A Healthy Creative Life is all about balance

Here are three simple steps to bring yourself back to centre. It's an ABC to creative flow, in fact, you could say it's an ABC to life.

Allow your life’s influences to seep into your work.

Allow muscles to rest, mistakes to teach.

Allow yourself to celebrate your wins and enjoy the process.

Allow the journey to unfold while dreaming of places you’d love to go.

Allow others to shine and not judge harshly when they do.

Allow your work to take up space.

Allow your message leave the safety of the shore but don’t get caught up in the storm. Keep working, a stronger ship will weather better next time.

Allow yourself to create in the rush and the quiet.

Allow your feelings to bring both light and darkness.

Allow yourself to be right where you are.

Build your rhythm.

Build the time into your life for creativity.

Build your body of work, one creation at a time.

Build memory books, scrapbooks, the tangible.

Build a strong ship.

Build space. A corner of your home, a shed, a studio, even a drawer.

Build trust, empathy, vision and your unique perspective.

Connect to yourself, to others, to the world around you or your story.

Connect and ask questions.

Connect with courage, make that call, send that email.

Connect beyond the internet.

Connect outside of the bubble.

Connect to those who think the same not just make the same.

Connect to stories you want to tell and those that deserve to be told.

Connect and build the courage to allow your work to exist.

… what would you love to add? I’ll do a follow up post with your thoughts too.

Focus on the positives, on the light, always.

CW x