Allow your natural rhythms. Honor the seasons of nature and the rhythms of your life.
What he's talking about is a creative process – even the creative stuff you don’t like. You might be in a relationship that doesn’t work and you are at the point where it seems that nothing can change. You might feel powerless to change or you can’t stand it any more and can’t see a way out.
These are the Wednesdays of life.
It’s flat; it’s up against a wall. But it is part of the creative process of life.
It seemed like that in my first marriage. It also seemed like that while writing a book for the first time.
There are many ways to look at these Wednesdays of life—from the perspective of trying to get to the weekend—which is where I really come alive, have fun, relax.
Endure the week for the big payoff—From that perspective Wednesdays energy is that of impasse, de-energized, depression, static, inertia, stuck, blocks and up against the wall.
I’ve discovered that the creative processes of life itself are full of Wednesdays and that the weekend could be a metaphor for the big payoff—the book, the project, the life passage, etc.
From this perspective Wednesdays have become a synonym for “just before the breakthrough”—
It’s often that after a flurry of creative process', lots of creative juice and productivity a period of malaise, discontent and sometimes even apparent chaos precedes breakthrough. THIS IS GOOD!
It typically comes about midway in a project - hence the name - Wednesday.
Now that you're done, I have one thing left I'd like you to do.
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I always have to remind myself about the ebbs and flows. I try to fight against them sometimes but I'm learning that some days will be super productive or super energetic or super____ and others? Well, on other days, be gentle to yourself, rest and recuperate and wait for another wave to come along! :)
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