Real Life and Creativity

Have you ever heard of Patti Digh?  She is an amazing author, speaker, and an advocate for creativity and learning.  I love her books and blog.  She brings such passion and ingenuity to her writing; it's inspiring and thought provoking.  One of her books I own is Life Is a Verb.  The book was inspired by her stepfather who was diagnosed with cancer, and consequently died 37 days later.  She then made a commitment to ask herself every morning: What would I be doing if I only had 37 days to live?  It doesn't focus on death; rather, living.  A verb is an action word, so the title Life Is a Verb, speaks for itself.

Anyway, her book is interactive.  She gives you 37 writing prompts and challenges you to act upon them; whether it's giving in and splurging with a chocolate bar, or doing a random act of kindness.  It encourages you to slow down and enjoy the littlest of things: your weekend pancakes to a road trip with your friends.  With that said, I am challenging myself with her writing prompts.  Every week I will stop, think, and write.  Coming up: what makes you, you?  I think this will be a good introduction to my new blog. 

For now, I will leave you with this thought: Don't separate 'real' life from 'creative' life. ~Patti Digh