This & That | Big Magic

I am very drained creatively right now & am having a major blogger block (if it’s not a thing, it should be!). I couldn’t get a cute Instagram for the life of me, I was too lazy to do the DIY I have on the calendar, & the content calendar is so neglected. I decide to just say FUCK it & pretty much spent the whole weekend away from the entire world of blogging.

Zack was super busy this weekend, so I had a total ME weekend. I am 100% okay being by myself. Not everyone is, but I love it. I am not the type of person who needs to be surrounded by people to be happy, the silence is actually super refreshing to me. I leashed up the pup & we spent the day walking around Ocean Beach (a little hippy beach town near me). We checked out cool crystal/metaphysical shops, ate vegan caesar wraps (so BOMB), walked in the sand, & just window shopped. IT WAS GREAT, until I got home.

Sunday night is a work night, but I still just wasn’t feeling it. I again tried to post an Instagram, which didn’t work because I was being too picky, so I decided to grab my book & take a bath.

THIS IS WHERE THINGS GOT INTERESTING.

I used to read all the time just for fun. Two books a week was my average. I started Big Magic two months ago & still haven’t gotten around to finishing it. I was 3/4 of the way done & told myself that I am going to sit in that bath until that book was done.

I poured in the bubbles, turned on some tunes (Big Magic comes with an epic playlist!!), threw in some dried flower bath salts (so pretty), & started reading. After 5 minutes I was antsy. Not just a little antsy, I was crawling out my skin antsy. I was legit losing it. I didn’t think I would be able to manage it for another minute, there was so much to be done & I was wasting time sitting in a bath.

As I was sitting there reading, I came across a part in the book that talked about how people seem to stop doing something when things get INTERESTING (hence the above statement). Usually when things get interesting, they get hard. Sitting in that bath was HARD, but the book said to power through because right past interesting comes amazing. Honestly, not to be all cheesy, but in that moment I am pretty damn sure I experienced some sort of Big Magic because the next thing I knew I was on the last page.

“Don’t abandon your creativity the moment things stop being easy or rewarding – because that’s the moment when interesting begins.” -Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic

That last 1/4 of the book was pretty damn magical. It was like everything I needed to hear in that exact moment came through the pages of the book. Honestly, it’s an AMAZING book & that’s coming from someone who isn’t all about self help books. If you work in a creative field, you neeeed to read it (like, yesterday!).

Now now, I can’t tell you I got out of that bath & started blogging. Actually, it’s Monday at 5:40pm & this is the first time I touched my computer all day. The book didn’t make me anymore creatively inspired, but it did help me learn how to trust the process & the steps needed to get those juices flowing.

AGH. Sorry for the novel, but I just had to get that off my chest. Maybe you guys will get it, maybe you won’t, maybe it will help, maybe it won’t. Regardless, atleast you have a new good book to read (& the podcast is pretty epic too!).

If you guys have any books you could suggest, LMK! I am really going to take an active approach to get back in the reading game!! x, Erica

Now, for some wknd highlights…

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