Saturday, August 17, 2013

Slow your roll.

Appropriate 

I used to think of time as a lumbering concept. Almost drowsy. I remember aching to be done with high school  and being afraid I would never watch my graduation cap drift back to earth with the 326 caps of my classmates. 

I enjoyed the next chapter of my life far more but it continued to move with the slowness of cold honey. I was mostly okay with this tenor but the familiar whens and how longs and will I evers crept in.

When I give thought to years now, I realize they have become more akin to class five rapids. And I think, ever so eloquently, "s^%t".* 

Six months or eight months or eleven years -eleven years- and I'm no closer to seeing my name on a book cover. Or being a mom. Or wearing a size 10. Or becoming the type of person who never leaves dishes in the sink. Hey time, plod for me, baby.

At the beginning of 2013, I resolved to live with intention. To be aware of the minutes of my life. To experience and remember. I'm not doing that. I didn't write about my intentions to be intentional because I knew that I wouldn't follow through, albeit unintentionally. 


I don't think I know how to be intentional. I do know how to very crudely and inaccurately illustrate the inside of a chicken. So I still win adulthood. Clearly.

Tell me, how do you slow your roll?
 

*Great Grandmother said a lady never uses the s-word unless she is referring to literal s-word. I'm nothing if not a lady.

5 comments:

  1. Just because you think you need to have x done by y in order to make it to z is overrated some of the most unconventional people are the most interesting.

    As for life -- It gets faster. Way, way faster.

    Leave the dishes in the sink -- burn your spanx and unplug all your tvs (i'm not kidding) and get your writing done.

    I mean how many "skinny moms on amazon I wrote an ebook" are there? Tons.

    Don't be "skinny mom on amazon I wrote an ebook". It's freakin' cliche, and you are definitely not that at all.

    Be yourself and be proud.

    People will love you regardless.

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  2. And who says it can be arty, like you? Or published on line by you? I mean I don't want toot your horn (Florida has laws against unsolicited horn tooting) but I think your book is already done in your head. You just need to publish it like this (and it's a pretty freaking cool service -- hs literary magazine meets Interview meets lay this whole mag out like its paste up)

    http://issuu.com/thecornermagazine/docs/issue_1_issuu

    Its better suited for tablets/HD monitors anywho and you aren't gonna chop down trees to have to publish it.

    Go crazy. I dare ya.

    http://issuu.com/

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    1. "Lay this who mag out like it's paste-up, yup" is actually copyrighted (by me, of course) But if you want to put out a rap single and use it, I won't get up in your grill over it.

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    2. I think I need to hire you to be my life coach. I pay in roasted chickpeas.

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  3. Sorry, I need glasses. I got typos.

    "And who says it Can't be arty, like you?"

    AND

    "Lay this whole..."

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