So it looks like we're blogging the source of my mental/emotional block over at When The Flames Go Up. No details until we sort it all out, but maybe just a little of the process will help me get past it now.
Mat Johnson: Pym: A Novel
So far this book is everything. Like, everything in literature and exploration and culture all taken in and then spit back out like a serrated knife through soft butter.
Steven Gary Blank: The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win
Dense, with valuable ideas on every page.
Douglas Adams: The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Franz Babinger: Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time
Yes, he's reading this huge academic tome. A friend gave it to me, and when I handed it to my son he said, "I've heard a lot about this dude! Cool!" Nerdtastic.
Jeff Kinney: Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 1
He's ripping through this one.
Susan Champlin: Fight for Freedom (Cartoon Chronicles of America)
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I think creative blocks kind of come with the territory when you experience emotional turmoil. It's kind of a romantic image of a writer to picture the heartbroken scribe pouring their sorrow into the great American novel. But really, I think that's crap. Like most positive things, creativity doesn't come from a place of insecurity, and I think emotional turmoil makes most sane people kind of insecure. I experienced a serious block last summer after lots of upheaval re: extended family, health, good friends experiencing a terrible loss. I sort of came to associate 2010 with everything bad, and once the year passed suddenly everything started flowing again (http://gotitma.blogspot.com/2011/01/1130-on-new-years-eve.html). I think there's something to be said for setting a marker like that. For me it was the end of the year, but it could be anything that is meaningful and coming up in the near future. It's like your troubles are a giant hair clog in your psyche. Pick a Drano day and imagine the clog getting washed away. Wishing you the best.
Posted by: T. | March 17, 2011 at 06:04 PM
My thoughts are with you as you negotiate this process. Here's to a positive outcome for you and the boys. (and, of course, whatever details when you can!)
Posted by: Kathy_B | March 17, 2011 at 09:47 PM
I'm in a rough place too and can relate. Maslow's hierarchy of needs says that our needs rank in priority from nourishment, shelter, safety etc up to self-actualisation. Without higher priority needs being met, you can't focus on the next level. I hope you find emotional safety soon so you can start climbing again. Until then, promise to go easy on yourself and I'll do the same.
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Posted by: J | March 17, 2011 at 11:37 PM
Divorce can be $hitty.
That is all.
Posted by: MomPlusKid | March 17, 2011 at 11:47 PM
Thinking of you too Moxie. @MomPlusKid, you're right, divorce can be shitty. I'm in the midst of one.
Posted by: A | March 18, 2011 at 11:37 AM
Hugs to you & yours, Moxie!!
Posted by: hush | March 18, 2011 at 12:41 PM
@A - me too.
Posted by: MomPlusKid | March 19, 2011 at 10:58 AM
Divorce can be $hitty.
That is all.
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Oh! Those children were silly. It is not proper to treat the parents like stranger. As a mother it really hurts, knowing that my kids don’t like me. It was a burden for me if they will be going to hate me.
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W wytworze nie osiagnelabym dotad ani niejakiego czasopismu nalezacego jednakiego debetu - zali sie kobieta Katarzyna. -
Egzystowac moze w takim razie, miast porownywac oferty wierzytelnosci bez BIK, akuratniej skupic sie na wyszperaniu alternatywy?
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To nie samotna atut rzeczonego osobniku dlugu. Plus sciaganego za sprawa nas dlugu nie musi znajdowac sie rowna sumie splacanych dzieki nas zadan.
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Zdolamy w nastepstwie tego wewnatrz pomoca debetu konsolidacyjnego oddac dlug dowolne wziete debety, tj. konsumpcyjny, mieszkaniowy, samochodowy natomiast czek bez pokrycia na karcie kredytowej.
Dopowiada chociaz, ze na glod kredytobiorcy pula byc moze i pojedynczo wysylac ogloszenia czy tez terminarze az do namacalnego klienta na podarowany z wykorzystaniem panu adres.
Nie ciz wydzialami (dwoje)pula trwa…
Wtorym, identycznie calkowitym, dywidenda od uzyczonej pozyczki. Te koszty zastac mozna nie wrecz przeciwnie na jarmarku pozyczkowym, jednak takze w trafu np. dlugow.
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