Is Your Well, Well Empty?

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What did you do today? And the day before? 

How much of your time was spent working? How much time did you spend on simply enjoying your life?

These questions are not merely questions of curiosity, but self-preservation.

In The Right to Write by Julia Cameron talks about the “well.” A fitting word to describe what we expect to be an unlimited reservoir of inspiration.

But we often fail to fill ourselves up.

I describe the effect as a dried out sponge. Just weeks ago I complained to my life coach that I felt like a sad orange. I had squeezed out every drop of juice and nothing was left.

That’s not the place you want to be when you’re a creative connoisseur (as I like to call myself).

The key to preventing such devastating drainage is to keep refueling the source with joy, with inspiration with fresh new things to gaze your eyes on.

You may think the most important thing in the world to get your writing done. But glueing your butt down in front of the computer won’t get you closer to your deadline.

Feeding that inner child who DEMANDS time to play will.

So what are you doing to fill up your well? What will you be doing this weekend?