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Hi, I’m Di, and I’m a workaholic. I’m even typing this while sniffling embarrassingly from a head cold. Clearly, I have some conditioning to overcome, along with a new attitude to develop that translates into English as “do it yer damn self!”

This chapter was hard for me. Harder than I expected going in.

1. I did do 7 out of 7 on my morning pages. Reading my pages hasn’t changed my writing - I just have to let my brain do its thing, and work on coordinating between mind, body and schedule.

2. I did do my artist’s date - I went to the Como Zoo and conservatory because I wanted to get to the Como Zen Garden before it’s closed for the winter. I got lots of pictures and I had a bizarre day-of-the-dead experience that I decided not to participate in fully.

3. I guess my day of the dead trippiness? It’s been a rough week and I’ve been depressed for most of it- I tend to not notice magical happenings when I’m depressed.

4. I really do need to take more breaks to just play, and I need to trust myself not to overdo it. I was surprised in the 7 deadlies exercise how often alcohol came up - I don’t drink often and hardly to excess. However, I discovered long ago that alcohol puts me in a complete state of creative and psychic shut down. There were times in college when my psychism was really reawakening where I was grateful for this, but onto my adulthood where I’ve accepted my ghosts both inner and outer, alcohol does nothing but take time and ability away from me. I won’t quit drinking altogether, and I’m always turned off by people who insist it be central to a social activity (I prefer simple companionship and maybe light physical activity be central.) However, unless I know there’s no chance of me being creative - and since I write for fun, too - I just won’t drink anymore.

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