Creative Life A thru Z ~ N is for Nurturing

Creative Life A thru Z

Jean Hart 

Healing Art Journal 

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 The Creative Life A thru Z

~W is for wonderful people in your life.

week twenty-three

I Remember , by Jean Hart 

"...Begin with life where you find it and make it better." Carter G. Woodson

There's a lot of talk going around about how to do self-love. 

It's true if you don't take care to take care of yourself you will eventually get drained, burned out, and possibly sick. 

I have found that sometimes I need to take a day off and just relax and catch up. 

On those days I have to unplug from all technology, even the TV for a time. 

I start simply by sitting still and letting my mind tell me all the things it's thinking about. 

I love to make lists, and this is when I make the most impossible lists of just everything I want to accomplish.  I call this active meditation. 

Art Journal: Light of Possibilities 

Get out your art journal, find a peaceful place to sit and, have something to drink that comforts you, light a candle or dim the lights.  We are going to meditate. 

1. Draw a circle in the middle of your page, then from that circle create lines to the outer edges, creating a sun and sunrays. 

2. Color the page with all colors of the rainbow. Color pencil works best for this project. 

3. Now it's time to sit. Set your timer for 20 mins. Sip your drink and just let your mind wonder, daydream and think of all the possibilities of the things you want to accomplish. 

4. For every idea you come up with, write it in the sunray, leave the next sunray empty. Going to the next thought, write it down. Moving across the page until every other sunray is filled in.  

5. After you have filled in the sunrays with ideas, fill in the next line of sunrays with an activity of how to start making this idea a reality. 

If any of those ideas sound like something you really want to pursue than start putting the goal and activity on your calendar.  

Witting Journal: I am letting the Star Shine

What does Lifestyle mean to you? 

After having some time to think about how you want your life to look, feel, and represent you.  Take out your journal and write exactly what you want. How close are you to living your lifestyle? Is there something you can do right now to help you live that lifestyle? Maybe there is something you could read to help you learn how to get there, or a new food you could try to help you become more conscious about good health. Could you visit a travel agency and collect brochures about places you would like to travel to. Just think not only about what you want but how to have your dreams too. 

N is for Niceties 

What comes to your mind when you say the word niceties? 

Just make a small list of what comes into your mind. Are there any that you could add right now to your life? 

N is for Novice

Creating a hobby. 

It's time to explore. 

Take the time to be a novice at something.

There is something so wonderful about learning a new hobby and being a novice at it. 

This is the time you can learn, make mistakes, and learn again. 

You are not the teacher, the expert, but the student. 

As always have fun with these activities. 

Like, follow me, share this blog, and join in. 

I would love to start having conversations about your ideas when you did one of the activities. 

Be Inspired, 

~jean 

The Creative Life A thru Z~K= Kick it UP

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The Creative Life A thru Z

~K = Kick it UP 

 Week Twelve 

Welcome, 

Key to your desires, Jean Hart 

If you have just joined me here at my Healing Arts Creative Life Journal, feel free to join in. You can start here or go back to the first week,"A". 

http://jeanhartartists.blogspot.com/2017/06/the-creative-life-thru-z-week-one.html

This is a work in progress and I add thing to it as I think of them. 

Kick it UP!

The season has changed here, it's Fall where I live . 

I love Fall, and I'm not sure why this is but September has always felt more like the beginning of a new year, not nine months into the year. Maybe it's because our schools start in September, and school has always been about newness and starting again. 

Do not underestimate the power of a routine!

Yes, I said routine. I know routines can be boring, however, with the best routines in place you can get a few things done on autopilot. 

On autopilot you can feel like your getting things done even on those days that you are just not feeling like getting out of bed. 

The best information I took away from the class,  Preventing Chronic Pain, was the acronym B.L.E.S.S.ME.

Which stands for Body, Lifestyle, Emotions, Social, Spiritual, Mind, Environment. 

If you can find time in your week to attend  to each one of these categories you will have a well balanced life. 

Activity for this week:

7 Day Challenge

B.L.E.S.S.M.E.

1. Go to your journals, assign each day of the week with one of the acronyms. 

2. Place it in your morning routine, or evening routine. Whenever you feel you have time to donate to this new activity. 

Having a good regiment for your own peace of mind is a blessing and takes discipline. 

Art Journals:

Kicking up your life means that you understand where your life is going. What you need, where you are going, Why, and with whom . 

1. Draw several a keys, your choice how many,  on card stock....make them all different styles and sizes. 

2. Trace them onto your journal page. 

3. Color them in with colored pencil. 

4. Next, give each key a goal, or activity, person, or place. ( think person, place or thing)

These keys represent your key events in your life. 

and the size of the key will give you the importance of these events to you.  

Writing Journal:

1. Look at your key drawing, start with the largest key. 

Write why this is so important to you. 

Is there something you can add to it to make it better, or change in anyway.  Are you happy that this key is the biggest thing that's KICKING UP YOUR LIFE. 

2. Do this with each key until you have written something for each key. 

As always, have fun with this weeks assignments. 

Like, Share, and comment. 

Be Inspired,

~jean