Motivation Monday

October is nearly over and yesterday was a bit rough. Started off well with a great service, potluck, some great hugs and conversations. Felt like I’d received a second message in the parking lot as I spoke with someone. Did some inking and plotting at Panera. Spoke with the neighbor for a few hours and figured I’d spend the evening, which I did. But alas there was some trouble and what I’ve learned is take things as opportunities for personal growth. It’s hard work but it’s the way forward.

Sharing a vid that resonates this.

$5 Tuesday Movie Review - Abonimable

Tuesday I caught a morning showing of "Abonimable"

And 4 out of 5 tears... No really.  I teared up about 3-4 times while watching this movie.  Perhaps I was just feeling sentimental or more open that morning but I cried within the first 5-10 minutes of the movie and then cried not too long after.  It actually reminded me of "Up", not so much with the montage of time passing and you seeing all the events but the fact I got hit with emotion so early on.

The scene which triggered me wouldn't be one you suspect either or maybe it is... it'd be interesting to get other's take but the scene where the mom just has this look, she's obviously knowing something is wrong and just has this look of defeat but you know she hasn't given up as she exits her Ye's room.  The next time I cried was listening to Ye play the violin and man, when music moves you... I for sure came to the conclusion that I need the soundtrack in my life or definitely plan on listening to the violin pieces when I'm writing for Nano 2019.

There were a couple parts where I got pulled out of the movie, one was when the Coldplay song came on.  It's a good song but something about it hadn't boded, felt cheesy, or out of place.  I get the sentiment and definitely love the song but for whatever reason I got pulled out/into my head during a couple scenes it played. 

And I loved Ye.  I related so much to the fact of "I still haven't even cried..." (I paraphrase) but anyone that's known a big loss may find this an access point they can relate to.

I appreciate the villain despite suspecting it early on, it was still interesting when the veil dropped. 

I am having a memory fail regarding the other characters at the moment but I enjoyed this movie and man did it make me think "okay, must visit China..."

Management Monday - Week of 10/7 - 10/13

I iz hungry.

Like as I write this I'm trying to figure out why I'm so hungry.  Had a decent size breakfast and just snacked on some cheeze-its (snack bag)... Maybe I just need water.

At any rate I just realized I only update this once last.  I'm trying to get better with prepping on Monday's for social media but still playing around a bit.  I did at least figure out doing one thing today as it relates to Inktober so I feel good about that.  I also have to work on a few more scheduled post... still need to look into HootSuite... but I'm almost done. 

Oh and prepping some known blog post (think I'll do two on here and two for the author site) then I'm done.  Allowing for some spontaneity for the week and more time to focus on reading.  I still have YET to finish reading one of the many books I've piled up and WANT to read.  It's just this business side of being an author will/can soak up all your time if you allow it.  So I keep trying to remind myself to come at it from a different angle/perspective.

So these are some wins from last week:
- Setting up Wix Analytics
- Using Draft2Digital to get MD available on other platforms
- Routine posting for #inktober2019 (both the drawing and writing edition)
- submitted a query 0_0
- completed audio for NFD
- Ordered ISBN's

There were some other things too but overall I'm happy with my week.  I also followed through and did a personal writing retreat weekend. 

So I have a list of about 20 tasks for this week so far but if I had to pick 3 that I absolutely want to accomplish this week that would be:
- Design pc's for MD and NFD
- Finish reading a book
- Revise TSP book description

... in semi-related news I think the water helped... I'm telling myself it did.  Going to drink some more and try to focus.  Though I might just need to eat.