Well, here it is the start of the New Year, and I am finally writing a new post.

Thanksgiving and Christmas went well, family time spent, and joy to be had.  I also caught the cold that Starbuck (Monster #2) brought over on Christmas Day.  Thanks honey, I could have done without that gift.
 
My New Year's resolution was unspoken; I just decided to act on it.  I signed up for an online writing class with Margie Lawson: Defeat Self-Defeating Behaviors: Allow Writing Productivity and Creativity to Soar
www.writeruniv.com

I've had 2 classes already, and expect a third on Tuesday.  They are, so far, enlightening.  I've taken several pages of notes already.  Great ideas, most that I have heard or tried before, but I seem to be more receptive to them this time.  Perhaps I am just ready to "hear" them.  I like it.  What she says makes sense.  She is pushing me out of my comfort zone, which is not a bad thing, since my comfort zone has been rather insular of late.  If I want to succeed as a writer, I have to overcome the obstacles I keep putting in my own path.  Gee, that sounds suspiciously like personal accountability and responsibility.

But this class goes beyond the "No Excuses" shindig that I have tried in the past that just led to more self-recrimmination and brow-beating, and guilt.  Hopefully, this class will help me quiet the monkey-mind that plays such a roll in my self-defeating behaviors.

Definition of monkey-mind: the voices chattering in your head which fling negative-leading questions, snide comments about your abilities, guilt, and accusations like rotten fruit. Their miasma leads to fear and disheartenment, and inaction.

Anyway, I am looking forward to meeting up with the Moxie 4 here next weekend.  Its been over a month for me, with snow days, Christmas, and illness messing with our schedules.  I miss them.  I am going through withdrawals.