The observant amongst you will have noticed that I’ve gone a bit quiet.
I’ve been focusing pretty much all day every day on redesigning my business to match the needs of the current climate.
I just sat down to write the long-overdue article on step three of Developing Tech Presentation Superpowers.
I wrote four sentences then… nothing.
Nuh… thing.
Having done quite a bit of reading and thinking about facilitation recently, I pulled out of the content (‘I can’t write my blog post’) to the process (‘I’m stuck’).
It took three minutes for me to realise: I’ve over-fished my pond.
Julia Cameron talks about creative acts as fishing your pond, and if you don’t restock it, you run out of fish.
Tomorrow, I’m delivering Developing Tech Presentation Superpowers as a talk at the Singapore e27 Unconference.
Talking stocks my pond.
When I come back next week, I’m pretty sure I’ll have something to say.
Thanks for your patience. See you next week.
(Anyone else who’s stuck somewhere with something, or freaking out about something, check out Havi. Totally totally extraordinary. If you like that kind of thing. And I do.)
I found Havi recently. Good stuff, indeed.
Have fun giving the presentation, and I’ll look forward to your insights when you are ready to share them.
Andrew,
I can empathize with you entirely. Sometimes I’m just pooped.I don’t know if my pond is overfished (I like that image) or what, but I know I don’t have much to offer at times like that.
The mood /feeling / whatever usually hits me after returning home from a long plane trip.
My Italian grandmother, who was always pushing food my way, used to say, “Mangia, mangia. Che te fa grande.” (“Eat, eat. That you may grow strong.”) I hope you find something that feeds your soul.
Best, Chris