Twenty-one days to retool the mundane
Yesterday I wrote a blog post - for the first time in a loooong time. For weeks now I have been feeling, well flat. Disinterested, bored with, well, everything. A friend reminded me earlier this week that I needed to write again - so out of respect for a promise I made to her, I wrote. And as I wrote, I realized that I no longer had a creative outlet in my life - no place where I could experiment and wonder and imagine, and I began to think perhaps there might, just might, be a connection! With homes and husbands and children come tasks and chores and obligations - all of which I am quite grateful for, but, if that is all I am doing...then life does tend to feel blurred, unimaginative, flat.
So, for the next 21 days (starting today) I am going to make it a priority to read, pray, write and create something- daily. I do not know what my creations will be. Maybe a new recipe, or a new page in a long forgotten photo album, or maybe it will take the form of a poem or a blog post. I truly do not know what it will look like but I am going to try. And to help create space for this I am also going to fast from TV, and replace it with the sounds of silence, of the keyboard clacking, or perhaps some inspriring music but no TV, no constant chattering in the background, no fun stories to distract me, and see if I can't find some joy again.
7 comments:
Way to go! I am glad you made this commitment :)
Good luck with that. Everything you want to do sounds very enjoyable :)
Sounds like a really good idea to me!
Writing and blogging keeps me sane, without them they'd probably lock me up and throw away the key.
Good luck with 21 days of creativity
Feeling flat is just horrible...sometimes when I'm feeling down, just popping through my many, perhaps too many blogs I follow, but hey, some are for poetry, or laughs, stuff to learn, did I mention laugh???? oh yeah, usually even when we come to tears...laughing comes around! No more being flat.....!
I can relate to feeling flat - I went through a very long phase of that recently. I've been on a real kick of creativity lately and it feels SO good. I hope your 21 day self-challenge helps!
Thanks for playing 6WS!
I like to write poems....and that makes me feel like I am creating. (:>) I like to pray for people...and that makes me feel useful. I like to read blogs and pray for my blog friends. I like to keep up with facebook so I can feel connected with my friends, family, extended family and church friends.
But I also like to be still and quiet once in awile. I like to read and get lost in a book. I like to take a drive and notice the beauty of nature outside of town.
I like to rearrange, and decorate, and get rid of things. That makes me feel good.
I take breaks from blogging sometimes too...and in fact I think the hubby and I are going to go on a little trip for our Anniversary, so that should be a nice break.
I hope your joy returns and that your creativity awakens as you make the effort to change things up a bit!
Linda @ Truthful Tidbits
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