Daily practice, yes. Daily posts, no.
I do things every day, week and month that nourish me.
Slow travel is a practice. It brings me to the present and gifts me with wonders to notice. I create things as I reflect on my slow travel experiences and integrate them.
Celebrating accomplishments demonstrates love for who you are. It might be difficult, but it’s important to recognize your efforts. This self-nourishment supports personal gratitude and love that extends beyond the self to your greater community interactions. How do you demonstrate “I love you” to yourself?
Friends and prompts are integral to maintaining a creativity practice. Unexpected things can happen when other people are there to give you support and cheer you on. These surprises are a little bit of wildness to remind you of what’s fun about creativity and to keep you inspired.
Being a creative is a matter of acknowledging and nourishing your creativity. One mark at a time. Over and over and over and over again. This is called practice, and it’s how all art and creative works get made.
I often forget to acknowledge the small acts of creativity that are part of my daily practice, especially when I have a big, difficult task. I still do both, but it requires adjustments, especially motivating myself to visit the difficulty day after day and managing how I feel.
Reflections on moving from self-criticism to self-love: time in nature, mantras, and becoming a warrior of love.
I’ve been wanting to write and publish a book for most of my life, and the accomplishment deserves multiple celebrations. Slow travel asks the traveler to pay attention to the moment and, often, experience the journey as the destination. With this in mind, I made a pre-publication visit to Oregon to see family and friends.