Making space...

Writing Retreat Day One:

Today was pretty significant in the writing life of dewin. The reason is that I was filling my notebook with ideas and inspirations before I even arrived here. Every five or so minutes on the plane rides I would think of something else to jot down. So I asked myself- dewin, you haven't written but maybe two notes in the past month, and in just a five hour span you've filled pages, why? And it came to me. I made space for them. All this time I have been focusing on the outward details- where to write, when to write, how often to write, what to write. But the most important thing I now know is simply making the space. In my mind foremost, and also in my time. I had it set in my mind that this is my week to go and write and think about nothing but books and writing. And immediately I was there in that thoughtful space. I also recognized that my notes and thoughts seem to keep floating back to the same area. This aspect of humanity that continues to boggle me. One that I want to dig into it and find out more about. So, I thought, maybe this is what I am to write about. It is exciting to me. For once I was sitting there in the moment of having all these thoughts and I felt this is where I love to be. Right in this place of thought. It's weird. I don't know that I would call it fun exactly. But I love it nonetheless.

And so my struggle is to bring that back into my day. Not sure how I will do it exactly but where there's a will there's a way. I think the most important ingredient will be intention. I'm also thinking I may start timing myself. Like only allowing myself 30 minutes to work on work-related stuff. Or 15 minutes to search the internet. Or an hour to clean the house. But when the time's up, I am no longer allowed to worry or even think about it anymore. Because these are the things that make a void out of my day. I start folding laundry with the best of intentions to sit down and write afterward, yet I get pulled from chore to chore and suddenly it's time for bed. So, time's up for this post. I'm going to read!!!!


Here is a shot of the space I will be writing in this week. It is a three-story cabin in the mountains of Breckenridge. Complete with my own private balcony, a 90 degree hiking trail in the backyard, and a hot tub. I think it'll do.