Week Three - Check In

Okay, how did you do in Week Three? Don't forget to take a moment to answer the following questions, either for youself, in your morning pages or (AND/OR!) here in discussion with others supporting your journey.

1)  How many days this week did you do your morning pages? Seven out of seven, we always hope. How was the experience for you? What were you surprised at finding yourself writing about?

2)  Did you do your artist date this week? Yes, of course, we always hope. And yet, Artist's Dates can be remarkably difficult to allow yourself. What did you do? How did it feel?

3)  Were there any other issues this week that you consider significant for your recovery/discovery?  Describe them.

That's it! Tomorrow it's on to Week Four.

Re: Week Three - Check In

Off all weeks to be away and swamped, it had to be Week Three. I really enjoyed this week and wanted to write about it so many times, and I did,  but I just wasn't at the computer when I needed to be. I will have to use this check-in to sum it all up.

Morning pages on the road are a real treat! 10 hours in the car from Philadelphia to Cincinnati is a journalers dream.  For the half that my husband drove, I completed the day's morning pages, and I did every last exercise – they were so fun this week – favorite childhood toy, “if I could lighten up,” favorite musical instrument, they were all so good!

I love how when you start reading and talking about and thinking about synchronicity, suddenly you see it everywhere. And in many layers. I began reading a book called Good In Bed, a first novel which takes place in the Philadelphia singles scene (something I didn't move here in time to enjoy). I'm reading this book and it has everything from chapter three! The main character is dealing with shame and public criticism.  She is out with a friend and they order the “greens with warm pear and Gorgonzola” not a week after I have just been given a recipe from Awen (the person who got me started on tAW) for pear and Gorgonzola risotto (a combo I had never heard of before) and really, the hits just keep coming. I love this because it really gives meaning to what I'm doing. Just tonight I was checking a friend's blog on another community, who was commenting on his ability to take criticism, so I had to reply with some words of wisdom from JC, and point out how cool it was to read his blog at the exact same time I'm reviewing Week Three. It reminds me a lot about the messages in the movie The Secret. (When the DVD comes out, I hope to get it and thoroughly brainwash myself!)

My Artist Date this week was watching an amazingly good movie with myself called A Very Long Engagement. I highly recommend it. A beautiful, poetic, self-revealing flick.

You know, before doing the Artist Way, I was living under the myth that I didn't have any time for myself, and now that I am finding more than one opportunity during each week – even the really busy ones – I see that I DO and that feels very , very good. I am a happier person just having that knowledge!