Comments on: The Writing Life http://www.thispile.com/archives/the-writing-life One Woman, Many Piles, Much Grace. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:43:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: elise http://www.thispile.com/archives/the-writing-life/comment-page-1#comment-144708 elise Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:17:03 +0000 http://www.thispile.com/?p=1407#comment-144708 Have you considered taking a weekend vacation ALL BY YOURSELF? And repeat this every six months or so? I am going to start doing this when I'm not a nursing mom anymore (yes, this will happen one day...). Get in the car (or save up and rent something cooler than a mini-van) and head to the ocean or someplace relaxing without too many diversions. Have you considered taking a weekend vacation ALL BY YOURSELF? And repeat this every six months or so? I am going to start doing this when I’m not a nursing mom anymore (yes, this will happen one day…). Get in the car (or save up and rent something cooler than a mini-van) and head to the ocean or someplace relaxing without too many diversions.

]]> By: Jess http://www.thispile.com/archives/the-writing-life/comment-page-1#comment-144663 Jess Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:20:25 +0000 http://www.thispile.com/?p=1407#comment-144663 You described perfectly that creative frustration. I have no idea how to make time for these essential things when the clamor of the urgent is constantly competing for my time . . .I feel incapable of being creative when the house is a mess or there's too much left undone. Maybe I just need be able to ignore it . . . I'll keep checking back here because I'd love to learn if any other moms have figured it out! You described perfectly that creative frustration. I have no idea how to make time for these essential things when the clamor of the urgent is constantly competing for my time . . .I feel incapable of being creative when the house is a mess or there’s too much left undone. Maybe I just need be able to ignore it . . . I’ll keep checking back here because I’d love to learn if any other moms have figured it out!

]]> By: Elisabeth Haggard http://www.thispile.com/archives/the-writing-life/comment-page-1#comment-144662 Elisabeth Haggard Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:26:44 +0000 http://www.thispile.com/?p=1407#comment-144662 I have no answer to this question, but it is a problem that I constantly struggle with. So let me know if you come up with a solution! I have no answer to this question, but it is a problem that I constantly struggle with. So let me know if you come up with a solution!

]]> By: Amy Letinsky http://www.thispile.com/archives/the-writing-life/comment-page-1#comment-144661 Amy Letinsky Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:11:48 +0000 http://www.thispile.com/?p=1407#comment-144661 I'm beginning to understand the whole "Room of One's Own" thing. Sure, I don't have little ones underfoot, but writing in the main house areas isn't too conducive to digging too deep for too long. I was watching a 1950s movie yesterday, and this guy went to his "study," lined with bookshelves. He lit a fire in the fireplace and settled into his writing desk. My favorite scene in the whole freaking movie, and nothing happened. I’m beginning to understand the whole “Room of One’s Own” thing. Sure, I don’t have little ones underfoot, but writing in the main house areas isn’t too conducive to digging too deep for too long.

I was watching a 1950s movie yesterday, and this guy went to his “study,” lined with bookshelves. He lit a fire in the fireplace and settled into his writing desk. My favorite scene in the whole freaking movie, and nothing happened.

]]> By: tamara murphy http://www.thispile.com/archives/the-writing-life/comment-page-1#comment-144660 tamara murphy Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:53:59 +0000 http://www.thispile.com/?p=1407#comment-144660 i wish 15 minutes worked for me, but i'd be way happier with 15 hours!! anyway, i'm a mom of four and a creative thinker and so relate to this paragraph: "I’m also learning it takes me a long time to crawl down into that well of concentration, to get into the mind space of creation. And once I’m down there, it takes me even longer to climb back out of the well again into real life. If someone pulls me out of the well before I’m ready, I’m grouchy and distracted, unable to check my mind back into reality." it reminds me of something C.S. Lewis wrote in Surprised by Joy about being way more annoyed at being interrupted than being ignored. sometime, when i have 15 hours, i'll get out the book and look up the exact quote. : ) i wish 15 minutes worked for me, but i’d be way happier with 15 hours!! anyway, i’m a mom of four and a creative thinker and so relate to this paragraph:
“I’m also learning it takes me a long time to crawl down into that well of concentration, to get into the mind space of creation. And once I’m down there, it takes me even longer to climb back out of the well again into real life. If someone pulls me out of the well before I’m ready, I’m grouchy and distracted, unable to check my mind back into reality.”
it reminds me of something C.S. Lewis wrote in Surprised by Joy about being way more annoyed at being interrupted than being ignored. sometime, when i have 15 hours, i’ll get out the book and look up the exact quote. : )

]]> By: karen l http://www.thispile.com/archives/the-writing-life/comment-page-1#comment-144659 karen l Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:38:42 +0000 http://www.thispile.com/?p=1407#comment-144659 15 minutes. I'm trying to take 15 minutes "me" time each day to sew, craft, be inspired. I'm amazed at the jump start my disheveled mind gets with just a little chunk of time. 15 minutes. I’m trying to take 15 minutes “me” time each day to sew, craft, be inspired. I’m amazed at the jump start my disheveled mind gets with just a little chunk of time.

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