You Can Do It!

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Time to get your inspiration on gang.  But I’m not the one dishing this time. More on that in a minute.

Big week for me as my mid-July deadline approaches. I need to have my book proposal and sample chapters completed this weekend and don’t plan on missing the mark.

Something about our universe makes the midway point in a process challenging. People say that nothing worth anything is easy. You’ve experienced the grind before. My question for you today is how do you get through that midpoint and down the stretch?

We call Wednesday “Hump Day” because that’s the crest to get over before it’s all downhill. Life seems to climb slowly until suddenly we seem to be speeding towards the finish. Are you in the middle of  a project or book or process or even relationship? Raising kids gets pretty tough somewhere in the middle when little darlings become angst-ridden teens.

What motivates you to push through?

For the past couple weeks I fought through the grind of this book I’m writing. I went through a burst of creation before hitting a brick wall of writer’s blocks. I spun pens, flipped coins, stretched rubber bands and paper clips, and even did the ultimate in procrastination–cleaning. I drove to Starbucks and tried about 50 other tricks to spark my brain back into action. The hump loomed large until finally I reached the crest and could’ve peed on my keyboard from sheer joy. Um, maybe that’s what sheer joy means to me. Shut up! Ahem. Just kidding. Did I mention this process also makes me loopy?