I’m sitting here contemplating what to write for this section of our site. Fighting to get outside my mind. Which, right now, is a battle of wits and wisdom. I’m visualizing music notes and the language of The Matrix floating through my head. To win, I have to create a feasible and read-interesting post…

I was talking with a friend this week, and the reality is that sometimes when we as writers set deadlines for ourselves, they can’t always be met. And for some reason, guilt is forever trying to find a warm and cozy spot inside our creative writer backpacks. Until we come to the resolve that we must not set lofty goals that are really a trap. Actually, more like quicksand. The more you struggle, the deeper you begin to sink.

When climbing that mountain of thoughts, you’d better have a so what in that backpack. Just in case you find yourself on the slippery slope of what now? A wise man once said you can’t climb a mountain with downhill thoughts.

Sometimes we don’t consider all the external factors that can impact our creative progress. There will always be unexpected incidents that can temporarily sidetrack our mountain climb. You might have to pitch a tent to internalize a different route to get to the mountaintop of your creation.

So what if you have to take a different path than the one originally thought out? Sometimes it’s in those side paths that you will find the thing you thought was lost. Then you can take guilt out of that backpack, set it on the side of the road, and leave it there.

Now you can continue up that mountain with a lighter load, knowing that what you considered to be a lost thought had been recaptured. And when you finally reach the summit, you can scream at the top of your lungs… So what! I did it after all!

Now for my keyboard pecking friends…Fill that backpack with what you need and get to your summit!

Thank you for your continued readership and support. Until next week…blessings and peace!

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