In this short and soulful Wholistic Wisdom episode, Margie dives into the paradox of chaos and stability — exploring how creative minds thrive in the in-between. She shares honest reflections on overcommitment, time scarcity, and the courage to prioritize what truly matters. From scheduling non-negotiable creative time to reconnecting with pets, health, and presence, this conversation invites you to redefine balance and rediscover your creative rhythm.
creativity, wholistic living podcast, work life balance, creative process, time management, mindfulness, holistic wisdom, personal development
Transcripts
Speaker: [:
And that's okay because the people who are very rote and very stable, you know, are, they don't need to understand that. . Our, we give up our creative process or our, our, our time, our creative impulses sometimes get pushed aside because we're too busy because we have to make the money
That brings up the mantra that is constantly in my head the universe listens to everything that you say.
And if [:
You know, and that's it. There is no other thing happening at that time. But to do this. Podcast. And if I do that it comes into my exercise, it comes into, all of these things that I say I don't have time for. Well, what if I made time for the things that were really important to me and money is one of them.
And money doesn't, I don't have a nine to five job people who have nine to five jobs. It's almost easier. They have to be there and they know they're getting a paycheck at the end of the week.
story. When I was young and [:
So if we were to say, okay from. 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM we're gonna do the podcast from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM I'm gonna work out, and I really put those commitments in. If I believe in what I say, everything will fall into place.
The client will call at the time that I'm available or if I had the guts. To say, you know what, I'm not available at 9:00 AM To me, I'm saying, oh, it's just my dog walking. I mean, I can't tell 'em that I walk my dog. They won't take me seriously.
They'll get mad. If I were to just say, I'm not available from that time, but I'm certainly available at two o'clock,
he next week, and we were to [:
We love every opportunity. We wanna just grab the brass ring.
Okay. All right. So we naming
Speaker 2: what it
Speaker: is?
Speaker 2: I am, I'm okay with it. Yeah, yeah, me too. Okay. I mean, we are pretty transparent people.
That's the whole point of this, right? You go, you want me to go first or you wanna go? I'll go
Speaker: Okay. So exercise. Outdoors is the first thing I wrote down dog playtime because I have a puppy and the poor thing has just been pushed by the side because I'm too busy and he's not happy with that and he deserves it.
My podcast. Okay, so it's interesting. Eating healthily and breathing. Those are the five things that I put down.
of your five are on my list. [:
Dog to the park and cleaning my house.
Speaker: Yeah. Well I wanted to put that in there too, but I thought that maybe that kind of takes up the whole day.
So I have a friend and when I go to his house, his house is always. Neat and, and just, I walk in and I think, ah, love it here.
ut and, and just have one of [:
But that may be a whole nother subject for a podcast, but I'd be really interested to hear what other people. What our listeners wrote down, and maybe we should limit it to the five things. I don't know.
But you know what? I just did? Okay. So I'm sitting here talking to you and I, I'm smelling, it's like, what is this, this smell?
You know, it's like something really stinks in here. Oh, I, I was burning my broccoli on the stove as we were talking just now. Yeah. Yeah. And so now I burn my pan. I burned the broccoli. It stinks in my house, and that's how I roll all the time.
Because my brain is so trained to be doing so many things at once, that sitting there and watching my dog do nothing, you know, is it's like I really have to tell myself. Just breathe. Look at the trees, look at the birds.
[:
So can you walk your dog even if it's a 10 minute walk.
Speaker 2: So I'm gonna say yes. I use the excuse that he's not trained and he pulls and we're all over the place and it's hard and I'm not present and I'm not walking, I'm pulling and all of these things.
So it's a separate thing if I'm gonna go get exercise. But the reality is if I'm totally present, he doesn't pull as hard.
That's true. Book a lot folks
Speaker: okay folks, so in our next show, we would love to hear what your list was and comments on what we've been talking about.
'cause it's hard to make the list, right? For some people it's very easy. For some people it's like, well, I have 10 different things. So. How do they,
t would be awesome. And then [:
Alright everybody. So thanks so much for joining our Holistic Wisdom show and here's Brooke and me signing off. Alright, take care.
