When life gets in the way of your dreams

Why is it that there are periods of time in which we are so motivated and driven to achieve and then there are even more periods of time that we become bogged down with daily routine and responsibilities that prevent us from moving forward in our dreams.

After spending much of the summer holidays (I live in NZ and we didn't actually have much of a summer) in the world of my Kindle and joining twitterverse, I was so excited to start on my goal to write books.

However, now, after returning to teaching and accidentally breaking my Kindle (and consequently my heart) life seems to have gotten in the way of my dreams.

So how does one stay motiavated? For me, I will probably have to wait until the next school holidays when I have time to reflect and react.

Hopefully by then I will have a new Kindle and will be able to return to that world I love.

Until then, I look forward to your comments that will motivate and inspire me to follow my dreams. I want. I can. I will.

Kindle vs Paperback

I received the best present I have ever been given for Christmas. A Kindle. I was excited to rip it out of its box and start downloading. Once I had the device in my hands I took a moment to run my fingers over it and to smell it! Strange you might think?

I do the same thing when I grab hold of a new paperback. My entire hand glides over the cover, (several times) my eyes gaze intensely at it wondering what gems of knowledge I am about to behold and finally, there's the sniff! I love to smell the new pages, inhale their wisdom and then let out a satisfied uhhhhh!

So, with this type of behaviour to live up to, I wasn't sure if I would fully embrace the Kindle. I figured that it would be pretty hard for someone like me (who when asked what their favourite store is replies bookstore) to turn my back on the trusted paperback. If I did choose Kindle over Paperback, surely it would take me several months even years to do so?

Wrong! In less than a day, an hour, possibly a minute, the decision had been made. Kindle vs Paperback. It's unanimous in my corner. Kindle all day, all night... forever!

I love the convenience of choosing any book I want and it's downloaded in seconds. I love being able to carry all of my books with me without the added weight! I love the price of most of the books (can't wait for some of the big publishers to get real and lower their prices). I love being able to go into my virtual favourite store any time I choose. I love that it inspires me to achieve my goal of writing a book and to be able to get it published myself (yay for indie publishing).

Kindle vs Paperback. What's your vote?