Lisa Writing Wild

Our family tends to do things a little differently that most people we know. My husband and I didn't like working 9-5 jobs for a few hundred dollars a week, so we both quit and started our own cleaning business. People said we'd fail. They said we were crazy for quitting our jobs and taking a chance. We've had our business now for eleven years and make way more money than we would at "normal" jobs. Now, after a few years of deliberating, I have come to the conclusion that I do not want to continue house cleaning forever. I've decided to quit within the next year or two to concentrate on expanding my creativity, and seeing where that takes me. So far I have many wonderful options I'm exploring. We can't have kids so we decided to become foster parents to adopt. This was not a road I dreamed of going down when I was a kid. Fostering can be extremely rewarding, difficult and frustrating. But all of our tears and frustrations were worth it for the be...

Yesterday I had some sort of crazy inspiration strike me. All I wanted to do all day long was doodle and color. I ended up getting three things done, and they weren't too bad for a first time.  My goal is to make e-courses, workbooks, calendars and more with my own doodle/drawings included. I still need lots of practice, but it's so much fun it definitely doesn't feel like work. I may try adding some water colors once I'm done with the colored pencils. I just have to figure out how to get it all into the computer, then be able to type on it. 

Something pretty cool happened today. I had an appointment with Law of Attraction Life Coach, Linda Armstrong . I was nervous about calling because I didn't really know what we'd talk about. She knew some of the things going on in my life now because of a form I filled out before hand, but there wasn't anything specific I had in mind to discuss.  I can't remember how I had found Linda, but I remember emailing her a few months ago about the law of attraction and what it means to me. She kept in contact with me, and I eventually signed up for a free session.  She asked me a lot of questions about where I see my life heading, and our conversation mostly stayed around the plans my husband and I have. She did a meditation session with me (my first ever), and it was amazing! I'm definitely going to do more meditating in the future.  On top of becoming a creativity coach, I've been contemplating becoming a life coach as well. I didn't realize there was such a...

I've been messing around with my blog title, and what exactly it is I want my blog to be. I was working (cleaning) the other day, and thinking about what it is that gets me in a creative mood. I normally listen to podcasts all day at work to make the time go by quicker, but that day I was listening to music. And it suddenly hit me that music is my muse. I can listen to almost any song and get a story idea from it. Sometimes it's just a scene that flashes in to my head, or an overwhelming feeling of how a character is feeling. But songs almost always give me inspiration and a story.  When I write, I love to blast my music. I usually favor the 70's rock era, but I'll also listen to pop, 80's, grunge, Sinatra, Indie, movie scores...you name it. It all depends on what type of mood I'm trying to create in my story. If I'm working on a scene with fast-moving dialogue, I've played AC/DC on a loop to help. And it does. It's hard to write slowly while liste...

  Since I clean houses all day, I have a lot of time to think about things. Over the past few months it just sort of hit me that I'm not doing what I want. I mean, I make good money, really good money for the short amount of hours I work each day, but it wasn't what I wanted to be doing. Something finally snapped in me and made me realize this is it . Not to get all cliched on you, but this is the one life we have. And I'm already just about half-way (God willing) through mine. Which leaves me with about forty years to do what I want. I spent the last 25 years working at jobs I had no interest in. Why? Why didn't I wake up back then and do something about that? I don't know, but I'm doing it now.  And so should you.  I've always done this thing of asking people I meet what they do for a living, and if they truly love it. Most people say they don't. My next question is, why aren't they doing what they love? Their answer is usually they don't...

I made my first-ever  vision board  the other night. Not only was it fun finding the right pictures, printing, gluing and decorating (with glitter glue, of course), but it’s awesome to look at when I’m sitting down to write. It’s a constant reminder of what I want and what I’m working towards. Every picture on there means something to me. Whether it’s where I want to live or work, or what I want to become. I can’t  not  feel happy and excited for the future every time I see it. It makes me want to make a bunch of them and put them all over the house. Or, at least bring one to work to remind me why I’m cleaning houses every day. If you’re interested in making one (or two) for yourself, here’s a great how-to link:  How to Make a Vision Board . On Oprah.com you can make a  virtual vision board . I haven't tried this because I like doing it myself.  If you make one take a picture and send me the link. I’d love to see what you did!

It’s new. And blogs that are brand new are not as good as they will be in the future. I think George Washington said that. My goal for this blog is to inspire you to be creative. Lots of people think they’re not creative, but that’s not true.  Everybody is  creative . Everyone. If you can pick up a pencil, or a paintbrush, or scissors and glue, you can be creative. Within the next year I am going to be studying creativity and how to teach it. I am going to become a certified creativity coach, most likely through  Kaizen-Muse , along with taking a caboodle of other creativity trainings.  I am  beyond  ecstatic over this new journey in my life, and can’t wait to begin learning. And not only am I planning on starting an online coaching business, but, if all goes well, I’m going to co-own a creative expressive arts studio with my   soul sister  in the future. We are hoping to make a big move so we can have this studio together. Have these idea...

Okay, that may not technically be possible. But the good news is, I do have advice for those of you who think you may possibly be creative, and have an urge to draw, or paint, or to try some  funky journaling ideas . I love to draw and paint and I’m horrible at it. And I used to care. I used to think, what if a  REAL   artist sees me doing this and laughs. Or, worse, a friend or family member! And I used to think the same thing about writing first drafts of my novels (which are  always   the worst!).  What if I die before I finish my first draft, and my family actually thinks this is how badly I write? And I always had this crazy urge to play with stickers. Like, just stick them all over the notebook I’m using for my novel ideas, stick them onto crazy journal entries I randomly decide to write, and, the best, combine all my painting/drawing/sticker sticking ideas into one in a   Smash journal - type of book. (I have yet to make up my own name for...

My life is shifting. It’s been on a slow upward climb for some time now, but I didn’t realize that until recently. We have lots of amazing stuff going on over here, and this web site is just the beginning of one of them.  I have been cleaning houses for our business for eleven years. And for about the last seven years, I’ve desperately wanted to do something different. I am  c r e a t i v e . I love all things to do with creativity. And, good Lord, cleaning toilets all day long is  not  creative. It’s boring, tedious and hard work. So I’m going to stop cleaning toilets (not mine, of course. That would just be yucky.). It’s going to take some time, but I’ve got a plan. And it involves creativity. Lots and lots and lots of  glorious ,  dazzling ,  radiant   creativity . ☆