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January 28, 2019 By Marisa Moks-Unger

Windows & Doors Open to Flow

For Flow, Crack Open Windows and Doors

When a door closes, look for an open window for your flow.

Remember in The Sound of Music when Maria says: When the Lord closes a door, somewhere he opens a window? That can be said for our intuition, too. Our flow grows where our focused energy goes. This makes sense for a few reasons. For example, we may not feel like we are growing in business, because a door is closed and we are waiting for it to re-open. Or, we may thinking that all the exits are blocked and feel scared. Let’s consider it below.

Which Ones are Stuck Shut?

With 800,000 federal worker told that they will head back to work – temporarily – people are concerned with jobs, paychecks that may or may not stop and start again, and bills. Career doors can slam shut. For freelancers, sometimes clients pay in a halting fashion – or not at all. Sometimes people are there for you and other times, not so much. Figuring out which doors and windows are stuck is important. Why? Because when you can pinpoint he problem, then you find answers.

Where’s the WD-40?

The late motivational speaker, Loise Hay, had a mantra she taught anyone with ears to listen: Out of this situation only good will come! Having a positive mindset helps us appreciation the truth in the matter of the closed doors and sticking windows. Better not to curse the jam, but to thank whoever invented WD-40. By looking for solutions, they do indeed seem to appear more quickly. And, with them, flow.

Your Turn

Take out your journal. Set the timer for 15 minutes and think of all the ways you are procrastinating when it comes to creating content? Also, jot down people or activities who keeping you from your energy. Next, list the possible solutions to these energy jams. Take time to open windows and doors by adjusting what you are doing and who you spend your time with to improve your flow. In doing so, you begin to see openings where there previously were none.

Here’s to growing your flow,

Marisa

Scrabble Words for Flow

Create a Word Bank from Scrabble

Word Lists from Scrabble — First play the game, then get writing from your curated word list.

Sunday afternoons find my husband, mother-in-law, and I playing Scrabble. This ritual helps us to pass the time during the pandemic. The games usually run one to two hours. We have taken these games to a new level by anticipating them each week, then carefully crafting our word choices. It helps that all three of us are avid readers and come up with a variety of interesting diction.

Also, the game gets my mother-in-law’s mind off of the local paper’s with its teeming death notices of Covid-19 victims – most from local residential living facilities. And, she is now interested in the fact that I am using these word lists to write from professionally.

Next, free write for a few. Make a list of the words developed during the game. Then use the list as a springboard to write a creative piece using as many of the words as possible. Play with long and short lines. Add some rhymes. Look for alliteration. Give yourself about 10 minutes. See what images appear.

Then, select a genre or two to carry through. As a theme arises from the free write of the word list, follow the lead. Perhaps a poem rises up. Or, a one-act play. Or, both! Choose one genre knowing that you can come back and create more works from any single topic.

Now, it’s your turn! If you have a Scrabble game somewhere hidden in a hall closet, it is time to get it out and try your hand at this writing tactic. It employs procrastination by allowing you to blow off writing at first by playing a game. Then, you are rewarded for the time you invested in the game by writing a piece from the words you and others generated.

Here’s to growing your flow,

Marisa

TGIFF – Thank God It’s Friday Flow

Cliché Finds Flow on Friday

Congratulations, you’ve made it to Friday. And, at the workweek’s end, there is time to find flow. But, where do you go to find flow? First, realize that flow can happen anywhere at anytime. Need proof? Look at this past post on finding flow in a card and party goods store. Simply click right here: https://wewriteitright.com/visit-flow-in-a-party-goods-shop/

How Gratitude Leads the Way

Use grateful eyes to take in the world around you. Then, instead of planning to hit the bars and clubs when the clock strikes 5:00 PM, other options present themselves during these times of pandemic. Why not take a virtual tour a museum? Or, take a walk or bike ride through a park? Or, spend an hour working on a poem, and essay, or a blog post. When you are grateful for the options you have – even if you are working from home amid shutdowns – then that is enough.

Your Turn

Playtime creates greater flow. — Spirographs, Etch-a-Sketch, and Slinkys are just a few ways to re-enter flow through playtime. What was your favorite activity as a child? When was the last time you tried it as an adult?

Think back to grade school, junior high, or middle school. Think about the electives that you took that helped round out your schedule. Did you take dance or music classes? Weight training? Or, perhaps, like me, you did candle making. Whatever it might be, try to reunite your lost teen with your adult self. Take time to write, dance, sing, paint, or play with your Spirograph! You’ll be glad you did!

Here’s to growing your flow,

Marisa