While February’s reading list was about finding one’s direction, March’s reading list is about defining one’s space. This selection of topic was inspired by my inability to knuckle down and work on my manuscript. My energy was stagnant from constantly reworking my story in my head. To get the energy moving again, I looked thoughtfully toward my home office, which is my creative space.
Here is a picture of my home office, and what I perceive to be wrong with it. (I’m a bit of an amateur Feng Shui enthusiast, and I applied principles of this art to the space.)
The primary problem was that the office was in the bedroom in the first place. Although my bedroom is large enough to easily accommodate my desk, it is not the ideal place for it. Every morning when I wake up, the desk taunts me, telling me to get to work (not always a bad thing). Every night when I put my head to the pillow, I worry that my word counts weren’t enough to get me through twenty more chapters by summer. The pressure just shut me down completely. It is no longer an inviting place to sit and create.
