Celebrate Yourself!
When was the last time that you actually stopped to reflect on yourself and your life and celebrated any part of that?
I bet it is a hard question to answer and sadly that should not be the case. We really should take time out to reflect and be grateful for who we are, what we have and to celebrate the success we have in our lives. Gratitude and success are so important to our self-worth and self-esteem and when we don’t celebrate these things it’s difficult to see or remember what is great about what we have in our lives
I love working with women to teach them about celebrating themselves and find personally that this is a fabulous exercise to do at the end of the year or just before a birthday or other personal milestone (but it really can be used at any time as we shouldn’t have to wait for a celebration to celebrate ourselves!). The focus is on creatively exploring your achievements to the point at which you complete this Creatip and then to take time to consider your future goals and creative ideas
Here’s what you will need;
• A large piece of paper suitable for both glue and drawing / painting on
• Scrap paper for notes
• Old magazines
• Coloured pencils, oil pastels, markers and other things you can draw and write with
• Paints, brushes and water container if you would like to paint
• Glue
• Scissors
Here’s what to do;
1. Take your piece of paper and place it in front of you
2. Use the old magazines and tear out a single image that you believe represents or sums up the year you have had to the point you start ‘celebrating’ yourself and then stick the image into the centre of the paper
3. Next think of all the great things you have achieved this year and all the positive and inspirational qualities you have as the unique and amazing individual you are. You might want to write them down on another piece of paper while you work them out
4. Draw your own images and symbols that are important to you around the central image to represent these qualities. You can also add words to help you remember your qualities
Once you have finished make sure you hang the picture in a place you can see it every day and celebrate the wonderful year or time you have had, reflecting on all the achievements you have made and thinking about what it is you might like to achieve in the coming year or period of time!
Take it to the next creative step;
Spend some time defining creative goals for the coming period of time and then you can add to your image by writing / drawing the ideas you come up with – look out for upcoming posts describing different goal setting methods that you can use if you are not sure where to start with this one
Alternatively start a new image inspired by your reflection and plans for the coming month, quarter, year or so on
Until next time… stay creative and celebrate yourself and I look forward to creating with you soon!
