inspiration!

so my gf ariel started a blog (and i’d link to it but it’s a personal journal and she’s not sure she wants it shared just yet, so you’ll have to be patient), and i left a comment on it that i felt like such a slacker, which made her run in and say, “oh gosh no, claire! blogging is easy when you just say dumb nothing like i do. what you do is hard!”

(she’s so adorable!)

so i told her some of what i do is harder than other parts, but mostly it’s all pretty easy once i sit down and make myself do it. and then i said, here, look, “i’ll just sit down at the computer here because you have inspired me, and watch how easily i write a post.”

and she’s leaning over my shoulder right now to read what i’m typing, and she says, “how do you do that! you make it look so easy!”

my response being this — having something to say and saying it, those are both pretty easy peasy if you’re inspired. the mistake most people make is, they think they need to wait around and keep an eye out for inspiration to happen to them, when honestly, there’s probably so much in their lives or in the world around them to get inspired by, all they need to do is pick a thing or two that inspires them to think about, and then just start typing out whatever it makes them think of.”

and she says, “oh, i get it. i guess you’re right and you really are a slacker.”

(now she’s saying, “hey, i didn’t say that, tell them i didn’t say that!” which is true, but i thought it would be funny for people if they thought she said that.)

and it really is as easy as that. my girlfriend did something, and by giving me an example, she made me want to be more motivated to blog, so here we all are.

could anything at all be any simpler?

well, yes ...

true love.

but that’s what you just read about here too!

xoxo,
claire