Comments on: Like Everyone Else

By: MsQ

MsQ — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:48:03 +0000

Jill: You’re more creative than I – I had to think about the lives a bit, nothing much (except torch singer) popped into my head right away. Being a writer has always been there but now that I am..

I can see you doing all of those things, actually!

Now I kinda think it would be cool to be a marathon runner – that’s actually doable. But as a life..hmm..”wrangler” came to mind kinda like cowgirl I guess but I’m allergic to horses and probably cows!

Ah! I remember something I’ve wanted to do: dog training! Yeah, all that service dog stuff. Marine biologist..mud wrestler…trapeze artist…it’d be cool to be really athletic/agile.

Songwriter.

By: Jill/Twipply Skwood

Jill/Twipply Skwood — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:39:05 +0000

Well four totally without thinking at all is so easy – when I was little I wanted to grow up to be either a gypsy, a cowgirl, a beach bum, a teacher or a truck driver. But since I already did the teacher, I only have four.

By: MsQ

MsQ — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:53:20 +0000

Jill: interesting exercises in there and it definitely has a spiritual approach with some psychology thrown in. One exercise is something like, “Name 5 careers/lives you’d like to live..don’t overthink this..”

For me: Torch singer, travel writer (Bill Bryson type), dancer, vintner, successful corporate leader. I admit to thinking about it!

I don’t have ADD but I do get sidetracked in my tasks so I’ll be washing dishes and then remember -oh! gotta pay this bill! and I wash up to a certain point, pay the bill and MAYbe get back to the dishes but may get sidetracked to something else. Lately I’ve been trying to just do one task at a time to completion. My job has me juggling “multiple tracks” of activities which it not my preferred way of doing things and the constant jumping around has caused me to do the same thing at home!

By: Jill/Twipply Skwood

Jill/Twipply Skwood — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:33:32 +0000

I’ll have to take a look at that book. Regaining creativity sounds interesting…

Y’know I was hoping for at least “muddling through”, but healthy well-adjusted would be great!

I changed my mind about the whole “what ADD might be like” thing I typed in up there. I think that’s way too logical a stream. I think it’s maybe more like, “I’m almost done making a sandwich. I think I’ll go put on some lotion. No! I must do one thing at a time! FEET! I ORDER YOU TO STAY HERE and until I FINISH making the sandwich!! Wait, how did I end up in the garage looking for a flashlight with the sandwich half made on the counter? Did I ever put on any lotion?” Or something like that.

By: MsQ

MsQ — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:42:26 +0000

Jill: You are such a great mom – I see you protect your children but also allow them to take some chances, make mistakes – makes for healthy well-adjusted adults!

I can imagine the blank looks. There are parents (and people) who don’t consider “play” and “art” productive – activities and learning must have a point or a goal. I’ve been reading “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron. She has this 12-week program – a spiritual approach to regaining your creativity. It has a lot of great exercises.