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This guest blog post is from a dear friend of mine and BET The Deal producer, Kristen V. Carter. She is a great script/screenplay writer and has an upcoming film that she is producing. Stay tuned for Kristen V. Carter and all she has to offer the entertainment world.

I hope everyone had a fabulous weekend. It’s been way too long since I’ve sat down to the computer, although I have been writing to you all in my head for weeks on end! 2010 hit the ground running – I had a little bit of outside foolishness struggling through my doorways but I was so pre-occupied with more important things that the door was forced shut. Thank the Lord I really didn’t have a moment to even allow my emotions to get the best of me. I am so excited to be back into the swing of productivity of writing/producing a series (BET’s The Deal which airs at daily at 3am) while diligently working my personal plan; I feel alot more alive when I’m running around with no time. I have always accomplished more with less time. Funny how it works that way…

Last weekend I treated myself to a stroll around the neighborhood. Although I walk to various locations in downtown Newark all the time, I rarely take the opportunity to just sight see or walk around aimlessly. I didn’t have a goal in mind; I just wanted to walk and breathe. One particular block caught my attention and I continued to turn the same corners 7 times while engaging in a rivoting phone conversation about relationships with my writing partner. Although I was running my mouth, I was very aware of my surroundings and taking mental notes. Interestingly, I noticed something new about the block every single time I circled around.

Once I got off the phone, I went into the Art Kitchen, the Coffee Cave, and two art galleries. All of these landmarks were foreign and completely new to me. I had a great time sitting or perusing through each one. I was in no particular rush so I spent the entire day just relaxing as I arrived at each destination.

I found extreme excitement and joy in spotting something new every time I turned the corner of Halsey Street. I feel that way about every experience; nine times out of ten, we do not receive the entire lesson when we experience something the first time around so sometimes we have to keep going back to that familiar place in order to obtain something else. We may not even realize there’s more to experience but we find outselves at similar junctures time and again until finally, we see and experience all that’s there for us.

Creating Always,
Kristen Victoria