Early Morning Realisation

 

I used to spend so much time reacting and responding to everyone else that my life had no direction. Other people’s lives, problems, and wants set the course for my life. Once I realized it was okay for me to think about and identify what I wanted, remarkable things began to take place in my life.
― Melody Beattie

Hey, Lovelies.

I sat at my desk this morning, ready to write my blog, and then I sat and I sat.

I couldn’t think of anything to write.

Yes, I could tell you about my fabulous sail away sale, and it is fabulous – between 25% to 50% off everything in my  Etsy store  and 35% off my Planner at Amazon Australia and Amazon USA  between now and January 18, 2024 – but I didn’t want to write about that. Please check it out if you’re looking for spiritual tools, my gorgeous 2024 Journeymaker’s Planner, or to stock up on gifts for yourself or to put by for others.

But I didn’t want to write a big long blog post about that.

I often ask ‘What do they most need to know?’ when I write a post, and I think of some support for you, or a teaching point.

Or I look to what’s happening in my life so I can share that.

I might look to my kitchen for the latest meal I’ve cooked.

But this morning, none of that appealed.

The longer I sat the emptier of ideas I became.

I made myself a gigantic mug of tea, came back to my desk and waited a bit longer.

Was this writer’s block of the soul, I wondered?

And then it came to me. I didn’t want to write a blog post at all. Instead I wanted to sit at my desk and begin plotting out the storyline of the manuscript draft I finished in Adelaide last year on my self-imposed writing retreat.

On the very last day, in the very last hours of writing the ending of that book I had figured out what the story was about. The whole time I’d been writing I’d thought it was a book about unrequited love and in those last pages I’d had this epic realisation. My book was actually about…

Yeah, I’m not going to tell you.

You might want to read it one day, and I don’t want to spoil the ending.

So, instead of writing blog posts today I am going to pull out my index cards that I’d stuck all over the hotel room walls last year, and take a fresh set of cards that are blank, and I am going to plot the bezonkers out of this story. Which in itself is a revelation. I’m a born pantser (ie I write by the seat of my pants, never knowing where the story is going) and all of a sudden I want to plot first and write later.

Goodness, 2024. You are really bringing it with these energies of change and evolution.

So, I’ll see you tomorrow. Right now I have a story I need to wrangle into some kind of shape, and by goodness I do declare here in this public forum that I will focus on this book for 2024 and get it done, dusted and off to a publisher. It’s a good year for writing. It’s a good year for projects. It’s a fantastic year for GETTING THINGS COMPLETED. My fervent wish is that you choose something for yourself too, as a focus for the year ahead. 2024 is all about action, and success by your own efforts. Remember, action precedes motivation – so just get started. I’m cheering you on.

Oh, and look… Happy days!
I wrote a blog post after all. 😊

*shakes her head* That’s nuts, Nicole.

Anyway, I’m off to plot. Wish me luck and substantial brain power. This plot review and rework is all new to me.

I can fit in an hour at least before I start work! That’s a solid start.

Love, light, coloured pens and a desperate need for good coffee, Nicole xx