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Fascinating Article

About why some of us can take care  of ourselves- and why most of us have a harder time… I have found that self-care and the creative life are synonymous.  Read it and tell me if it makes sense to you.

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October 29th, 2005

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  • 1 cindy Oct 30, 2005

    the article i did read and it does make sense and i have read about the 4 quadrants b4. these brain studies and what they learn from them are most fascinating.

    now onto ur question. i dont understand what u mean by self care and the creative life being synonymous.

    as ricky ricardo would say, “Splain lucy!”

  • 2 cindy Oct 30, 2005

    ps. congrats on the 2 new projects!

  • 3 sandylouwho Oct 30, 2005

    I see what you mean, I think. Those of us who operate only deep within the right brain are moved by the *idea* of taking care of ourselves in the same way we get excited about our ideas for creative endeavors, but our limited use of left-brain tactics tends to undermine our follow-through on both. At least this is true for me.

    Here’s the sad thing: I immediately respond to the article’s suggestions with a knee-jerk, gut-level feeling of “Don’t tell me to do things your way, you left-brainiac!”

    Even though those routine-following, organized people do have success at following through with weight-loss and other endeavors, I have such a strong reaction to being told to try to be like “them.” I’m not made that way!

    And yet…my novel remains unfinished and my exercise needs remain unmet.