{"id":1791,"date":"2009-02-15T16:19:06","date_gmt":"2009-02-15T21:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=1791"},"modified":"2009-02-15T16:19:06","modified_gmt":"2009-02-15T21:19:06","slug":"1791","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/1791\/","title":{"rendered":"Magazine is finally off to the printer!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday, February 15, 2009. <\/em> 3:48pm\u00a0 I have just finished the March issue of Horizons Magazine<\/a> and sent it off to the printer.\u00a0 I goofed up my timing this month and had to work the last two Sundays to catch up.\u00a0 Typically I always have Sundays to myself and I like to alternate between the Yoga Shakti Mission<\/a>, Unity Church of Melbourne<\/a> and The New Way<\/a>.\u00a0 Not only do I enjoy the lessons and the music, but many of my friends attend each as well.\u00a0 It’s my chance to see and say hi in person at least once a week.\u00a0 I miss them when I have to work on a Sunday.<\/p>\n

And I’m not complaining, I’m happy when I’m working, even when I am on deadline and stressed.\u00a0 I’ve got the coolest job of anyone I know.\u00a0 I work so much because I always have new projects in various stages.\u00a0 They keep me interested, so I don’t mind working so much.\u00a0 I thought earlier this week how pathetic that if it wasn’t for email and Facebook, I wouldn’t have a clue what some friends are doing each day.\u00a0 But then I remember that I stay connected with whomever I am vbrationally in resonance with, no matter whether we see each other in person or ever get to talk on the phone or not.<\/p>\n

WHAT A RELIEF FINISHING THE MARCH MAGAZINE
\nIt’s always a relief once I send the magazine to the printer after final layout.\u00a0 From the 5th to the 15th I am at the computer and phone for 12 to 14 hour days.\u00a0 If I’m smart, I stay focused and the last few days are easy, just proofreading and tweaking design changes.\u00a0 If I’ve let myself be lazy, the final few days can be pretty rushed and a little stressed with me barely making it in under the wire.\u00a0 Like the March issue I just finished.<\/p>\n

But I also know that if I don’t give myself permission to goof off in the final days, then I have no way of blowing off steam and releasing resistance. And when it is pent up, I cannot be creative.<\/p>\n

It’s like the story of the Chinese lettuce farmer who was known far and wide as a writer of exquisite poetry and the grower of poor, bitter lettuce.\u00a0 “Why don’t you stop farming lettuce and spend all your time writing poetry?” <\/em>he is asked time and again. “Because, ” the farmer says, “If I do not grow poor lettuce, then I cannot write beautiful poetry.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

I can dig it.<\/p>\n

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