Take Back Your Life!

Getting More Me Time.

Most of us are overloaded with responsibilities. So much so that we can feel guilty taking time out for ourselves to do something we really need, something that makes us feel connected to ourselves.

If this sounds like you, please sit yourself down in a quiet space with a cup of tea/java and take a few deep breaths. Then ask your “inner busy bee” where your hyper responsibility comes from and why you feel that someone else’s life will fall apart if you take out time for yourself. I say this, because that’s what folks have told me. “I have to do X or my “fill-in-the-blank” won’t get “fill-in-the-blank.”

You can also try jotting some notes about what you think will happen if you take time out for yourself. Write down all the things – both good and bad that could happen. Go over the bad ones. Are they really true? How do you know?

Ideas to Find Me Time: You can try getting up earlier or staying up later than your responsibilities. Or put yourself in your day planner, me: 10:30 to 11:00 am and treat yourself like a real appointment. Even an hour can do wonders for your creative wanderings. This morning I painted a “Wild Painting” in about 30-minutes, then cleaned up! Wild paintings flow out of my inner imagination. I start moving the paintbrush, adding color and seeing what emerges. It didn’t take long for me to get into a groove and then I was done! I did something for me at the start of the day and didn’t have to keep hoping I could fit it in.

Here is Disobedient Wedding Dress, in watercolor.

If you live in the Greater Framingham, Mass, area, please check out my upcoming writing and painting classes.

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Thanks! Giulietta