Getting creative...

This morning both my husband and I woke up at 5.30 (well, I probably woke him if I'm really honest). We had a lovely chat and he decided he'd get up and start the day and I decided I'd stay in bed and think about what I was going to write about creativity (last week's workshop) in this, my blog.

What happened... I dropped off to sleep. Not that I got bored thinking about creativity or anything like that - it's my pet subject - but I was tired and, although my mind was engaged in an interesting 'does it have to be original?' internal discussion, my body had other ideas.

I woke up with my alarm a few hours later and have had the most creative of mornings.

My number one hint about creativity is sleep. Although it's romantic thinking of great ideas in the early hours of the morning it really only works if you can have a lie-in the next day. Creativity comes easiest with an awake mind.

My number two hint is stop worrying about whether or not you're being or feeling creative. The moment you start relaxing and taking care of yourself the creativity will come.

My number three hint is forget being original. Even Marie Antoinette noted that there weren't many original thoughts still to be had. Just be yourself.

It's Friday and the postman has just delivered all the photos I ordered last weekend - now for a creative treat...

Next week's Life Clubs workshop is all about stress and worries. We explore how to solve them so you can leave the workshop feeling lighter. See you there - come burdened!

Hope you have a great weekend,
Nina

Add Post To: | | | | | | | | |

I can breathe again

I promised you ages ago that I'd show you a photo of the lovely Canadians (Pat - holding Life Clubs sign, then clockwise, Eva-Marie, Jeannette, Michelle, Colleen and Greg) that Carol (Glasgow Host) and I trained in March and the photo has been sitting on my screen for about a month waiting for me to do just that.

This week at Life Clubs we're decluttering - and that's clearing everything from our minds to our stomachs and our computers and I thought I'd start with my computer and put everything where I want it to go.

There's something so satisfying about putting things in the places you want them. It's almost like playing with those posting boxes we had as children. You put the triangle in the triangle hole, the circle in the circle hole and the square in the square hole and they fit and they're gone and nicely tucked away and you can breathe again. It's so nice and calm.

If only real life was that easy. I've put this one photo here and have 'only' another 21 items left to sort. But at least I've got started... hooray.

See you this week,
Nina
Founder Life Clubs

Add Post To: | | | | | | | | |