Hello You

It’s been so long since I’ve shared my thoughts here- I had to go back and look at when I last published.

Checking that confirmed it’s been as long as it feels.

But we all know how these things go- when life gets busy, passion projects are the first to go.

I won’t pretend my blog is the portion of my business that brings home the bacon or gets xyz readers every month. As a solo business-owner, I have to be disciplined enough to set these ventures aside and focus my energy on the things that do bring in lots of Benjamin Franklin’s (my services).

Except when it’s nearing a year since I’ve let my thoughts wander….for this tiny space of mine, on this thing called a blog on the World Wide Web.

Except when it’s 4:30 in the morning, and ideas are racing. 

Except when you’ve been so deep in left-brain work that you start to hear your creative, soulful right-brain tap you on the shoulder and emphatically say, “Ummmmm excuse me….are you going to use me or shall I sit here and let lefty do all the talking?”

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While recently moving from research, analytics and planning mode to a more creative & explorative phase within a client project- I felt that tap on the shoulder. And switching between these two very different parts of the brain can be difficult.

A common hard place of a solo business owner that I’m sure I’ll look back on with more grey hair and say, “Ah, I remember the days when I did everything! And then I got an assistant! A faceless robot named Claude!

And then I still did everything!”

(Yes, I’ve moved from Cat Fart (French for Chat GPT, to Claude)

This is my reminder to explicitly state that while I use Claude for help with verbiage, structuring, summarizing, and organizing in other parts of my business, I do not and will not- (in fact, absolutely refuse)- to use any AI (Artificial Intelligence- for those who've been living under a rock) - for blog posts. Or any writing that I create, publish, and or submit. When I’m stuck on a word, I do search for synonyms or antonyms on Google.

While an opposing view makes sense for topics of a more informative nature, for creative and or personal writing, I’m sticking to my guns on this one. 

You can tell I feel strongly about this- and I hope you do as well. A robot can rearrange words on a page or come up with entire blog posts. But it will never have your experiences and be able to hold and share from your point of view.

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Getting back on topic- as I truly do have to make this quick. Kids will be up soon, and the morning, get-out-the-door chaos will ensue.

My point of this post is to remind you to let that right-brain have the mic for a bit. And although both sides of the brain work together, to make the transition from highly analytical to a more holistically intuitive side, make some space for this transition. 

My kids need help taking turns as well as gearing up for actually taking the turn- why shouldn’t Lefty and Righty get the same consideration? A buffer, prep if you will, to move into a different type of work. Try

Drawing a quick sketch

Painting a messy swatch

Wonder why the sky is blue

Explore an exercise in The Artist's Way

Rummage through a bin of fabric or crafts you forgot about that’s been under your desk this entire time

Have fun with a SkillShare video

Enjoy any plants and nature around you

Get curious about why pine cones fall from the sky in abhorrent amounts and wonder if they’re a plant, a seed….or a tiny fairy-sized tree….(Yes, I know pine cones don’t fall from the sky. They fall from pine trees, and where there are pine trees, there are pine cones.

We may or may not have them at our house).

The point is to be, not to do. Let go of doing and let in exploring, creating, getting messy.

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This is me saying hello to both you and my right brain.

Because I’ve missed you both.