It's -15C out there... snowing... and blowing... I'm tucked all snug and warm in my favourite Starbucks chair, sipping a delicious hot chocolate and happily blogging away. Traffic is a nightmare out there... but I'm hoping that in 1/2 hour or so, the morning rush will be done and I can some errands taken care of...
Sometimes I wonder about coming out to Starbucks everyday... or almost everyday. It seems like a bit of an indulgence... a pampering of myself... And yet... I know that it contributes greatly to my sense of balance and my creativity. I like to just sit here and write whatever comes to me... Sometimes inspiration strikes... Sometimes it is seemingly banal things that grab my attention, and take me deeper.
I have a stack of library books that I am reading as well... And so I bring one of them along and when the blogging spirit wanes, I can pull out a book and read for a while.
It takes quite a bit of "something" for me to get out to Starbucks sometimes... The weather is yucky. The traffic is horrible. My pile of stuff at the office is growing higher! I have other projects on the go. All of this is calling my name, calling me to procrastinate on my writing time... and I need to have a high degree of self-discipline and committment to keep coming here... There are all the "I should"s running through my head. "I should be doing this... I should be doing that... This is selfish time... This is a waste of time..." Yeah... crazy... But I know that this Starbucks time is good for me... it is my time... and sometimes it's not even a long time... It might be an hour... or an hour and a half... I am fueled up and ready to go...
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