Artist Dates, Jewellery Workshops, Meditation & Time in Nature
At the beginning of this year I began reading The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron. It's one of my favourite books and I always feel so inspired reading it. The idea is that you write your morning pages (3 pages first thing when you wake up) every day and take yourself on a weekly artist date. This can be anything, a nature walk alone, a trip to a museum etc. I have definitely been neglecting both of these as life gets in the way so last month I decided to try again. I always found artists dates very helpful - time to think, meditate and nurture yourself. I decided to take myself off to a jewellery making workshop, followed by lunch in my favourite raw vegan cafe. I had a beautiful raw meal followed by raw chocolate cheesecake and a peppermint tea, whilst reading my book. I felt completely reenergised afterwards and i'm determined to carry this on, even if I can't manage it every week. I've now attended two jewellery making workshops, and booked on a few mo...