60 Seconds for Time Out Tuesday: What Can You Do When You’re Stuck? Move and Draw!

<p>Hello to you listening in <a href="https://theculturetrip.com/europe/spain/articles/10-reasons-why-you-should-visit-pamplona-spain/" target="_blank">Pamplona, Spain</a>!</p><p>Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Time Out Tuesday and your host, Diane Wyzga.</p><p>I was asked the other day what do I do when I’m stuck? When the client work isn’t as robust as I’d like? When the podcast episodes don’t seem to flow from a place of creativity but feel bogged down in muck.</p><p>You know what I mean. We’ve all been there. I have an idea to share and I bet you have some, too.    </p><p>Research has shown that movement, not language, is the foundation of thought. [<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Motion-Action-Shapes-Thought/dp/046509306X" target="_blank">Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought</a> by Barbara Taversky] Action shapes thought. There’s a lot of neuroscience I don’t understand about how it works; but I can say this: while I don’t know how it works I do know that it works. Motion is the lotion for our thoughts. Maybe we’re a species of movers and shakers first. Think about it! We were cave drawing before we began talking in words.</p><p>When you get to that place where you feel stuck in the mucky middle of a project, idea, book chapter, whatever. Get up and move. Draw your stuckness. Stick figures are fine. Symbols are great. It’s not about the art; it’s about the motion that creates the thought you want to have. Try big sidewalk chalks on a concrete driveway or magic markers on a big easel pad. I like the big Post It easel pads. I can draw on a page, rip it off the pad, stick it to the wall and after I have a few I step back to look at the problem. The answer is often staring me right in the face.</p><p><strong>Question</strong>: What also works for you when you are stuck in the mucky middle?  </p><p><strong>You’re invited</strong>: “<i>Come for the stories - stay for the magic</i>!” <strong>Speaking of magic, I hope you’ll subscribe, f