It's time to start writing

Well it is I think. I am reading the book called "The Artists Way" and doing the course. This involves, amongst other things writing 3 hand written pages every morning, just stream of conscious stuff to start unblocking the creative you. And I have to say, it is. I am feeling much more in tune with expressing my feelings and writing them down. This is great as I have felt blocked for so long. Life has successfully well and truly blocked the creative me.

So anyway, here I sit on Dec 22nd. Just a few short days to Christmas. So much has happened this year it is not funny. Work has been very busy and we have achieved a lot. I am proud that Manukau Libraries is in a far better place in terms of it's IT than when I started. Not sure about the council, but we are in uncertain times. I got engaged on the top of the Empire State building and during this time spent a month in the U.S.A visiting San Francisco; Denver; New York; Cape Cod, Mystic, CN; Salem, MA; Stockbridge, MA; Plymouth, MA and Boston. Also started singing lessons with the lovely Ms Caitlin Smith and performed my first paid gig at the LIANZA Conference.

Anyway so Christmas in 3 days, I can hardly believe it. I have a busy few days ahead, baking loaves of Sourdough, 36 Christmas Mince Tarts and glazing a ham. It is what I love doing, so not a chore at all. In the midst of that i need to catch up with Wendy, buy a Christmas present or two, and tend to the garden. The garden is looking great and starting to bare good returns.

So what for 2009? Well it is my year to get performing regularly. The plan being by 40 to be able to cut back to part-time work with income at least half derived from performing!

Anyway enough for now. But my promise to me is to do this every day :-)