Comments on: How a “Sniggly Day” Can Help You Get Things Done

By: Viv

Viv — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:21:48 +0000

Hi Christine.
You have a new fan – I have always dreaded these sorts of days – I feel guilty for not working, not painting, not blogging, whatever. Now just the word “sniggly” conjures up a whole new way of looking at it – creative, freeing- a whole lot of positive thoughts are evoked by it. I don’t think I will ever feel negative about these days again. I will revel in them and enjoy their random sniggliness knowing that they are clearing the way for me to be even more creative!Thank you for being so inspiring.

By: Christine Kane

Christine Kane — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:33:52 +0000

hi angela – i hope the sniggly day went well for you!

linni – that’s a julia cameron concept. i didn’t invent it!

hiya pam – so many people do their to-do’s like this – and they get such delight from it. i wonder why more people don’t write about it in their productivity books. it seems like everyone would be a lot happier!

patricia – my husband would very much like a warning too. i always let him know that he would do well to stay away on those kinds of days at the house!

debmc – absolutely right about the structure and the creativity stuff. sniggly days are not creative days!

jo – thanks for your kind words. and yes indeed — make up your own word – being a wordsmith is one of the best ways to have fun with creativity.

By: Jo

Jo — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:25:22 +0000

Hi, Christine! I love reading your posts, but I don’t think I’ve ever replied before. You have great creative insight — there’s so much inspiration in your words — and I love the way you express yourself.

I don’t love the word “sniggly,” but it’s not because it’s too feminine. It reminds me too much of “squiggly,” which makes me think of worms and yucky stuff like that.

But the concept is something I’ve been doing whenever I could for as long as I can remember; I just never gave it a name. I guess I’ll have to come up with a name of my own.

By: DebMc

DebMc — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:11:09 +0000

Great word! I realized as I read this that I’ve been stringing too many of these days together. Sniggly days are superficial, easy on the mind days for me. (Which is a good thing, most of the time.)To do the depth of creating or writing I aspire to, I need structure.
Your term will help me define those days and keep them from appearing too often on my calendar. It will also help me delight in them when I do take a Sniggly Day.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:51:35 +0000

My cleaning days are sniggly days. My significant other is amazed at the mess I make while straightening the house. While I’m vacuuming I’ll move furniture, which reminds me that I was going to put out fresh knick knacks, which reminds me to clean out the closet so I can find the fresh knick knacks, which is soo much fun because I found some great silk flowers I’d forgotten about, which brought me back to the furniture, which my dear husband just smacked with his shin because it wasn’t where it was earlier. Maybe sniggly days should come with a warning!

By: ChickiePam

ChickiePam — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:42:40 +0000

Hi Christine,
I love the word, sniggly. I have days like that. I tend to make lists, but some days I just flit around from one thing to another, getting lots done. Then later, I take out my list and have fun crossing things off (and I’ll be honest here…sometimes I add things to the list so that I can cross them off!) Today I had no clients in the morning, so I just stayed home and did some stuff that needed to be done…sniggly stuff…nothing major, just being productive in an easy way.

Thanks!
Pam

By: linni

linni — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:51:16 +0000

i love the word sniggly day….but for me ta-dah lists works better! xx

By: Angela

Angela — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:55:41 +0000

I’m having a sniggly day tomorrow – yay! I’m so excited! I’ve needed a day like this for ages and your post has finally given me the nudge to give myself permission to have one. I love the word ’sniggly’ – it makes me smile just thinking about it! Thanks Christine for another wonderful post.

By: Christine Kane

Christine Kane — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:59:55 +0000

colin – my friend beth and i did that once. it was lots of fun – but we definitely got very little done!

thanks matt. I can get a little too sniggly some days in this ‘working for yourself’ mode. it’s not a great thing when it’s ALL the time!

thanks elaine!

dave stewart – i was originally going to call it “junk drawer day” because it matched the other title. but then my husband pointed out that “sniggly” is the word i use and that i should use it and be up front about that. (he uses the word sniggly without any issues about its “feminine” qualities too! )

imelda – i, too, love that satisfied feeling of having allowed myself to be peaceful in the way i do things!

thanks dianna! (actually – lots of men comment on posts – it kind of depends on what i’m writing about though!)

By: Dianna

Dianna — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:28:01 +0000

Always great to see the guys weigh on your posts. Wish more men would express themselves through blogging. My better half has begun to blog and it’s of real value to have men’s input on subjects – not just us “girls.” Thanks guys!