A (very) brief break

Taking a little time away

Friends!

I hope you’re having a lovely Wednesday afternoon (or evening) wherever you are in the world. I wanted to reach out to let you know I’m taking a little time off, so you won’t see anything from me in your inboxes for the next week or two.

This time of the year is an especially busy one when you have a family with young kids, and I have to confess I’m a little worn out! The end of the school year, plus the shift to warmer weather, means a lot of activity in our house (and, I imagine, yours too!) so I need to take a little time away right now.

Also, I’m realizing the need for some rejuvenation of my own creative juices. Earlier today, I happened upon this post by

Kirsten Powers

, which explores the need every artist/creator/writer/etc. has for refilling their creative well — especially when you’ve been working on something for a long time:

“Often, we try to draw from our creative well without bothering to fill it up. Or we fill it but fail to replenish it after it has been drained. Then, we are surprised when we go to do our work and find ourselves scraping the bottom of the well and coming up empty. 

In order to maintain our well-being and keep our well full, we have to engage in creative activities.”

I don’t feel like I’m “scraping the bottom of the well,” necessarily — but I do feel like I’m getting a little close. So, now is the perfect time to take a break and work on re-filling my own creative well.

Lately, too, I’ve been giving thought to shaking up what I do with the newsletter — the kinds of posts I’d like to write to you, maybe changing the schedule, maybe adding things, maybe subtracting things. I haven’t come to any conclusions with all of that just yet, but I do sense the need for a fresh approach — and, I’m thinking, a little time away will help me do that.

I hope all is well in your world and your running is going great — I’ll still be in the Chat with reminders about our May running challenge, by the way. In the meantime, I hope you have a lovely next week or two, and I’ll see you soon.

Your friend,

— Terrell