Notion: My shiny new thing for the new year
The new year always brings along with it a heavy dose of reflection and projection — reflection on the year that was, with its peaks and valleys, twists and turns, and projection towards the year ahead. What do I want to focus on? What needs to change?
A lot.
Looking backward, 2022 was rough on my creative life. Yes, I finished a novel at the start of the year. Yay! That was the peak. But I had a lingering hangover. The novel needs at least one more revision before sending it out, yet I was reluctant to do so. I was so relieved that the task was complete that I wanted to get as far away from it as possible.
The problem was, nothing much creative took its place. A poem here, a poem there. A drabble or two. Some pecking at creative nonfiction. Mostly crickets, though.
Then a bunch of side hustle work kicked in around summertime, and I was too busy for the rest of the year. The Medium publishing schedule took a nose dive. I tried to be okay and reserved about it.
Still the creative lack gnawed at me. I’m wired to make and share things, and I was missing a big chunk of what gives me purpose and satisfaction.
