time,because quite frankly there are not a lot of moments
I would be stoked to go back in time to relive. I'm more of
a move forward type of person. And although it would be
great to go into the future at least once to get those
winning lottery numbers there is not a pull for me to know
anything about the future. I prefer to live in the moment
these days.
When I say I want a time machine, I'm referring to a
machine that can actually make more time in a day. I don't
know when the world started moving by at break neck
speed, but honestly I feel like I'm getting whiplash at times.
What happened to those days of being in middle school
and high school? You know what I mean?
Back in school the time between Halloween, Thanksgiving
and Christmas...felt like an eternity. Time dragged.
Except summer break, that was the one instance where
time flew.
Now I feel like all those holidays just become one
giant ball of time with no definitive beginning or end.
I like to think of it as, Hallowgivingchristmayear.
So as I reflected on this swoosh of time that's constantly
blowing past my head, I had to mention how I got a little
grip this week on the issue of time. Since we have all
been in the same boat, or maybe I should call it the
leaking life raft of time, there is a small solution that
may put things in perspective.
This week a friend of mine did me a huge favor and
printed me 3 8x10 sheets of paper with four months
printed per page. It was perfect. There was enough space
to write in all the things that fill our days: doctors
appointments, meetings, parties, birthdays, travel plans,
anything.
You may be saying, "Big deal doofus, it's called a
calendar."
Yes, it is. But the great thing is that I can see my whole
year, right in front of my face, in less than a two foot space.
When I looked at all the months together I realized that I
really don't have as much as I thought going on and that
there was no excuse to not write or set goals for the year.
So I highly recommend doing this for yourself. Who knows,
you may have day after day blocked off for months to come,
but at least you will have an idea of how your year will
play out in the worm hole of time.
So today I must thank my friend, Gina, for being a
sweetheart and making my year look a little less daunting
with the printouts she made me. I love them.
I want to thank my friend, Sharmila, today for laughing
with me and sharing all my crazy ideas as I keep focusing
on this writing road. She has been encouragement
personified and didn't even question why I wanted to use
her car today. All I can say is a new picture is coming soon
for this blog and she was a large part of it...along with
her car. Hugs and kisses, Sharm.
Okay, so I received another rejection today and had
to laugh.
Laugh? Yes, laugh. The first two rejections came on
a standard 8x10 piece of paper and were form letters.
The 3rd came in an email, but was very nice. The agent
used my name in the response and she actually thanked
me for considering her with my query. I thought that
was pretty sweet. My 4th rejection was another
form style letter, but this one was on a piece of paper
about a third the size of an 8x10 sheet. So today the
fifth rejection came.
Drum roll please...the paper was about the size of
a post-it note.
I kid you not. Wasn't that a joke in a TV show or movie?
Where one person breaks up with another person with a
post-it note. I keep looking at it as a bad sign. Next it will
be a business card and after that those little signature tabs
that my tax guy puts on the paperwork. Whatever saves
a tree though is fine with me. It's humorous on a small
level. At least that's how I have to look at it to keep a
good attitude about it. All the letters back to me
have been very professional and kind. And that means
a lot.
So to Date: Rejections: 5 Queries still out there: 7
I think it's time to pull up my boot straps and send out
another round of queries. I will try to send out 5 more
by Friday.
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