I JUST started reading Julia Cameron’s “The Artist’s Way” for the second time. I started the course last year, but wasn’t able to complete it. I was consistent with morning pages for about three months, and then decided they were just making me more obsessive compulsive. I’m going to start the process over again as part of my independent study, and this time I WILL complete it. In the first chapter Cameron lists symptoms of creative blockage, one being…jealousy. Um, guilty.
I’m currently possessed by the green eyed monster, and what really frustrates me, is that I remember a time not too long ago when I had freed myself from jealousy and could genuinely appreciate what others were bringing to the table. I’ve witnessed jealousy coming between so many women (though I know jealousy isn’t limited to the ladies), and I refuse to let it get the best of me. I want to be confident in my own abilities, and not find the strengths of others threatening. I know this is possible. I’ve done it before, and I will do it again.
