What's New @ Zen Dixie
Hi!
A lot have happened over the last two months. A lot. And I am not sure how much I want to disclose and how much I simply want to put behind me. Here is what I can say with some certainty. This is where I move forward. This is where I start healing. This is where I look at ways to build a better beast.
What to say first? Take care of yourself. I took relative physical health for granted. Now I am learning how profound that second chance can be. I am also aware of how invested who we are can be in the physical reality of how we live- or don't live. I had never dealt with real weakness or the dark side of myself when faced with being cared for. I'd always taken care of matters, thought I'd taken care of myself, reckoned a certain trajectory was inevitable.
Well.
Sometimes we can assume all sorts of things, but it doesn't mean they're all as applicable as we might have assumed they were.
Here's what I do know and what 2023 is going to look like:
I am going to offer love and kindness without fear. If someone rejects it, they have their reasons and let's face it, it's really none of my business. This means feeling joy when someone comes into my life and not taking it personally when people walk away. This past month led to some connections and reconnections that give me joy and are helping me heal.
Make some important choices about the directions I want to take. The past two years, I worked on a medical dystopia starring a screaming, hirsute baby (the punch, late-night conversations of hariy-baby speak between me and my editor should probably be its own book.) I also put two other fiction projects on their feet, albeit still very much in the early draft stages.
Another big matter, really very big matter is that of the surfeit of STUFF! I have started digging myself out from under the accumulated things I know I will never use. Stuff is already being given away. The goal is to create a working studio. One thing I am sure of is a desire to create things that make people smile. Do I really want to make toys? Yes, I do. At least, I want to make things that delight people.
For me, for those I have reached out to recently and will reach out to in the near future" Stay kind. Stay tender. Share what makes you smile and what you see and experience along the way. I've always been pro-kid kids, travel, projects, and pets pictures and now more than ever, I love what gets sent through the ether.
Happy 2024, The Year of the Rabbit!
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What to say first? Take care of yourself. I took relative physical health for granted. Now I am learning how profound that second chance can be. I am also aware of how invested who we are can be in the physical reality of how we live- or don't live. I had never dealt with real weakness or the dark side of myself when faced with being cared for. I'd always taken care of matters, thought I'd taken care of myself, reckoned a certain trajectory was inevitable.
Well.
Sometimes we can assume all sorts of things, but it doesn't mean they're all as applicable as we might have assumed they were.
Here's what I do know and what 2023 is going to look like:
I am going to offer love and kindness without fear. If someone rejects it, they have their reasons and let's face it, it's really none of my business. This means feeling joy when someone comes into my life and not taking it personally when people walk away. This past month led to some connections and reconnections that give me joy and are helping me heal.
Make some important choices about the directions I want to take. The past two years, I worked on a medical dystopia starring a screaming, hirsute baby (the punch, late-night conversations of hariy-baby speak between me and my editor should probably be its own book.) I also put two other fiction projects on their feet, albeit still very much in the early draft stages.
Another big matter, really very big matter is that of the surfeit of STUFF! I have started digging myself out from under the accumulated things I know I will never use. Stuff is already being given away. The goal is to create a working studio. One thing I am sure of is a desire to create things that make people smile. Do I really want to make toys? Yes, I do. At least, I want to make things that delight people.
For me, for those I have reached out to recently and will reach out to in the near future" Stay kind. Stay tender. Share what makes you smile and what you see and experience along the way. I've always been pro-kid kids, travel, projects, and pets pictures and now more than ever, I love what gets sent through the ether.
Happy 2024, The Year of the Rabbit!
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