Wednesday 21 August 2013

Writing Dreams

Recently I’ve been having a recurring dream about clearing out cupboards, in which I have a selection of cupboards full of stuff to sort out and organise.  I think this is about not doing the things I should be doing  - like formatting the 4 books for Kindle which have been on my to-do list for months now.  It’s preying on my mind but life seems to conspire against me so that whenever it seems I will get the time to do it, something happens.  Sigh.  Cupboards and drawers (not the knickers variety!) appear often in my dreams – usually, in the dream, I am about to move house and have left everything until the last minute and realise that I haven’t even made a start on the cupboards and it is the day of the move!  Arrgggh! 

And on the subject of dreams, I realise that I have, finally and by default (redundancy) realised my childhood ambition  – I am now, officially, a full time writer.  It’s taken nearly 40 years and I think I’m so busy trying to keep on top of everything that I haven’t actually celebrated. 

So if you always wanted to be a full time writer, don’t be discouraged if it hasn’t happened yet.  Because, one day, it will. However long it takes.  


6 comments:

  1. Congrats on becoming a full time writer - even if it wasn't quite how you meant it to work!
    And good luck with the move - cupboards - OMG! Until you start, you never realise how much stuff goes into one cupboard...
    No wonder you're having dreams about them!

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    1. Hi Deborah - thanks! Life works in mysterious ways...hope all is going well for you with the writing and riding. :)

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  2. CONGRATULATIONS! I'll buy you cake to celebrate :)

    Xx

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  3. Haha, I have dreams like that, prompting me to get on with things! Congratulations on the writing - it took me a while to get where I thought I wanted to be, only to discover it wasn't what I expected, so now I'm still looking ;)

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    1. Interesting how dreams can sustain us but when we think we have fulfilled them, they have already changed. When I was in my twenties and thirties I felt like I would have given anything to be a full-time writer but now I don't really feel that way. Probably because I have insecurities about money now! So I feel under more pressure to write, ironically. Life experiences certainly modify our dreams. And I know I haven't found my "Purpose" yet, and maybe I never will...

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