That was the little 'mantra' I learnt from a very engaging speaker of the half-day seminar I went to last week, her reasoning being that the phrase 'stop and smell the roses' was a bit out-of-date and you don't stop long enough. Whereby stopping to enjoy a lollipop requires you to fully stop, absorb your surroundings, concentrate on the sucking motion as well as the taste... you get my point.
From time to time (read: lately!), I have piled all things writing on my plate and not enough of everything else. It's self-inflicted, I know... it's the mentality I have of 'I'm not a full-time writer, there are so many ideas and/or inspirations currently surging through my head, I have to have my head down and write it before I forget it or before it slips out of my mind...'
The bad thing about dedicating almost all your waking hours to doing solely one thing, was that I neglected every other aspect of my life; finalising my travel itinerary to the US has been put on hold, my last-minute finishing tidying up touches to my brand new Arts & Crafts room was left collecting dust yet for another day, my exercise only consisted of walking from the bedroom to the lounge room and the arm movements as I write, and write... and write.
So from today, I will try not to pick up that pen and piece of paper immediately after I open my eyes. I will cook dinner and rediscover the joy of clearing my mind whilst doing mundane things such as cutting the vegetables. I will spend more quality time with my husband. I will stop and enjoy that lollipop!
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