So What's Next?

So what’s next? All of my energies were focused and honed and recalibrated to one thing and one thing only – to get my book (A Life Without Limits) out of my mind, on to the page and into the hands of others:

I have loved the leisure times, the crunch times and the massively confused times. I’ve gloried in the clarity of purpose and accepting the blissful energy of learning how to listen and then following my heart.

So what’s next? It’s a fair question. I’m not done by a long shot. I’m just getting started. The book is an inspirational guide to a life of freedom and the only way I could write it was to live it - first. I have learned to walk my talk and I lovingly share my inspiration and discoveries with others.

Through this book-writing process I have tapped into my creative core like a kid in a finger-painting class. I have embraced the messy and the not-so-perfect. I have grown with the constant letting go of what is holding me back.

 I am not done by a long shot. 

Do You Dream in Black and White or Color?

New Pair of Lenses

Look what I'm reading!

You know my NEW BOOK is finally published and available for sale to EVERYONE. I am over the moon with excitement and happiness. But now the next chunk of this project stands before me. Marketing it....and I don't know a thing about that, so I depend on my Inner Source to guide me in this step - just as it's guided me to write the book, illustrate it, design the layout and get it published. None of which I knew how to do before I started. (Pretty cool stuff this Inner Source).

Clearing my mind and listening to my Inner Source is essential to taking every step of the way. To accomplish this, I do my morning sketches.

I sketch every morning to help center me and clear my mind. I never know where these morning sketches will take me. Some start out one way and then, when I start to color them, morph into something else entirely.

Take the sketch I did this morning. I started with a swoopy, loopy swirl; added my cherished star and spiral (can’t seem to do a drawing without them)….the next thing I knew I was drawing an eye. A sad eye it seemed, so a tear was appropriate - "Now where did that come from? and why did the mouth fly off to the side? and isn't that half a heart - what's up with that?" All these thoughts are popping up as I’m doing the line drawings. The point is, my drawings appear – I don’t create them I just release them from my Inner Source.

Then I got my box of colored pencils out and started filling in the spaces….notice that the mouth now has a blue heart around it? This process helped me go deeper into what’s been on my mind. It’s not necessary to share the details because we all have our own story - our own ‘stuff’- but I wanted to share my process for getting that stuff out in the open so I can look at it through a new set of eyes.

Has it changed the way things are? Not really…but it has changed the way I think about them (and certainly the way I feel about them). I often find that when I start with one central thought, it changes (and usually lightens) once I start coloring. Drawing and coloring, for me, is literally like reaching over and grabbing a new set of glasses to see with. 

Let Your Mind Wander Where it Wants to Go . . .

In every day there are thousands of things that demand your attention. The busiest of days allow the least amount of time to just let your mind wander. Where would yours go if you just let it drift around to where ever it wants to think about?

Happy July

I've just had a wonderful 3 day weekend in my new city of choice (and freedom is all about choices, right?). I've been busily putting the finishing touches on my new book: "A Life Without Limits - Your Guide to a Life of Freedom), and a dear friend and co-conspirator, Melissa McClain is throwing down a new Doodle Challenge.... (more info here) I'm so appreciative of what the doodle power has unleashed in me - it brought back my love of drawing, and as you will find in my new book - it encouraged me to illustrate the pages with fun and inspiration.

If you want to join in on the doodle challenge and see where your inner color-out-loud will take you, go here, or use the link on the side bar. Warning, it is very addictive (I got an email from a friend that said: "Damn you, look what you've started. It's 2 in the morning." - The picture that was attached was beautiful and very FUN). Even better is to join Team Doodle and post your creations on her Facebook page....we are a lively bunch of doodlers - testing the water for new ways to amp up the fun and adventure.