Creativity--How Do I Make Room for You in My Life???

Ahhhh...this magazine cover...it's got me missing San Francisco because one of those tall buildings was my office building and that street is one I walked up and down a million times between my tiny little apartment and my advertising job. Seems like a million years ago...

I'm missing doing creative things like I used to do when I lived there, too...trying to figure out how to make a little of that happen with two crazy-and-amazing two-year-olds running around. (And a part-time job that is really closer to full time.)

Like:

• Actually getting my guitar tuned (every time I sit down to do it I end up with a kid in my lap) and singing songs with the kids
• Figuring out some new things I can do with my camera
• Digging out my old video camera and making some cute little home movies
• Writing a children's book or two (there's an idea I've been trying to make work for 10 years at least...)
• Finishing my book about living in San Francisco a million years ago...
• Heck, even just thumbing through something other than "Poetry" and "The New Yorker" just to get a fresh perspective on things (which, aside from the picture, is why I bought this magazine this week). (And "Poetry" and "The New Yorker" are both great, it just feels like they are the only things I've read simce the kids were born.)

There. I said it.

My little prayer today is to please please please figure out a way to make some or all of the above reality instead of feeling like there's no time in my life for that stuff anymore. All I need are some timy little doses of it...

Happy Weekend, Everyone!

XOXO

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