there comes a time

every march, there comes a time when i just can’t. i can’t tromp out into the snow looking for one more subject amongst the same twigs and stems. so, i inevitably turn toward the houseplants. while i like to keep STILL seasonal and local, the more important priority is to not break the chain. have i shared with you the jerry seinfeld quote about not breaking the chain?  even if i have, it is worth repeating again:

Brad Isaac was a young comedian starting out on the comedy circuit. One fateful night, he found himself in a club where Jerry Seinfeld was performing. In an interview on Lifehacker, Isaac shared what happened when he caught Seinfeld backstage and asked if he had “any tips for a young comic.”

Here’s how Isaac described the interaction with Seinfeld…

He said the way to be a better comic was to create better jokes and the way to create better jokes was to write every day.

He told me to get a big wall calendar that has a whole year on one page and hang it on a prominent wall. The next step was to get a big red magic marker. He said for each day that I do my task of writing, I get to put a big red X over that day.

“After a few days you’ll have a chain. Just keep at it and the chain will grow longer every day. You’ll like seeing that chain, especially when you get a few weeks under your belt. Your only job is to not break the chain.”

You’ll notice that seinfeld didn’t say a single thing about results.