Author: Christine

Christine http://www.mombie.com I'm a writer/storyteller/director/creativity & lifestory coach with a black belt in ITF Taekwon-do. I read voraciously and I write like my fingers are on fire. I'm the founder and Co-Chair of the Association for the Arts in Mount Pearl and I'm the current president of the St. John's Storytelling Festival. I bake a mean chocolate chip cookie.

New mug, more tea

I’m not normally a dog mug kind of dame but the fact that this one says ‘Mornings are ruff.’ on the inside made me crack up.

A photo of a mug with dogs on it
A close up photo of my new mug on my wooden kitchen table. My mug is orange and features a bunch of cartoonish dogs. The part of the mug facing the camera shows a white dog with black spots and ears, a grey poodle with white fluffy fur around its neck, on the tip of its tail and on the top of its head. The inside of the mug is white and the sentence ‘mornings are ruff.’ is printed in grey. The mug is full of tea.

Weekend Goal

This weekend I’m aiming to do enough planning/doing to make next week easier

AND

Do a lot of relaxing and creative thinking.

I’m hoping that by framing my plans this way it will make it easier to actually do them.

Wishing myself luck!

An actual art project

My friend M and I are working on an actual art project and I’m ridiculously excited about it.

I do lots of creative things on the regular but I don’t often get around to working on things that are tangible and that have a clearly defined end point.

And I don’t often make a clear plan before I start.

This project will be an interesting test of my ability to include all of those things in my creative practice.

Let’s see how it goes!

World Storytelling Day!

I hosted a story circle tonight to celebrate World Storytelling Day so I got to hear a bunch of great stories from my storytelling friends.

It was a really relaxing time even though I was hosting.

It was the perfect way to celebrate a day dedicated to the community-building, empathy-developing, connection-growing, core element of my work.

A great work day

ADHD be damned!

I had a great work day today.

I was able to get down to work quickly and stay focused and do all of my most important tasks.

And I did all that while taking time to exercise and walk the dog and make lunch and supper.

I’m hoping to have a similar day tomorrow but in order to have any chance of doing that I have to override my instinct to just keep working tonight.

My ADHD brain is telling me to ‘strike while the iron is hot’ and keep plugging away at my work.

But I’m not going to fall for that this time.

I’m going to relax and rest this evening and just make a good plan for tomorrow.