Painting and creativity took a back seat...again!

Hey Reader
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​When life gets busy... creativity is usually the first thing to slip...​
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​Can I ask you a question?
When life gets busy...What usually slips to the bottom of your list?
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I'm guessing it isn't work. It probably isn't the school run, looking after family, paying bills, doing the washing or remembering to buy milk.
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No...It's probably the thing that deep down helps you have peace, clarity and joy - more than anything else.
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​Your painting. Your creativity.​
​As human beings - we're here to create.​
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But...Somehow - the thing that brings you joy becomes the thing you tell yourself you'll get round to "when things calm down."
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And, yep...it happened to me again...As soon as life gets uber busy (hello Summer holidays and juggling childcare) Painting slips down the priority list...
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​But...Here's how a simple, quick change of mindset can bring clarity again.​
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​Shrink things down...​
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For me, life feels so much simpler when I shrink everything down to just maybe 3 things... What's the 3 things I will not compromise on?
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💛 Family & Friends.
🎨 Creativity & Nature.
🌿 Community & Contribution
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​Put simply...When I focus on those 3 things my cup feels full again.​
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But...I'm not going to lie - painting sometimes does become the thing that's squeezed in...And it's time to flip that!
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I know that painting is the thing that gives me the headspace to cope with everything else.
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I know that teaching and sharing painting is the thing that I'm supposed to be delivering to the world.
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I know that when I share and see others learning from what I teach it brings me a whole bucket full of JOY.​
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So..from here on in. I make a promise (as my son says: "You don't break a promise mum"
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​I promise that..painting, sharing and teaching others is the 'one thing'
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​And to hold this promise, I need accountability just like you may too.
SO, I'm building The Joyful Art Collective - for me as well as for you.​
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​"The Joyful Watercolour Collective - A place you return to when life feels too loud".
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​If you’ve ever wanted a regular moment in your month just for you, where the noise quietens, you disconnect and create, and nothing else matters then this space is for you.​
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If you'd like to join me inside a protected, creative, community driven space - where you can switch off and paint - for the sheer JOY OF IT.
Drop your name down and I'll share more soon...
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​The Joyful Watercolour Collective >>​
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Bye for now...
Go paint.
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Sue 🎨💛

"To be creative means to be in love with life."- Osho