Last week I’ve moved again. No worries, it was only a small distance compared to the 900 km shift from Prague to Amsterdam last year. While having my coffee break I decided that from now on any time the weather is acceptable (Come on, it’s still the Netherlands, I can’t wait for perfect.) I will work on the balcony instead of the living room. Luckily the wifi reaches this most distant spot in our flat, too, and even if the signal is weak, it seams steady enough so I don’t get too frustrated while trying to refresh a site.
I just need to find a more comfortable chair and table, but since here it’s customary that you leave the things you don’t want any more near the rubbish-bins on the street and anyone who needs it can take it (or the dustmen will evidently collect it on the designated day), it shouldn’t be very hard. Truth to be told, that’s how we acquired our current furniture for the balcony, the small Oriental-style table I use for taking photos and a pretty wooden shelf to the kitchen for my wide collection of spices, too.
Enjoying the sun, the breeze and a coffee, and in the meanwhile striving to remain focused instead of the unusual and fascinating sights and noises of my new outdoors office (a fat red cat walking through the garden, birds singing, neighbor singing and a fat black cat walking through the garden) I finished the last chapters of Austin Kleon‘s brilliant book, the “Steal like an artist“. It gives great practical advice for creatives trying to get more productive, organized and evidently, successful. (That’s me. And maybe you, too.)
Most of his recommendations written in a self-ironic, funny way rang a familiar bell, and reassured me that hard work, curiosity and courage are the way to go. And of course there are also several points which I need to keep in my mind better. One of them is to keep a logbook.
As Austin himself says: “In the old days, a logbook was a place for sailors to keep track of how far they’d traveled, and that’s exactly what you’re doing – keeping track of how far your ship has sailed.”
Do you keep a journal or a diary? Is it a “professional” one or are you recording your everyday happiness with your family and friends?
I do have a private one where we try to write together with my husband a few lines every day, but I think it’s the highest time to start a bead-related “logbook”, too.
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