The Sunday Circle is the weekly check-in where I ask the creative-types who follow this blog to weigh in about their goals, inspirations, and challenges for the coming week. The logic behind it can be found here. Want to be involved? It’s easy – just answer three questions in the comments or on your own blog (with a link in the comments here, so that everyone can find them).
After that, throw some thoughts around about other people’s projects, ask questions if you’re so inclined. Be supportive above all.
Then show up again next Sunday when the circle updates next, letting us know how you did on your weekly project and what you’ve got coming down the pipe in the coming week (if you’d like to part of the circle, without subscribing to the rest of the blog, you can sign-up for reminders via email here).
MY CHECK-IN
What am I working on this week?
The coming week will not involve a lot of writing, mostly because I’ll be doing a library talk in Logan Library on Tuesday night and a workshop at QWC on Thursday night, which means the sole day where my writing time isn’t replaced by seminar/workshop prep is Friday.
Rather than look at this as an irritation, I figure it’s a good opportunity to put some energy into putting together some long term plans, doing necessary admin that I’ve been ignoring, and generally clearing the decks so I can hit the ground running when time clears up.
What’s inspiring me this week?
I’ve been re-reading Todd Henry’s Die Empty this week, and just like the Accidental Creative before it there has been this moment where the processes he’s talking about suddenly shift into focus and my opinion goes from well, this is okay, I guess to holy shit, this is awesome.
If the Accidental Creative is all about delivering processes that allow for long-term planning and focus, Die Empty is the day-to-day planning component with some serious high-level planning thrown in for good measure.
What part of my project an I avoiding?
I need to sit down and do some serious prep work for the first Business of Books seminar, which will follow a different format to the notes I have from last year, and therefore needs some adaptation. I also need to sit down with a few contracts and actually read them, before they get signed.
