On Fridays I do my Dream Status Report which is a series of prompts I use every week to help me have more clarity, momentum and groundedness on my path. I do my reports on the printable journaling sheet.
So I am now 2 weeks into "my new life" and remembering how dramatic and intense it felt when I made the decision to prioritize ART in my daily life.
I wanted to re-structure my structure and routines to have more space for a creative art practice.
I know how vague that sounds! I know all about "SMART goals" lol. But this is a heart goal, listening to what my heart desires most and trying to translate that into something that I can see in my life.
I started with a very small sketchbook I found in my stash (it's 5"x8" but most of the pages had already been used) and made a commitment to fill this one book before my next therapy session on Feb 13. (My last therapy session being mostly about how afraid and stuck I felt about making this change)
I am already blowing way past that goal. My creativity is FLOWING and I am FOLLOWING and this is exactly what I wanted. Not to be creating anything in particular, just to be in an ART PRACTICE and follow it where it leads. I did hope that eventually it would lead to making things to put out into the world but I don't want to be focused on that part.
I am doing more art in my Year of Hope journal. I am filling that sketchbook, and working on a larger one too. I started painting some paper mache balls I had made a few years ago. I painted a whole freaking mural on my wall!
And I finished sewing a pair of cords. That felt a bit momentous because I have (99% of the time) only been wearing dresses for the last 10+ years. I have made leggings, but cords (which technically is a jeans pattern) is a really different beast and I love how they turned out.
I'm still figuring out how to balance the Creative Dream Incubator with my personal art practice(s).
This morning I woke up really wanting to take my laptop to a coffee shop and do "business type stuff". I still LOVE my work it's not like I want art to take over.
I am re-visting my routines and, as a person who gets a lot of stability and support from having good and steady routines, this is a little discombobulating.
AND I know I can't find my new right-fit routines without some experimentation.
Our next call, Co-Working + Co-Dreaming, is NEXT Friday, February 7.
This week we had the January New Moon Intention Setting call - get the replay here.
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