I’m normally the sort of person who is inspired by all kinds of things. Music, images or beautiful photos, but particularly words and ideas. Not ideas like, “Hey, skinny jeans would be fabulous!” More like this sort of thing:
Lately there have been times when I don’t see the light or the magic or the possibility in anything. This is not a feeling I enjoy. So I’m going to take action. I’m going to start noticing things. I’m going to start looking for things. Some of these things will be writing I appreciate or a beautiful view that makes me pause and think about what’s going on outside my own head.
I’m going to start something new and share some of these things every Sunday. Since my current journey is Farewell, Stranger I’m going to call this new weekly series Hello, Inspiration.
So here are some things that have inspired me this week:
I discovered Good Enough is the New Perfect, and liked it so much I submitted my own story. Since I have issues with trying to be perfect, the idea of opening up the dialogue on how working moms (and any moms, I’d argue) can redefine success by specifically tackling the idea of perfection is fabulous. (I really want a t-shirt but, oy vey, the shipping to Canada is absurd. They must transport it on the back of an endangered species or something.)
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A few weeks ago I started browsing around Pinterest again after abandoning my sad little boards for a while. I found one cool thing and then another and ended up creating a board of things that inspire me. You might, er, notice a theme (for the moment anyway).
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Another thing I’ve recently discovered is Velvet Verbosity. Really interesting site from a writing perspective, including the 100 Word Challenge.
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So that’s a few things for starters. What has inspired you recently?
