Yesterday, I let the cat out of the bag and told you I’ve been having a love affair with a number of other bloggers.

Well not a love affair, but more of a one-sided crush…or a (well, just go and read the post and you’ll see.)

So here it is Friday again, so I’m going to tell you about a few other bloggers I am in love with (course they dont know, so don’t tell ‘em).

Christine Kane - Pretty much everything she writes is absolutely incredible. But her recent post on “7 Tried and True Ways to Stifle Your Creativity” really hit me over the head with a hammer because I am definitely guilty of all seven things!

Her number 7 on the list is one that I’m sure most of us can relate to:

#7 – Wait til you’re inspired.

Everyone knows how it works if you’re really truly for real creative:

You wait.

And you wait some more.

You stare at clouds.

Maybe you even eat some bon-bons.

Out of nowhere, the “muse” comes to you.  She takes your hand and leads you seductively to your desk. (She looks a lot like Liv Tyler in Lord of the Rings.)

Dreamily, you ask the muse what, oh what, should you write.

And she tells you.  It is like taking dictation. And you know for sure that you are, indeed, one of the chosen few. The ones who are Creative.

That will surely happen if you wait…

and wait…

and wait…

and wait…

The lovely Kelly at Copylicious blog has a post about Going on a Marketing Diet which features a conversation between Bob Bly and Merlin Mann.

And it’s hysterical.

It’s Monday, and a tiny Bob Bly and a tiny Merlin Mann are having breakfast at a tiny dinette set inside the tiny breakfast nook inside my head.

Bob Bly prefers to drink his coffee back in his wood-paneled executive home office, but Merlin Mann insisted they have a real breakfast with fresh orange juice, fried chicken, and waffles. Bob is indulging Merlin, but he’s just itching to get back to work.

They’re having another one of their non-argument arguments, where no one is talking and yet a great deal is said by the way one asks for the syrup and the other passes it. Bob Bly is reading the Wall Street Journal, and Merlin Mann is making up limericks. He likes limericks.

And lastly (for this Friday, anyway), Jonathan at Illuminated Mind wrote a post on Why Productivity is a Huge Waste of Time. He reminds me to stop beating myself up about my so-called productivity because our non-productive times are really important. He writes:

So why does productivity matter, anyway? What’s so important about achieving?

The answer… not much.

The feeling of needing to accomplish something stems from dissatisfaction with the present. With this mindset, the whole idea of achieving is to become something. On the surface, it may seem like you’re doing something positive, but there’s a subtle undercurrent of rejection of what is. Rejection of yourself.

When you really get down to it, the noise and distractions aren’t really obstacles at all. They’re actually there to help you see what’s true for you and what’s not. They are a means to contrast, something to show you what doesn’t matter, so that you might know what is truly important. Obstacles are there to help your spirit grow.

Love you guys. You awesome bloggers, you.

Love how you share your thoughts and voices.

Love how you make me think bigger and act deeper.

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