Post #4 – Women’s Memoirs, Potpourri – Matilda Butler and Kendra Bonnett
Today’s Tao musings focus on the habit of writing. Consider:
Good habits are good friends; we return to them gladly every day.
A ritual or habit creates a path that is shaped by use.
We seek to release ourselves from rituals that bind or restrict. We seek to open ourselves to habits of creativity that we gladly practice daily.
The habit of writing, once established, carries us forward toward our goals.
Writing Tip: How often have you said, “I’ll work on my memoir when I have more time?” If you are busy today, it is a safe bet that you will be busy a week from now, a month from now, a year from now, and five years from now. Time doesn’t suddenly become available on its own. You need to put writing into your admittedly busy schedule.
Do you know the memoir by choreographer Twyla Tharp The Creative Habit? In describing her life, her creative art, she has deliberately given us a guide for how we can be more creative within a set of habits that keep us moving forward.
Try writing even 10 minutes per day. You’ll be amazed at how the ideas begin to flow.
