Today I Feel Like Writing

I truly believe that life sometimes leaves us in the deep end because it knows that we can work things out for ourselves and that will make us stronger overall. These strengths can sometimes convert to energy to inspire others to pick themselves up out of the pile of clutter and actually move forward.

I haven’t really felt like writing for a while, not because I don’t love it, but because I just didn’t feel inspired enough. I could list so many excuses, but it’s not going to be of any help to anyone. What I do know is that today marks the day that I finally feel that I have my office laid out in a way that’s making me feel like writing, and this is going to speed up the decluttering process.

I usually go for a walk first thing, but writing seemed more important to do first as words started popping into my head and I needed to get them written down. As I sit in my chair in the corner of the room, I see space on the floor around me. I have a footstool that I can put my feet up on and there is still room to walk around it.

Where did this inspiration come from?

It all happened around 9pm last night after a nice family meal out, a relaxing bath talking to my mum on the phone, and an evening catching up on some TV series with my husband. I didn’t feel like watching any more TV but was drawn to my office. The first thing I thought I’d do was take all the books off the bookshelves so that I could move everything to the other wall. This led to moving the desk across the room. Being a small room and not wanting to spill out in to the hallway, you can imagine how at some points of the process, I felt a bit trapped in the room, but I kept going; climbing over things until I eventually got the desk, bookshelves and chair in place. I went to bed happy around midnight knowing that I could tidy and reorganise everything today.

I don’t have a big office, but it looks bigger that it did yesterday for some reason. There is still clutter around, which I feel motivate to sort out today, but this room has got what I need it in – desk, chair, bookshelf with personal development books and my very large glass whiteboard for ideas.

The key things yesterday were relaxing, spending time with the family and talking to my mum on the phone. Why were they so special? Because having a meal out with my husband and the girls gave me time to listen to them and spend time with them; the time watching Silent Witness with my husband gave me time to be with him and also relax; and the time talking to my mum on the phone, whilst relaxing in my bubble bath, not only gave me more relaxation time, but also the inspiration to get my room moved around.

Why was the phone call with my mum so important? Because I asked her to coach me, and from all the things I’ve told her about coaching, she knew that she couldn’t tell me what to do, but instead she had to ask me questions that would help me get clarity about what I needed to do and in which order I needed to do it (thanks mum – I’ll pay you with cakes, brownies, flowers etc., next time I’m over 😃).

I’ll end now and go for my walk, but I’ll be back later in the week with some exciting news about my change of career which will also inspire me to write more often.

Enjoy your Sunday wherever you are.

Until next time…

Sandra