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A plethora of writing coming???

arthurstewart — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:10:32 +0000

I have a number of things I have half-written recently. These include insightful cultural observations, humorous anecdotes, heart-warming family moments, what I’m learning, what we’ve been up to, and updates on what’s next for us. I really want to get a bunch of these posts/articles/emails finished because they are important to me (and I think to many of you). But…

I usually have my best ideas either in the shower or at the gym – both places where I can’t write anything down as it crosses heart or mind
I have talked about aspects of all of these with enough people that I don’t want to sit down and recap for everyone else
I can be a bit of an idealist/perfectionist, so I want to consider every angle and put in every thought related to what I am writing about
I’ve been struggling to sit and write – too many other things to do!
I only have self-imposed deadlines, so it is easy to keep putting them off

BUT, I want to get some of these off my to-do list AND really do need to get some of this on paper – for my sake and yours! So, you can help me, dear reader, by sending me a message/email/comment along the lines of, “I would really like to hear about…” or “what was that thing you mentioned related to…” Yes, I am asking for a bit of external motivation

thank you!

My CyberHeart

arthurstewart — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:41:39 +0000

Am I just old [school]?

I really prefer to write about my heart and reflect using my journal. paper journal, with a pen.

I wonder why I can’t do this as well ob the computer. Even when I write in my journal and then transfer thoughts and sentiments to my blog, something is lost.

Thoughts, ideas, comments, pithy observations, clever anecdotes – those I can do on the blog just fine. But I don’t feel like my heart comes through very well.

Why do I struggle to convery my heart through this medium? Is this true for anyone else?

(note: I wrote this down in my journal earlier in the day, and am now transcribing here)

when you really have more to write than you can get to

arthurstewart — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:57:59 +0000

are you like me… you have lots to do. instead of this motivating you to start plugging away, one bit at a time, it actually leaves you getting almost nothing done.

sometimes i think i spend more time thinking and organizing what i need to do than actually doing anything. this is compounded when a bunch of what i need to do is write – which i love – but that take a bit of heart and creativity out of me. so, hard to crank our one writing assignment after another.

so, if you are one of those people waiting for a newsletter, update, blog post, curriculum, plan, or notes, then i have to tell you that it’s not quite finished. but will be “soon.”

and for all 10 of you that read this blog just a quick note to say we will be in the USA in December and Jan.

We will arrive in LA on 9 december and be there until around the 15th-17th.
then, fresno through dec. 26.
27-jan 2 we hope to travel through SF to Ashland, Oregon.
back to Fresno jan 3-18. (Arthur and Melissa will be in SoCal for training 1/11-15).
whole family to SoCal (Dinseyland? San Diego?) Jan 19-23.
depart home to South Africa on the morning of Jan 24.

of course, that’s some of the info i need to actually write out nicely for an update email, but you heard it here first (reason enough to read this blog, don’t you think?

maybe tomorrow i will get to one of those other things i need to write.

let’s (not) capture that thought

arthurstewart — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:12:43 +0000

Why would someone want to “capture a thought”?
Where would the thought be going anyway?
And even if it were to make a break for it, would that be a bad thing?
seems a little controlling if you ask me.

I want my thoughts to run wild.
I want my thoughts to blossom.
I want my thoughts to burst into flame.
I want my thought to take me to undiscovered lands.

please don’t try to capture my thought.