Tactile Plan of Attack

All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible. ~ Orison Swett Marden

Perhaps the change of seasons … or the weather … or mere routine replacing scenic travel and being away from home. Whatever it is, I seemed locked in funk-mode. My desk is a pile of misplaced mail, To-Do lists and miscellany …

So … what to do?

Well, I am not the sort of person to allow a funk to linger without purpose. Oh, I whine and carry-on for a bit; eat too much junk food and lay in bed watching movies for a while. But this morning I have crawled outa bed and doing a bit of tactile planning.

Tactile: kinetic; tangible; movement; touch; visual; artistic …

I have this ongoing dance contest between “serious commitment” and “sometimes commitment” inside my head, distracting me throughout my days. Thus … cutting, pasting, writing, drawing, stamping, {etc.} helps to stop the dance music playing in my head (and ♥) and produces a tactile plan of attack!

Things like Lessons Learned and Overcoming Dread and trays of magazine and junk mail {awaiting discovery} — {present-ing} me with keywords, inspiration and artistic elements to place in my collage journal! These become my tools to overcome!

But … Getting through to true and positive Desire has been like sitting on either end of a teeter-totter. Two “me’s” teetering up and down as I attempt to find balance.  Balance, so as to keep from bumping my butt on the ground — jolting any sort of resolve I muster up!

I have been reading (and participating in an online book discussion of), The Joy Diet by Martha Beck. The daily “menu items” encourage a progression of day-to-day quiet, reflection and notations. This practice has carried me through a rather crappy week, as I seek the resolve to tackle the teeter-totter of fear/desire within me.

Day by day …