December creative updates

This month in my creative life:

• Rest

  • Travelled 9x this year and I’ve been feeling resistance in packing etc

  • Usually I’m excited for travel so this is a sign I need to stay put, slow down, and rest

  • Plan to not get on a plane for 3 months

  • Also want to nest in my flat and just cull my clutter

• Bite-Sized Creativity

  • I’m done with the first draft of my book! Almost 10k words

  • Writing took 3 months. Editing will take ???

  • Have commissioned a friend to design a cover

• Paint drought

  • Haven’t been painting because:

    • Creative energy was redirected to 1) writing Bite-Sized Creativity and 2) editing WOP

    • Physically tired from training for Hyrox

  • Will take it easy in reentering painting

• Job

  • Have decided a few months ago that this will be my last corporate job

  • Am no longer interested in playing the game of switching jobs every 3-4 years to climb up the corporate ladder for title and salary

  • Lately have been feeling angry with little things that don’t matter, like colleagues’ behaviour

  • Shifting from casually looking to change to actively looking to change

• Fitness

  • Crushed Hyrox, planning to do it again next year

  • Hyrox is not a strength sport, it’s an endurance sport

  • The goal is to run 90mins+ in that 70-80% heart rate zone

  • Have started running training

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