Confession Tuesday
Yep, I’m 40.
The buildup to 40 was great. Then I went to the gym and had to put my age into the elliptical’s settings. *Reality sets in.* I know age is just a number, but it feels like jumping into cold water.
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After seeing the TED presentation of Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the book Eat, Pray, Love, I bought the book. I rarely buy best sellers—why would I want to read a book that almost everyone else has read? What’s the point? Despite my flawed logic, I was drawn into Gilbert’s story and her personal philosophy on writing. I found myself wanting to tap into her energy. So I again encourage you to check out her presentation about the notion of genius and creativity.
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Finally, I’m working on a poem that’s worth finishing! In fact, I have two poems in the works. When I’m writing on a new piece, I push off all other creative tasks to finish it, including blogging, submissions, revisions, etc. Needless to say, I’m behind on just about everything else (hence, this post is shorter than normal).
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I managed to send out two submissions with a third in the works. Doesn’t feel like I’ve been productive this month but all evidence points to the contrary.
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Will post birthday photos here and on Facebook tonight.
Comments
The water gets warmer. :-)
Here's mine: http://stoneymoss.org/2009/02/17/confessions-more-on-the-theme/
I had a similar thing as my scale tells me my age and height before I get on it (really, do I need to know I'm 5'7" every morning?) Anyway, I haven't changed it since we bought the scale, so whenever I get on, it tells me I'm 37. I decided to change it and somehow jumping 3 years felt bigger than I thought it would.
Though now being 40, more people keep saying "well you don't look 40!" than ever. Apparently we're in the decade where you can look very good or very terrible, depending. I don't necessarily feel more confident at 40, but I do feel a substantial amount of my life has passed I can already tell I'm less likely to take any bull$*#%.
Oh and I also checked out Eat,Pray Love again from the library. I had read it (I think you'll like it, she's a good writer- don't let the "bestseller" thang influence you--I do that too). So thanks again for the TED link, I thought she was a remarkable speaker.
Trust me, I have more poetry books than I can handle. In fact, I just bought two more. If I could signle handedly keep the recession at bay for poetry by buying books, I would.
Thanks for the kind words.
Congrats again for turning 40 and feeling so good about it! I'm kinda scared of my coming bday (turning 30, that is).
Here's mine: confession tuesday
(Would you still have as many poetry books if you had to pay twice as much, and were earning about half as much?)