Comments on: Quitting the Man: 46 Days Since Freedom

By: Victoria

Victoria — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:59:15 +0000

@Lydia – Glad to have someone in my corner on the Artist’s Way thing. :) But I don’t know if I’d ever want it to be “working for the woman”. I mean, why would we want something so icky associated with our gender? The men can have this one, as far as I’m concerned. But if they don’t want it, maybe it should be “working for the monster” or “working for the insert-non-gender-specific-term-for-someone-unpleasant-here”. That last one might be a little long, though.

By: Lydia, Clueless Crafter

Lydia, Clueless Crafter — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:54:42 +0000

Victoria, I tried the Artist’s Way thing too but found it mind numbing. I’d rather workout – for 10 days straight!

Congrats again and again on quitting the “man” and being your own woman. By the way, when will it ever be “working for the woman”? I’m tired of this man stuff.
Lydia, Clueless Crafter´s last blog ..Don’t Be Tardy for the Party

By: Victoria

Victoria — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:27:48 +0000

Thanks, guys, for all your wonderful comments!

Funny that we have three votes for the Artist’s Way. I own it, tried it, and absolutely couldn’t get through it. I didn’t find her writing engaging at all. (Sorry!)

I suppose I could give the morning pages and artist’s dates another shot, since when I tried to go through the book before, I was still working full time. There was no way I was getting up any earlier than I already was for stinkin’ morning pages, you know?

@Kelly – I think Dance of Shiva definitely qualifies as one of the geekiest hobbies ever. Geeky in a good way, of course! (You can take the girl out of IT, but you can’t take the geek out of the girl.)

@Bridget – I was about to ask you, what is a grooveshark, but then I remembered this crazy thing called Google. I’d never heard of grooveshark before! And Tangerine Speedo? Awesome.

By: Kelly Parkinson

Kelly Parkinson — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:33:27 +0000

Your hobby story sounds exactly like my hobby story. I haven’t had a hobby since I used to knit as an only child because I had nothing else to do. (Aha! Maybe that’s why I resist knitting so much now? I associate it with something I used to have to do because we moved to the top of a hill where there were no kids?)

Anyway, I second Elizabeth’s Artist’s Way recommendations. Anyone who tells me every writer MUST have a car–so they can travel great distances every week for perspective–is alright in my book. I really need to start doing morning pages again!

Maybe Dance of Shiva could count as a hobby for now? It sounds like one to me! Give yourself some credit! You’ve got at least one seriously great hobby that most people don’t even know exists!

By: Linnea (cafemercury)

Linnea (cafemercury) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:50:49 +0000

“The few attempts I made at creative pursuits always had this underlying goal to be a source of income. If I determined that I didn’t want to make that hobby my career, I dropped it.”

Oh, how I laughed and winced at that one. (BTW, how long have you been lurking ’round my brain?

Still working on it. The Artist’s Way is a big help.

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:48:01 +0000

I meant that my reply is cracking me up. It is funny to know that there is part of me that thinks only things like roller coasters can be considered fun.

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:46:44 +0000

As ever, love reading your updates. They make me want to know what it feels like for me.

My problem with fun is that I feel like my choices aren’t good enough. (To whom, dunno ..) Like, taking photos is fun, or reading, but if I need to add more fun into my life, I feel like they don’t count – like I should be out riding roller coasters or something. This is cracking me up to read ..

I hope you find the right fun for you. Hey – did you ever read The Artist’s Way? There’s a concept in there about weekly artist dates with yourself (whatever you want to do that is fun – I tended to sit in coffee shops and read). Maybe a way of exploring the idea and easing into it ..
elizabeth´s last blog ..the warm, it is calling me

By: Bridget Pilloud

Bridget Pilloud — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:02:54 +0000

I too have a hard time having fun without a purpose.
Might I suggest horseback riding lessons? They helped me.
The other thing I’ve been doing that’s fun is playing music at grooveshark and dancing around my confused dog. The song Tangerine Speedo seems to do wonders.
I know you’ll figure this fun thing out.
Bridget Pilloud´s last blog ..Bridget’s Holiday Gift Guide…

By: Briana

Briana — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:54:33 +0000

Victoria, I love this! The time management part feels like a download from my own brain. And I think it’s definitely related to some corporate heebie-jeebie patterns for me, too.

Here’s to Fun! Or maybe starting to be okay with possibly exploring it. Eventually.
Briana´s last blog ..You’re not the boss of me. Anymore.