It’s Time to Get Creative! 5 Styles of Creative Journaling
Journaling and creativity are like peas in a pod, salt and pepper, birds of a feather! They really are made for each other. You don’t have to be the arty type or good at painting or drawing at all. It’s more about using journaling as an outlet for any hidden creativity that is there within you, but you just didn’t know it yet. You know when you get that feeling that you have a really cool idea on the tip of your tongue or the edge of your mind but you can’t quite get to it. Well, using a journal can be a really effective way of teasing it out.…
Tips And Tricks To Make Habits Stick
For me, thinking of new habits I would like to create in my life is seriously no problem at all, there are literally 100s! I have now narrowed them down to a manageable amount as this would obviously be impossible. But the issue isn’t just coming up with them, it’s sticking at them. How many gym memberships go unused after January for example, and as for that morning yoga, it was fun while it lasted but the snooze button got the better of me in the end. Starting with new habits is the easiest part. As I’m pretty sure we all know from experience, it is sticking to them day…
Struggling To Think Of Ideas For New Habits? Some Simple Starters…
Are you ready to create new habits and have the best life ever? That is amazing news! Now what you need to do is choose what types of habits will benefit you the most. By now, you will have had a look at some of the areas in your life that you would like to improve on, and you may have a list and be raring to go…or maybe not! Of the course, the habits that are chosen aren’t going to be the same for everyone, as someone else’s new habit might not fit into your schedule or lifestyle or might be something you are already doing. If you are…
Creating New Habits: Baby Steps Are The Way Forward
If I were to ask you, “Do you have any bad habits?”, what would you come up with? We tend to be pretty harsh on ourselves a lot of the time, so you’d probably start reeling off a long list! If you asked me the same question, I could tell you at least 5 in one breath…I won’t reveal what they are as our bad habits always seem kind’ve embarrassing right? But what makes a habit negative? Some habits we think are really awful probably aren’t that bad, and others that we don’t even notice might be the ones we need to change. So rather than starting with things we…
Goal Setting Can Be Fun (Honest!) Change Your Perception of Setting Goals
When you hear the words goal setting, do you groan?! In the target-driven culture we live in today, it seems we are always being asked to set goals and evaluate our effectiveness towards achieving them. How many dull work meetings seem to focus on this topic? I get it, we can get pretty tired of always having to constantly put ourselves out there to achieve and then often feeling bad about ourselves when we haven’t reached the mark. That’s why there is an art to goal setting. And there is a real difference between the kind of goal setting that we might actually like and the kind which we loathe.…
How Journals Help Those Human Trafficked- A Review
It’s 2019, so you probably think that human trafficking isn’t still a “thing”, right? Well, think again, honey. The local TV show I worked with produced several shows about the topic and how prolific the problem is here in the mid-western US. The United States of America. In the heart of the Bible Belt. “Human and sex trafficking is one of the largest illegal industries in the world, second only to drug trafficking. It generates an estimated $32 billion dollars each year, according to UNICEF. While it might seem like something that happens everywhere but home, hundreds of victims are being trafficked right here in our area.” source When The…
Color With the Best: My Top 5 Adult Coloring Books
If you’ve already read my other articles about adult coloring, you may well be well on your way to becoming a coloring pro by now! if so, I hope you’re having as much fun as me. If not, check out the other articles about adult coloring on my blog to find out why it is such a satisfying hobby. Adult coloring books have been a popular item for several years. Teens and adults enjoy using their creativity to choose the colors and bring the scenes to life. Users enjoy using different types of art supplies, like colored pencils or markers. Coloring helps to relieve stress and anxiety by drawing the…
Adult Coloring: Create Your Coloring Relaxation Routine
So, you’ve decided to give adult coloring a go, it sounds like a great way to de-stress and you like the idea of color therapy, coloring as mindfulness and increasing your creativity. But maybe you’re not sure where to start. It’s probably been quite a while since you last got your crayons out; 10, 20, maybe 30 years?! There are so many options out there and some will suit you more than others as we are all unique, especially when it comes to our creativity. What to Use for Adult Coloring You can of course just grab a child’s coloring book from the dollar store, open a fresh box of…
The Psychology of Color: Can Colors Really Affect Our Mood?
We’ve all heard the concept that red makes you angry and so you shouldn’t have red walls! But is there any truth in this? Can a color really affect our mood? And if so, how can we use color to help us? I know I feel great when I wear my favorite blue sweater, but why? We are going to delve into the subject of color psychology to get some insight into how the colors around us impact our emotions and actions. Maybe you should stop and think before you paint that wall! Color Therapy The way we see and perceive color each day greatly impacts our lives, though it…
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Adult Coloring
Coloring is back and in a big way. The coloring trend has been big for a few years now. I remember when it first became a thing and people were a little skeptical about how coloring could seriously be an activity for adults. Surely, we left our coloring days behind us many years ago! It seems not as it is now not so unusual to see “grown-ups” sitting in a café or on the bus coloring. So why do we like it so much? Is the comfort of going back to our childhood days? Or that we are in flow and mindful while we color? And how can we use…
