I’ve been doing a lot of cleaning these past few weeks and lightening the load as it were. It feels good, but it’s so hard to let go. I see value in so many things. I wonder if that’s part of my one of my strengths from the strengths finder test…And I looked it up, Input, is the collector. That one is number three for me. Yup, it’s why I have so much stuff, so many friends, so much joy and so much knowledge. I can’t help but collect it. Damn, my life is abundant! Lucky me!!

In the writing realm, I’m a little stuck on outlining my middle bits. I’m using Romancing the Beat beats to write my own romance and I’m a little stuck on what makes those middle beats, starting at phase 3.

My plan is to watch Pride and Prejudice, the Kira Knightly one, and take notes. I need to internalize that part of the structure. I am also reading that old bodice ripper from my youth, Skye O’Malley, so I’ll be taking notes there as well. So many of those beats in phase 3 smush together in my mind, I’m not sure how to slow them down. Make them count. Keep it interesting. I think that’s the place where romances gets a little less exciting for me. I am all about the new, less about the stress. It will take some work I think to make it work right.

This is what my input strength is all about, gathering so I can dissect and study. It’s a little exhausting in some ways, I mean, I feel like I should know this stuff, but I need more information. Same in my house, I buy things to make rooms work then move on to another thing and that thing I bought is no longer of use in my situation but still a good thing. Resale and give away! I spend way too much time on Facebook marketplace!

I was talking to a friend last night and they said learning to let go was the hardest part of their self improvement journey. I feel that. It’s not so much taking out the trash, it’s letting go of need. Or letting that need serve it’s purpose and then letting go. You can only need so much at one time.

I hope you have a brilliant weekend!

Peace.

PS I’m smushing weeks because I think I started late and now my RSS feeds go out on Friday, so I’ve pushed weeks even more. It’s not cheating as long as I just write one a week!