{if leaves were my unanswered emails...}
The first day of September already. Wow. This summer has completely escaped me. Between buying a house, and losing the house, and searching everyday for a new soon to be house and my birthday and my boyfriend's birthday, bachelorette parties and rescued kittens, I inadvertently seem to have taken August "off" around here.
I've also been in a major slump lately. As in a slump on the couch and feel sorry for myself everyday sort of slump. I feel lost, not sure which direction I should be headed in. Looking online for houses and traipsing around this huge town to scope out random addresses everyday has certainly been a big distraction, and feels a bit like a metaphor for my "career path" at the moment- I'm searching and searching, but haven't found the place that's just right yet. I haven't yet found the place that makes me feel like I'm home.
And it's not my intention to make excuses for all the things I didn't accomplish this month. I realize I'm a putz who has dropped many-a ball lately and hasn't even had the energy to pick up a dozen others. But I also beat myself down emotionally all the time for that. And the more I spin myself around in the "I'm not good enough" ringer, the more I start to believe it, and the slumping ensues.
And why am I sharing all this personal stuff with you on a business how-to type blog? Because it's a business how-to type blog written by me, a real person, for you, real and lovely people too. And I feel like talking about it. To fellow creative people who most likely understand. You understand, right?
I know I'll get over this- slumps have come and gone before. The last one I had led me to create this BIZtips blog in the first place! And this blog is not going anywhere- don't misunderstand my forlorn tone. I just feel like my more creative urges aren't being fulfilled, and I need to get my self-expression mojo back flowin'. Somehow.
So, I'm not going to re-hash the severe lack of productivity that was August, instead I'm going to lay out some simple goals for September and keep moving forward.
September Goals
- Do something for you, just for you. Write. Take more pictures. Embroider something. Read a book that's not business related. Find your creative voice again.
- Re-instill the original vigor and frequency into BIZtips that it had before your impromptu summer vacation.
- Unslumpify yo'self, girl.
Not too specific, I know, but they're the kind of goals I need for me this month. What about you? What are your September goals? Anyone else out there hit by a summer slump?
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To participate in the meetup:
- post a list of your business related goals for Sept, along with your checked off August goals if you'd like, on your own blog
- come back here and leave a link to your post in the comments (*If
you don't have your own blog to post to, feel free to just leave your
list of goals right here in the comments to play along!)
- Then, check out everyone else's lists as they leave comments here- click their links, hop to their blogs, say hello, meet and greet and support each other because that's what it's all about! And if you've participated before, maybe try to say hi to a couple new participants you're unfamiliar with this time around.
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Thanks for reading my rant, and I look forward to seeing all your goals this month and saying hello!
<3 jena
