Finding

Privacy, Time, Creativity and Finding Forrester

Last week, I asked a question: public or private? I solicited your input: “So, dear reader, I ask you: what would you do? And why? Thank you in advance for sharing your wisdom and perspective.”

And, while 40% of my posts so far have received comments, this one did not. It was crickets. Some of you liked the post but no one volunteered a perspective. Maybe it was too much, too soon in our relationship. I don’t know. I really don’t. What I do know is that I appreciate you and am so grateful that you’ve chosen to welcome me into your life and you into mine. (And if you meant to comment, but life got busy, please chime in below as I’d still love to hear your thoughts.)

After some consideration, I’ve decided to make this blog private for now. If you’ve been reading along so far, you will be able to continue to do so.

If you’d like to recommend it to a friend, please do so and just know that I will need to approve them before they start receiving the email newsletter automatically.

I hope to make it public again sometime soon.

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My last post was number ten. We’ve made it to double digits! Early on I wrote this:

Long term, I anticipate I will settle into a weekly cadence for this latest effort. For now, however, I am going to write as often as I can—potentially daily—as I use this time to listen, learn and think through my approach.

I maintained a daily cadence for the first week. I missed one day the second week. Last week, I paused after raising the question of public or private. Life also got busy. More accurately, life has been busy and I need to find a sustainable way to integrate a daily writing habit in the context of the rest of my life. That, like so much of life, is still a work in progress.

As I write this, I’m reminded of Mike Rich and how he found time to write his first screenplay, Finding Forrester, in two hours a day between working full time at KINK and when his kids got home from school. If you’re not familiar with his story, it’s an encouraging and inspiring one. (As an aside, if you’ve never seen Finding Forester, I recommend screening it.)

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Earlier today, I saw a post on LinkedIn about creativity and it inspired me to comment. Asked about creative hobbies, here is what I said:

Photography. Writing. Taking pictures brings me joy and reminds me of the beauty all around. Writing lets me find a flow state and synthesize my thoughts.

In response, the author asked if I had a daily writing practice? I’m trying to. :)

Thank you for reading.

Until next time,

-bp