Creative Life Challenge - Day 30

DAY 30

The last day of August and also the official last day of my Creative Life Challenge. Looking back over the last month, I have learnt that creativity can come in many forms and one thing can lead to something unexpected. But most importantly, as hard as it is to get into the habbit of daily creativity, 5 minutes is all it takes, which really can make a big difference. 

There were a few speed bumps along the way, and a couple of days missed, but that is ok. Real life can get in the way of living sometimes, but only through recognition can we do something to change it. As tempting as it was to give up or put the challenge on hold till it could be sorted out, I realised that taking the 5 minutes to do something creative can actually make it easier to deal with the chaos in the long term. I guess being a little bit creative each day, in any of its forms, kind of makes you stop and smell the roses a bit, and you kind of live life instead of just existing through it. Now I look at my spin 365 challenge in a new light, and I'm keen to have another go at this year long challenge. Who said you have to start on January 1st?

I think it is important though, to step outside of the comfort zone now and again and try something new. It kind of helps to get you out of the rut and can reignite the spark in favorite activites. When I first started to spindle spin, I nearly always had a spindle permentaly in my hands. When life was thrown into total chaos these last few months, I forgot to make time to spin, and I forgot the joy of doing something I love. I know now that this joy balances out the chao in life, but I had to try patchwork to get back into spinning. 

So I shall see what September brings. Hopefully, I'll still be living a more creative life!

Thanks for joining me, I hope you had fun!

Liz :-)

Creative Life Challenge - Day 27, 28 & 29

DAY 27, 28 & 29

After spending the day running around for day 27 , I turned to what seems to be my current creative trend - I polished off another book. It was "New Moon", the next logical choice after "Twilight". Day 28 was cold and raining again, and it should come as no surprise that "Eclipse" was soon devoured. Today, day 29, was finally a sunny one, and walking passed the early blossoms on the fruit trees soon had me inspired to spin. With "Breaking Dawn" on in the background, I soon drifted into "the zone" and was quite pleased with my spinning progress.

I am starting to wonder why I'm reading so many books at the moment, but I think it is starting to pay off. As I listen to the words, and I'm transported to another world living through adventures, thoughts and words are starting to stir. I managed to write several pages today inbetween spinning and plying.

I try to write everyday, but often I find a time at some point in the year a bit of a challenge to keep writing. Occasionally a day gets missed throughout a particular month (this was last month), then the next month (this month), turns into the occasional day of writing. I don't know why this happens, but throughout the many years that I have been writing, there always seems to be one or two months at some point during the year where it all seems to fall apart. If nothing else, the constant challenge to do something creative every day this month has found me turning to books more, which in turn has helped to inspire my writing again, an unexpected positive.

Tomorrow is the last day of my offical challenge, the end of the month and the end of Winter here in Australia. Is there anything special you like to do at the end of the month? Do you reflect back on the month? Do you prepare and plan for the next month? Or do you go with the flow and see where it takes you?

Until tomorrow,
Liz :-)

Creative Life Challenge - Day 26

DAY 26

Well today didn't start out the way I had hoped, and the rain was no help.

The first discovery, was the Blue crocheted blanket that I had started a week or so back, had started to unravel in the bag I had carted it around in. With a little annoyance, I went about crocheting the navy round again while listening to "Twilight" by Stephanie Meyer.

The second discovery, was the last 4 days of "Creative Life Challenge" posts that I had written had saved as drafts instead of publishing. Grrr! With the remote internet reseption, and the rain and storms the last few days, it hadn't been a strong enough connection to post properly. So forgive me for the bombarding of posts today :-(

So after these two setbacks, I decided to try and focus on something different, to try and find something more positive to finish up the day. As weird as it may seem, I had been perusing the net for tangling and drawing ideas, primarily Pinterest, when I was inspired to knit! How I managed to make that connection, I have no idea. So I worked on a nice simple shawl WIP as I finished listening to Twilight.

Can you recall a weird day where things seemed to just go wrong? Did you manage to find something positive in that day? What are some of the things you do when you try to search for something more positive on these days? Maybe you could make a list for the future...

Happy Knitting!
Liz :-)