I Thawt So
January has to be the hardest month on everyone. Not only is one dealing with the anti-climactic feeling of the so-called Holiday Season, culminating in the vastly over-rated New Year's Eve (although that IS the date I met my wife, so it's not so bad), but one is faced with New Year's resolutions, getting momentum going again, and doing so in what is often the worst-weather month of the year (even though February gets many nominations for that honor).
What we all tend to forget is that we're mammals, after all, and it is time for hybernation!
Maybe you say, "well, that's all well and good, but I need to make a living here and generate income!". I say that to myself too. But, every force I'm dealing with (besides that old tricky mind) is telling me to stop, slow down, take a nap, stay warm, eat another cookie. Grow that protective layer of fat to stave off the elements. Maybe I took said advice too literally when I devoured that box of Oreos, but you get the idea. There is a time to fold 'em, and if January isn't it, I don't know when the time would be.
Nothing is permanent, it's all temporary. For those of us who are harsh self-judges, the above can be dificult to digest , much less believe. So, I'll just speak for myself: this is such a hard tlime to work and produce, that I do believe I should simply kick back and read a book. Maybe plan out some of my work-strategies for 2007, simple as they tend to be ("keep trying"), and know that all will kick into gear soon enough, and at just the right time.
So, for all you self-starters, entrepreneurs, business owners, and artists out there: take a break!
What we all tend to forget is that we're mammals, after all, and it is time for hybernation!
Maybe you say, "well, that's all well and good, but I need to make a living here and generate income!". I say that to myself too. But, every force I'm dealing with (besides that old tricky mind) is telling me to stop, slow down, take a nap, stay warm, eat another cookie. Grow that protective layer of fat to stave off the elements. Maybe I took said advice too literally when I devoured that box of Oreos, but you get the idea. There is a time to fold 'em, and if January isn't it, I don't know when the time would be.
Nothing is permanent, it's all temporary. For those of us who are harsh self-judges, the above can be dificult to digest , much less believe. So, I'll just speak for myself: this is such a hard tlime to work and produce, that I do believe I should simply kick back and read a book. Maybe plan out some of my work-strategies for 2007, simple as they tend to be ("keep trying"), and know that all will kick into gear soon enough, and at just the right time.
So, for all you self-starters, entrepreneurs, business owners, and artists out there: take a break!
posted by Rich Sigberman at
10:14 AM
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