My Own Eureka Moment

I’ve been trying to write this newsletter for days.

Starting it. Eating something. Stopping it. Doom-scrolling through social media. Deleting what I’ve written. Eating something…

I’ve even broken my own cardinal rule (never sit at the computer until you know what you want to write) by hoping that if I stare at my screen for long enough the inspiration will come. (It hasn’t and it won’t).

Finally, after I’d eaten much too much chocolate and spent far too much time on Twitter I allowed myself to lie on the couch and stare out of the window for a while. 

I watched the bright green leaves moving in the wind and listened to the birds cheerfully cheeping, and allowed myself to drift off into a non-thinking, not-trying state. And then, as is usually the case when we allow ourselves to stop trying so hard, I had a Eureka moment!

I’ve spent the last few weeks editing the Make Work Work For You manuscript that I’ve spent the last few months writing and many months before that thinking about and, quite honestly, I’m done.

I’m sick of my computer, I’m sick of the manuscript and I’m sick of thinking about what to write and how best to write it.  

I feel like I’ve run out of words, never mind sentences or paragraphs. 

So, I’m taking my own advice and giving myself permission to take a break from trying so hard until the words come back.

I’m taking October off (once I’ve finished this last set of edits) to do nothing but look at my surroundings, smell the roses, and listen to what is blowing in the wind. I’ll be travelling to new places, seeing new things, eating healthy food - and I’m letting myself leave my words behind.

Come November, I will be recharged and re-inspired and will find all the things I want and need to say about all the plans I’ve been cooking up: the Make Work Work For You group coaching programmes I’m designing, the burnout prevention workshops and seminars I’m expanding, and - of course - the excitement of bringing a whole new book into the world early next year. 

I’ll have more details next month and look forward to sharing them with you then.

I truly believe that sometimes the best thing you can do for yourself is nothing - even if it’s only for a few minutes. I hope in October you can find some time to do nothing, to empty your mind of all the clutter and allow some new and exciting thoughts to come in. I’d love to hear about your Eureka insights.

Love,

Judy