How have I felt this week?

I have had ups and downs this week. At times, I have felt like everything is going well, and at others I have felt like everything is falling apart. But I am here. I have been creating and I am capturing things. I haven’t done as much as I would have liked, I have struggled, I questioned the point of creating and my own ability. In other words, a typical week in the life of most creative types, right?

What have I created this week?

Sculpting Sound

The Wheel of the Year is still progressing. All the tunes and about 90% of the arrangements are there. I am at the stage of listening over and over and deciding what is missing and what needs tweaking. The difficulty is maintaining motivation to keep listening and refining. This is the part of any creative project I struggle with. Actually, forget that I struggle with many parts of the creative process, but pushing through to the end is especially wearying.

Weaving words

Showing up here and in a new journal are the sum of my writing exploits. I am finding the need to make space to write and breaking open a new journal, with no real direction as to what it will contain, are signs and signals that I will be writing more soon.

Multimedia

Not quite multimedia, but I need somewhere to put it. I have created the almost version 1.0 of my WordPress theme for www.thistempleeden.com and that is now live. There is still plenty to do, but the basics are live and the next steps involve content and structure. Therefore, I uploaded it and will begin to piece it together. Many of the pages are “offline” but as I add the content they will go live.

LifeList highlights and lowlights

I am refining my LifeList. I want to make sure that it captures all that I want to be. It should be a guide to my day, a light to the path. It should capture the areas of my life that need work. I currently track all this in a spreadsheet, with a simple checkbox for daily habits. That’s working well, although it’s not the easiest to share and reflect on. In summary, I am achieving about 50% of my daily habits and rituals. Language learning, a morning routine, and a little exercise are regularly achieved. The rest needs more attention.

In conclusion,

I feel like I have turned a page in the Creative Field Notes. I have structure yet enough space to explore.