Have you done anything this week to nourish your creativity? Is your muse in hiding? Sometimes all we need to do is shift gears, a little bit, or a lot.
These activities refresh me:
* a trip to the farmer’s market
* 15 quick minutes on the treadmill
* time out for iced tea, feet up, with my writer’s magazine
* planting, watering, and picking flowers
* having my granddaughters over to play
* a visit to the toy store
* a bookstore run, cappucino, & some daydreaming
* working on the family scrapbook; capturing memories
* visiting a museum
* rearranging my work space
* having “tea” with the girls
* relaxing with a friend at a local cafe
* brainstorming in the park with a journal
* enjoying the sights and sounds of a festival or craft show
* listening to some Mozart, Pachelbel, or Beethoven
* a weekend drive to the mountains
* sightseeing around Atlanta with my digital camera
* reading about a new artist
* adding to my quote collection
* an inspiring movie
* shopping for office supplies
* soaking in God’s Word & marking special passages
What activities refresh you?
on August 28, 2008 - 4:28 pm
Hi there. I came over through Good Word Editing.
Activities that refresh me…
- green tea on the porch, with my eyes closed, listening to crickets and acrobat squirrels
- reading unusual things (right now, a book about the brain)
- combing my girls’ hair
- eating a chocolate (also with eyes closed) and letting it melt into every corner of my consciousness
Stuff like that.
on August 28, 2008 - 4:32 pm
L.L., hi & thanks for coming over. Those sound wonderful, btw. I’m due for some chocolate - can’t believe I left that off my list…lol..
on August 28, 2008 - 10:03 pm
Beautiful thoughts and blog. found you and started following on twitter. just dropped in to say hello. first post turned me into a fan. adding you to my blogroll.
on August 29, 2008 - 1:57 pm
Hi Vicki…great list.I found myself nodding my head in agreement as your list and mine are similar…I would add coloring with my granddaughter,organizing and clearing a space,a room of clutter,baking cookies(which I just did),or even just sitting and,if possible,listening to the silence(not in a New Age,Desert Fathers kind of way.Just letting the sounds of nothing but God’s creation(birds,water lapping a shore line,etc.)work His peace way down deep.I find too much technology can weary me and make me glassy eyed and longing for this quiet place…Bless you~Sharon
on September 1, 2008 - 9:46 pm
Your list is refreshing. Some things on mine would be to take a walk in the woods surrounding our home, a bubble bath, a trip to a favorite flea market, a chapter of a good book, sipping tea by candlelight, snapping pictures of sunrise or sunset. I usually have to try and gear down so most of my list is on the soothing side of life.