Permission to release daily practice
How to recognize creative acts in your existing work
Despite my intention to well and truly winter, my grace for seasons of stillness—despite waiting on any strategy or planning for myself or my business beyond simple daily acts—I caught myself in a trap of expectation already this year.
My plate is quite full of the daily work of my job and client work in this season—and what time is left I’m relishing rest. Sometimes more safeguarding of the rituals that ground us most is needed, and others we simply need to release, to pay attention to the existing rhythms, and find a new grounding flow.
In times like these I remind myself:
✨ Reading is a creative act.
✨ Washing the dishes, prepping vegetables, tidying my desk after a busy day—creative acts.
✨ Thinking and problem solving are creative acts even when they don’t result in direct action. I have been creative this week even if I didn’t crack the spine of my sketchbook once, didn’t spill ink across a page.
It’s all a creative act, and of course, I will still strive to carve out more. Because I know how my days are reshaped by that intentional space.
But for the time already spent, I will be thankful that creative practice isn’t confined to the page alone.
This simple reframe helps me reflect back with gratitude for simple moments and the ways our creativity shapes the everyday, rather than feeling guilt for what I didn’t get to.
May we all find the rest and creative sustenance we crave in this season!
Cheers,
Nikkita
Lists made this week: 6 (including brain dumps, types of art to make, a business idea, and client notes)
Art made this week: None; I’ve put a pause on daily challenges while I gear up for Genna’s 75-art that starts on the 26th.
Books read this week: I finished a fantasy series I started over the holidays, and I lost track of where one book became the next because I had the whole series on my Kindle.
Morning Pages: One day; I find lists more suited to my winter thoughts.
Daily rituals: Jotting ideas for later in my bullet journal, learning in snippets from online courses and books at hand.
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