Gather your paper, pens and palettes, its time to play.

Being creative makes us happier and healthier. When we get into the flow of a creative activity it's like a form of meditation.  We tune the world out and get lost inside what we're doing. And we've already said how good meditation can be for our body, mind and soul. 

This module encourages you to explore what you love and what makes you - you! It's time to put your own unique brand on your remarkable life.

Choose your next 30 day focus and get creative with it.

You can express your creativity through far more than traditional artistic pursuits like writing, painting, music or dance. Think: a delicious (or not) new recipe, designing a major project gantt chart, or offering an original idea during a team meeting.

And if you're still convinced you're not creative, read Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic.

I believe everybody is creative, artist's of our own lives.

Curiosity will help you get creative, start there.

Start now...

"Clean out a corner of your mind,
and creativity will instantly fill it."
~ Dee Hock ~

Do the exercises, explore the resources and consider how to get more creative time into your schedule.

Record your creativity in your journal. Keep it with you and jot down anything and everything you create. From the brilliant business case, to the delicious muffins, and that piece of amazing piece of code that makes you smile.

And for the final word...

"You do not need anyone's permission
to live a creative life."
~ Elizabeth Gilbert ~

Enjoy

Veronica

Here are some journal prompts to create some new, and different thoughts.

Your entries can be as short or as long as you like. The prompts are there to help you get started, and to keep you thinking creatively.

Maybe it't time to try a different colour pen or to draw some borders around your pages or special words.

After each of the exercises, try writing how you feel, and what you think.

Or answer some of these questions:

1. When was the last time you really felt creative, fully in the flow? What can you do to recapture or repeat that time?
2. How was I creative today? What did I create today?
3. Imagine you've woken up this morning with the magic power that you always wanted. What will you do with that magic power today?
4. What's your favorite color, place, food, book, song, or movie, and why?
5. What's something you're good at? How does it make you feel when you do it?