backstory: i decided at the beginning of this year that i would take {at least} one photograph each day and make a short journal entry about that photo. simple in theory. but i’ve slipped…
so the conversation went something like this:
me: oh, i am so behind in my photo project!
my son: why are you so behind?
me: because i skipped a day here and there. and then i started skipping more and more. and here we are at the end of may, and i’m way behind documenting my photos.{they’re all taken, mind you. just not noted in my project journal.}
my son: in a very gentle voice…well, it should only take you a few minutes each day if you do it.
me: um…ah…um…mmmm.
you know what? you’re absolutely right. it just means a few minutes out of each day. i have no excuse really. i’ve just got to start again and get moving with it. you are totally right…thanks, honey.
it really bothers me when i do things like this…let things slip. i’m very aware of what i’m doing…or not doing. and i make myself a little nuts when i do things like this. but i do it. it’s a pattern i’ve developed in my life, a habit. but i do not want my life to be defined by this type of action, or in-action as the case may be.
i need to step up to the plate. i have more than kept up with the photography end of things, but i am the one who needs to get pen to paper each day, honoring the commitment i set for myself back at the beginning of the year. i owe this to myself. i’m good enough to do this. no one is going to do it for me; it’s my thing.
and so i begin again. persisting in the manifestation of my creative projects…persisting in the manifestation of the life i am meant to live.
will you persist in the manifestations of your blessings, your gifts, your life?
sending a little love your way, m
Michelle GD 
i know i’m flooding comments today, but i’m just getting a minute to catch up.
i’m actually screaming (in my head) metoo! metoo!
i have so many intentions that just get lost in the myriad of other things that just take a few minutes to do until i’m overwhelmed and lost.
you have a very wise son though there to recognize that. isn’t it funny when words like that echo back to us.
Good for you, my friend! First off, what a wonderful, compassionate, and present young man you’re raising. Second, what a good listener you are. Thirdly, it’s wonderful that you are being gentle with yourself and committing to creating for you!! Well done! xo
Dear Michelle,
I loved this post. I’m struggling with my commitment for a daily post, too. And the photo, of course. On the other hand, this is something I want to do for myself; sometimes the only thing I do for myself on busy days. So I try to see my daily blogging as a reward, not as work.
All the best.
oh, i am not so committed to daily blogging!!! i’m just working on daily old-fashioned notes :)
good for you with your goals. the blogging i do (though not daily) is most certainly a reward, it is something consistent that i do for myself…just like you.
I find I have the best of intentions early in the morning. I know me and I have to do whatever I am doing creatively before lunchtime, or it does not get done. I like your son, he is a wise man :)
Thank you for giving me the meditation that I needed most this morning! Sending love back your way!
i think you son has a good point! we should all take his advice.