Month 1: Your Creative Practice
Make time for creative activities in your life. Tapping into your inner creativity can help you to feel more connected to your authentic self. Creative activities are an excellent form of self-care.
I have designed this creative self-care journey is to meet you where you are. You do not need to consider yourself an artist to explore creativity as a form of self-care. The more experience you gain the further you can take your creative practice. All you need is curiosity and an openness to explore.
Starting Your Personal Creative Self-Care Practice
Set An Intention
A practice is something that you commit to doing regularly. You get to decide what that looks like for you. For some this might be a set time each day or week. It could be as little as 20 minutes or as much as a few hours. You choose what works best for you. Set your intention and stick to it. It is a promise you have made to yourself!
Set yourself up for success!
Gather your supplies and dedicate some time and space for your creative practice. Setting yourself up for success means being prepared with space, time, and the materials needed to create. You can work anywhere, you don’t need to have a whole studio. Start with what you do have, you can always add more as you go.
I designed this workbook to be the perfect companion for your journey! Each month focuses on one of the 12 topics. Use the monthly planning pages to reflect on your topic for the month. There is a habit tracker each week to help you build the habits that will help you in your practice. Short daily reflections will help keep you on track, or they are a perfect space for a daily gratitude practice. The journal pages are perfect for the monthly prompts! Read more about the journal HERE.
Month 1 Prompts
Art-Break
This month is all about getting your practice started and embracing your own inner creativity. All humans are creative but sometimes we don’t necessarily FEEL creative. For this prompt we are going to explore process art background pages for our journal. Then we will explore a simple line drawing with our non-dominant hand. Creating background pages is a fun way add a bit of visual interest to written journal reflections. I use this exercise often throughout my journaling! Practices such as drawing with your non-dominant hand allow you to release expectations and allow for imperfections.
Reflection
Write the word “Creative” on your page, spend some time thinking about what creativity means to you. Think about all they ways creativity plays out in your life. Think outside the box here. For example: Are you a creative cook? Problem solver? Do you make up songs as you go through your day?
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“The practice of art isn’t to make a living. It’s to make your soul grow.”
Kurt Vonnegut
