It is only by putting [the shock] into words that I make it whole; this wholeness means that it has lost its power to hurt me; it gives me, perhaps because by doing so I take away the pain, a great delight to put the severed parts together. Perhaps this is the strongest pleasure known to me. It is the rapture I get when in writing I seem to be discovering what belongs to what; making a scene come right; making a character come together.
Virginia Woolf
We define ourselves within the details of our actions (and inaction), Braveheart. This is how we create and foster meaning within our overall wholeness.
This includes our wellness and relationships, our being and doing, and our home spaces:
Determine the priorities of your time and energies (instead of being governed by circumstances, shoulds and the demands of other people).
- Notice + be mindful of how you tend to what you need (mind, body, spirit). ♥
- Notice + be mindful of how you treat (and are treated by) the people you care about.
- All too often “we think because people care about us, they will tolerate anything we throw at them” (Nedra Glover Tawwab).
- Notice + be mindful of how you are allotting your time and attention with regard to what matters most to you.
- Notice + be mindful of your home spaces; your home needs to be a place you feel at ease and safe, with comfortable and functional spaces where you have what you need and desire.
Braveheart, it is vital to remember that our actions (and inaction) determines if we live what matters most (or if we languish…).
- What do you want?
- I invite you to ask yourself this question — repeatedly, and at regular intervals; then please chronicle the answers that come — perhaps even when you least expect them.
- Wait expectantly, Braveheart. ♥
Answers await your invitation and willingness to listen (and to honor them with your actions).
- Turning the kaleidoscope of my life means I know “[survival] is its own kind of creative process” (Suleika Jaouad) and that my art guides me and it heals me. ♥
Create to remind yourself you’re still alive. Make stuff to inspire others to make something too. Create to learn a bit more about yourself.
Frederick Terral
The most significant realizations for me during the past year: 1) Begin simply, and 2) naps in the sun always reset my energies and focus.
- Also: Slow is fast enough. “The mission is to be in the present moment with the work” (Rick Rubin).
- Right brain planning is a way of chronicling answers and tracking our time as we live within appointed seasons — even as we also envision ourselves just beyond where we are at this point of time.
I celebrate the clarity I have regarding questions I have been living for decades. This includes exiting loops of default choices, and accepting what I cannot change; and identifying what I did not cause and cannot cure.
I also celebrate the fullness of my life, the kindred support, and the creative systems that have proven to be therapeutic for my healing. ♥
Let the thing you are doing be nothing…just keeping your hands in motion, putting one thing down and then the next thing down and sometimes crying in between.
Lynda Barry
Thank you kindly for your presence here, Braveheart.
I appreciate your interest and support.
~love & good wishes~
2024 Right Brain Planner® Kit | field notes | Right Brain Planner® FAQ
2024 Right Brain Planner® Kit [Theme] Kaleidoscope Perspectives ✨ [Focus] — Noticing Beauty (within the kaleidoscope of your living: the ongoing, ever-changing “formations” of color and meaning)
❤️ Braveheart, as the Creator/Artist of Right Brain Planner® I am ever-grateful to have the opportunity to share my creative work online + support other creators since 2008! 🎉 This is possible, in part, by {you} and your presence here. But also because of the support of my Ko-fi patrons and the other other member/subscriber communities I host (via their presence, input and subscriptions).
P.S. I have been devoting more time to writing here about my creative practice. 😊 I hope you will join me here, Braveheart. 🎉