Day Eight: Artifacts of Waiting
Post-Its. I love them. They’re a come-and-go by nature, and
the closet doors in my writing room make for a sturdy surface to house all
these thoughts, sometimes random, sometimes targeted on a topic. The important
thing is the ideas are out of my head where I can see them and do something
with them if I choose. If not, I throw them away. There’s a lot of freedom in
that. Plus, the Post-Its are light yellow and the doors are dove gray and that
color combination is fantastic.
Journals. Some finished, some not, but it’s a serious pile,
regardless. I was about to say it’s a “serious problem” but that’s a matter of
perspective. If I were to meet another girl who had as many working journals as
me, she’d be a bosom friend. And if said girl also happened to be a fan of Anne
of Green Gables, well then.
Receipt of the final season of Fixer Upper. This is not
procrastination! Except when it is. But really, there’s something about watching
Chip bust down walls and JoJo rummage through her warehouse that emboldens me
to keep reworking drafts until they read right.
Saturday morning Bible study. For years, I participated, led,
and hosted official ones, but I was tired of filling out answers to all those
questions. Turns out, three other women felt the same way. So every Saturday we
meet at one of our local coffee shops to talk about whatever chapter of
whatever book of the Bible we’ve decided to study. It’s even more fantastic
than yellow Post-Its on gray doors.
Honest questions. I always tell my students there are heaps
of bad questions, and we need to ask those out of the way to get to the good
ones. The best questions are the honest ones, and it took me months of
Post-Iting, Journaling, and Bible Studying to build up the courage to ask
myself two big ones that needed answering before I took the next step.
Could I keep doing what I’d said I always wanted to do? What if I didn’t? What if I did?
Feeling like you just busted into the middle of a conversation? Maybe you did. Let me take you to Day One of this series so you can begin at the beginning.
