I write -- here and elsewhere including for print. I used to write a regular column for Meeting News magazine.  Some days getting my writing done is difficult and often, if I am pushed by a deadline, I do better.  

Over the years, the editors of MN would noodge me to get the column done. Even today, I have a number of writing projects that I swear I'll get to by Sunday at 4.  Deadlines are great motivators!

Many people in the meetings & hospitality industry need "writing credits" to qualify to sit for the CMP. Others want to write and say "I can't write" -- which we all know isn't the case 'cause it's difficult to go through this profession and be unable to write.  

It's like the studies the say that if you ask children if they can draw or sing, they all raise their hands.  If you ask adults the same, they squirm and say "Oh no, not me - I can't draw (or sing or write)" not allowing themselves any options.

My friend Bob Witeck posted this on facebook.  I grinned while watching the video -- at the honesty Murr has about her writing and her life; about her setting - she has created a space that inspires - and about her story.  Watch it - listen to it - and then take some time to write.

My deadline for you is now; create a story or a poem -- just words on paper.  Why not?