Major Distraction

My day was not as normal as usual, or at least I didn't start it in my typical way with reading and writing. I got sidetracked after I took Jordany to school.

Email and ads from Nordstrom and Anthropologie got the better of me, and I put off my morning writing. So, most of the day I've been thinking about what I should write.

I haven't really been writing about topics in particular, just thoughts. So, topics spun through my brain throughout the day, but I didn't land on one. I don't know what I have to say today.

There is a whole lot out there about living your best life, living in the moment, taking care of yourself, putting away procrastination, etc... All very worthy topics.

I've found that I come across more "self-help" than I actually need. ---LLD

However, I've found that I come across more "self-help" than I actually need. I find articles in my email, hear about it on podcasts, read posts on social media and even have all kinds of books cluttered around my couch that are geared toward helping me live better, write better, do business better, and more.

What I've found is that all of the above became a major distraction for me. I fell for the idea that if I was going to do something worth doing, then I needed to read all about how to do it.

I'm not knocking reading at all. Reading helps me grow, but I found that my books were all too similar and that I was looking for an answer that I really needed to find in myself...I suppose that's another form of self-help, but it's the kind of help that actually improves the self. Avoiding life lived well in exchange for thinking I'm learning how to live life well got the better of me for a time.

I love the quote by Bob Goff above...so much so, that I think it's applicable to where I've found myself many a time...trying to write chapter titles before living the chapter.

I'm breaking through that and hoping that at almost 50 years old, I can eek out some things that I'd like to say and enjoy the woman that I am and am growing in to be every day.