way of recovering that part of myself. So that's beckoning. As long as I still have words in my head, I imagine they will find a way to escape.
I hope the beauty of nature still inspires you to stop and say hello to yourself! That Brightens my day, and many other things you’ve written and done also inspire me!
Thanks, Bill. I actually finished (FINISHED!!!!) an essay that has been tormenting me for a month.
I would still be pissed. Oh wait, I am, although about different careers.
It probably helps that I am not pissed at an individual. The institution done me wrong, and it can KMA.
Funny, just these past couple of day's I'm on the verge of walking away from half a decade of half-baked blog drafts and letting them stay private. Ultimately, maybe it's the process of thinking through writing that matter (to me). Publishing is only one potential benefit of that effort, and certainly the outcome that would require even more effort.
On the other hand, abandoning the sunk cost would free up brain space for new projects (more calligraphy or banjo!?). That said, I doubt I'd have the fortitude to just call it good on actual research book drafts....then again sometimes the correct answer is "fuck it". Though I suspect that answer would be easier to execute if you have some new shiny hobby to obsess over.
I just started a drawing class, as a way of recovering that part of myself. So that's beckoning. As long as I still have words in my head, I imagine they will find a way to escape.