I'm a great starter. I LOVE the new. The beginning.. the energy that exists in that space. The flow of the muse, creative vibe and prospective amazingness that could be, if only I could get beyond the initial grand excitement of the hatched plan and move forward into logistics and the actual pulling it all together.. That is where I have trouble most times, but I am getting better. It's taken almost half of a century to get there but it's coming. :)
Most mornings when I am journaling and processing my lively thought streams and am sorting through the maze of priorities, tasks and life in general I can unearth and generate an sleuth of ideas, spin out the complete and full business plan, classes, bullets aligning an agenda for a four night retreat for creative seekers.. outlines or at least collaged brainstorms of essays to write, compilations of books I could turn those essays into... Lots and lots and lots of ideas. Always beginnings and for the most part a decent start but thats usually where it dries up and doesn't come out to much beyond that. 
Book closed, last chapter, weight balanced, retreat experienced, design brought to life!
Those kinds of people... I am not one of them. I do try, and I'm actually getting better but it is always a conscious effort and has brought with it the abrasive and edgy practice of, "discipline"! Ugh!! Not my best look, but it does work. Surprisingly.
One of the best ways that I've found success is sort of child like in its nature, but it truly gets me from resistance to actively moving forward. Simply by, timing myself. Yes, just like the kids cleaning up their rooms or doing their homework. I guess I'm a little stunted in that area of my life, but, hey.. whatever works, right?!?
We've all heard, "you can do anything if it's only for... an hour, fifteen minutes, one day"! I have found great success in this simple practice and it works for just about anything. Cleaning, working in the yard, spending time with difficult people, going into box stores, breathing through writhing contractions during child birth! Often times the timer creates the discipline I need to sit and simply check the boxes off from a list I've made a mile long, but in doing so it leads me closer and closer to my completed projects, plans and ideas, all the way to the finish line!! I've found that it's "the idea" of the task at hand where my resistance rises, not the actual task itself. So, if I time myself at the beginning, in no time I've become deeply engaged and fully present far beyond any self imposed limits! Bliss.
What does any of this have to do with 2019 or new beginnings and such? Well, mostly it's that I've been resisting my writing, creative projects and blog posting since last April. In my defense, in that time I've had close and extended family that have struggled with a series of serious health issues and with so much going on I didn't have much of a creative desire for anything.
Thankfully life and things have started to balance out a bit more, which fortunately opened up some space for a few new creative ideas to start and bloom. Voila! My 15 minute timed writing session has turned into my first 2019 Blog Post. :) It works for me!
Happy New Year Friends!
Cheers!
