What creative activity do you do that is so engrossing that you completely lose track of time when you get completely involved in it? You know later that you were “in the zone” but at the time you are so focused you didn’t notice. Do you do it as often as you wish you did?
Usually, I write about letting go of things that are problems. Today I’m writing about the things that may keep you from experiencing the joy of being in the zone.
Responsibilities and routines of everyday living keep me from diving into my creative zone. There is always something like shopping, cooking, appointments, etc. that I tell myself need to be done—and I no longer work for a living like you probably do.
One of the things I loved most about my work as a psychotherapist and coach was being in the zone whenever I was with a client. I got so involved I needed to set a timer to remind me that it was time to end a session. Sometimes writing is that way for me too, but not as often as I would like.
Now, when I set aside time to work on my new book I say “I retrieve all my energy bound up in all these distractions and take it to the right place in myself.” I follow it with the other sentences. It works; I find the zone. You can too.
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This post is a comment I wrote about a passage on Page 197 revised edition, Page 120 original of Letting It Go: Relieve Anxiety and Toxic Stress in Just a Few Minutes Using Only Words (Rapid Relief with Logosynthesis®). You can see the passage in the book. You can also see the excerpt here. This link will take you to Bublish.com, where I regularly publish comments on parts of this book. This is a site where authors share of their work. You can subscribe to my musings, there, as well as to the musings of many other authors. It’s a great place to learn about new books and I recommend that you visit.