Or: money complicated but we can find joy in life’s little luxuries

It’s been a while but I’m finally back with an update! You can also read my previous posts about my Artist’s Way Journey.

Week 6 centered around money and the relationship between feelings of abundance, lack and the creative process. … More The Artist’s Way Journey – Week 6: Recovering a Sense of Abundance

The main focus in Week 5 of The Artist’s Way was confronting and overcoming our own excuses and creative blocks by examining the payoffs and costs of remaining stuck and the ways we limit ourselves.

This was a challenging week for me for the simple fact that there were so many other things in life that I needed or wanted to do, which, as we’ll see, is in itself a self-imposed block. … More The Artist’s Way Journey – Week 5: Recovering a Sense of Possibility

The focus for Week 4 of The Artist’s Way was on introspection and self-awareness.
Personally, this week was a challenge. I think I had hit a point where I knew what needed to be done but the novelty of a starting over had worn off a bit. That combined with two weekends in a row of being out of town sort of threw me off my routine and led to me being less engaged with the creative recovery exercises in week 4. That being said, I was mostly successful at sticking to the big challenge of this week: reading deprivation. … More The Artist’s Way Journey – Week 4: Recovering a Sense of Integrity

Week 3 of The Artist’s Way focused on taking back power and re-directing strong emotions such as anger in a healthy and productive way. Several exercises involved diving deeper into our past to find dreams that were buried and to uncover the reasons we abandoned them. There was also a strong emphasis on habit-building and the idea of opening ourselves up to accept synchronicity instead of pushing aside opportunities that we have been secretly hoping for. … More The Artist’s Way Journey – Week 3: Recovering a Sense of Power

I mentioned briefly in my July monthly wrap-up that I decided to re-start The Artist’s Way as a way to refresh my creative life. Initially I wasn’t sure how much I wanted to share here since creativity and writing can be an incredibly personal journey. However, I’ve been enjoying documenting the experience and decided that it would be valuable to have my reflections in a place where I can easily look back on them in years to come. Also, if sharing my experience helps someone else jumpstart their creative life, even better. … More Restarting The Artist’s Way – Week 1: Recovering a Sense of Safety