I really enjoyed the “Recovering a Sense of Abundance” chapter! I high-lighted and re-read “Listening to the siren song of more, we are deaf to the still small voice, waiting in our soul to whisper, “You’re enough.” I often think I need to know more and do more to the point of exhaustion and still feeling guilty for not doing more. I was thinking of being content with the abundance of God’s blessings (hope, peace, joy, forgiveness, never-alone-ness) and being content in who God made me to be. I think so often I add on extra criteria and don’t truly listen when He says, “You’re enough.” That siren song of “more” gets pretty loud!
I high-lighted and thought a lot about her quote “Creative living requires the luxury of time, which we carve out for ourselves.” I was thinking about how often I put myself into a time crunch, instead of carving out the luxury of time. I easily waste 15 minutes on my phone doing nothing of value when 15 minutes of reading or crafting would have felt like such a luxury. I procrastinate and do my house work so slowly that it eats away at my time instead of just focusing and getting it done quickly and then having some luxurious time to relax or do whatever I want. When I prep lunch/gym bag/whatever the night before, my mornings do feel more relaxed and luxurious. Leaving the house a little bit early means that I am relaxed and enjoy listening to music and admiring the fall scenery on my drive instead of stressing about red lights and bad drivers.
I loved where she says that “silly” is a Wet Blanket term to squelch creativity. I have often found myself reluctant to share something because I feel like it’ll be considered silly. It was a good reminder to myself to not be the wet blanket!
I don’t really resonate with her idea that I have an inner “child artist.” Rather, I feel like the creativity God has given me is something that I have become un-appreciative of as I have grown up and I have started to think of creativity as silly and childish. Rather than thinking of my creativity as an inner artist child, I would rather pursue becoming more confident and intentional in using creativity in my grown-up life. I just had great fun making a weight-lifting-themed birthday banner for someone in my community group. It could be a “childish” craft and yet I believe birthdays can be a meaningful day to encourage people of all ages and show them they are loved and valuable.
I have shortened my morning pages but I agree with Joy that I feel like my day has started off well when I get them done.
My artist date was to go for a walk in a wildlife preserve to enjoy the sights and sounds and then admired a co-worker’s cute booth in an antique shop. Both of them I have been wanting to do for a while but they’re just for enough away that I hadn’t done it yet. It felt like a treat to drive that far just to enjoy the ambiance.
Elena it made me happy to hear that you’d been able to use the Pinterest board idea I’d written down! I also love Pinterest!
Thanks for letting me join in your checkins! Happy 30th birthday Elena!
My morning pages were more consistent this week, and I’m finding them to mainly be very theoretical and abstract, which is interesting. I do find them relieving though, so maybe I just have tons of abstract thoughts to think? My artist’s date was a childhood favorite movie (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, anyone?), which I loved.
As a side note, every time Julia recommends us to take magazines and chop them up, I make a Pinterest board, and I’ve really enjoyed it! Pinterest is my last remaining social media and can be a great source of inspiration for me.
Look! “Welcome to The Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach, Florida. The Four Arts believes that the passion of music, the beauty of art, the thrill of drama, and the pleasure of literature bridge the gap from mere existence to truly living.”
I think Dorothy L. Sayers did the famous Guinness campaigns! ‘Guinness is good for you’
That’s the one! Thank you.
Hi Elena and Joy!
I really enjoyed the “Recovering a Sense of Abundance” chapter! I high-lighted and re-read “Listening to the siren song of more, we are deaf to the still small voice, waiting in our soul to whisper, “You’re enough.” I often think I need to know more and do more to the point of exhaustion and still feeling guilty for not doing more. I was thinking of being content with the abundance of God’s blessings (hope, peace, joy, forgiveness, never-alone-ness) and being content in who God made me to be. I think so often I add on extra criteria and don’t truly listen when He says, “You’re enough.” That siren song of “more” gets pretty loud!
I high-lighted and thought a lot about her quote “Creative living requires the luxury of time, which we carve out for ourselves.” I was thinking about how often I put myself into a time crunch, instead of carving out the luxury of time. I easily waste 15 minutes on my phone doing nothing of value when 15 minutes of reading or crafting would have felt like such a luxury. I procrastinate and do my house work so slowly that it eats away at my time instead of just focusing and getting it done quickly and then having some luxurious time to relax or do whatever I want. When I prep lunch/gym bag/whatever the night before, my mornings do feel more relaxed and luxurious. Leaving the house a little bit early means that I am relaxed and enjoy listening to music and admiring the fall scenery on my drive instead of stressing about red lights and bad drivers.
I loved where she says that “silly” is a Wet Blanket term to squelch creativity. I have often found myself reluctant to share something because I feel like it’ll be considered silly. It was a good reminder to myself to not be the wet blanket!
I don’t really resonate with her idea that I have an inner “child artist.” Rather, I feel like the creativity God has given me is something that I have become un-appreciative of as I have grown up and I have started to think of creativity as silly and childish. Rather than thinking of my creativity as an inner artist child, I would rather pursue becoming more confident and intentional in using creativity in my grown-up life. I just had great fun making a weight-lifting-themed birthday banner for someone in my community group. It could be a “childish” craft and yet I believe birthdays can be a meaningful day to encourage people of all ages and show them they are loved and valuable.
I have shortened my morning pages but I agree with Joy that I feel like my day has started off well when I get them done.
My artist date was to go for a walk in a wildlife preserve to enjoy the sights and sounds and then admired a co-worker’s cute booth in an antique shop. Both of them I have been wanting to do for a while but they’re just for enough away that I hadn’t done it yet. It felt like a treat to drive that far just to enjoy the ambiance.
Elena it made me happy to hear that you’d been able to use the Pinterest board idea I’d written down! I also love Pinterest!
Thanks for letting me join in your checkins! Happy 30th birthday Elena!
Loved today’s conversation!
My morning pages were more consistent this week, and I’m finding them to mainly be very theoretical and abstract, which is interesting. I do find them relieving though, so maybe I just have tons of abstract thoughts to think? My artist’s date was a childhood favorite movie (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, anyone?), which I loved.
As a side note, every time Julia recommends us to take magazines and chop them up, I make a Pinterest board, and I’ve really enjoyed it! Pinterest is my last remaining social media and can be a great source of inspiration for me.
Happy birthday, Elena!
Look! “Welcome to The Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach, Florida. The Four Arts believes that the passion of music, the beauty of art, the thrill of drama, and the pleasure of literature bridge the gap from mere existence to truly living.”