Happy Friday! It's the end of the week but I still haven't managed to find my groove. Since post-grad life hasn't dictated a schedule for me (yet), I spent the beginning of the week at the beach with my fam and then over the last two days have been hanging out at home. My sleep schedule has consisted of me both going to bed and waking up very late, and now here we are at the week's end!
While I have lots of free time, I've been thinking about the creative projects I can or want to be taking on. I want to read more, start working out regularly, and upload to the blog three times a week. I'm also applying for jobs like crazy, doing lots of organizing and trying to establish healthy routines (not the going to bed late part) as I set up to be a working adult.
One of the problems I keep running into is the idea that my creative projects aren't productive. If I'm writing for the blog, I'm just wasting time on my computer. I could be doing something more useful instead of sitting around reading, cleaning my email inbox, or brainstorming choreography. These are all things I love and enjoy and want to be doing, but I feel as though sometimes they don't show enough results at the end of the day to qualify as valuable.
So, it seems that every year when summer draws to a close, I've read way fewer books than I wanted, stopped journaling, haven't cleaned out the drawer I've been meaning to go through since January. And now that summer doesn't signify moving back to school and starting with classes again, this is especially important this year more than ever. The last thing I want is to get to 2019 and realize that I gave up on all the creative projects and activities I wanted to pursue in 2018.
Does anyone else feel this sense of guilt for taking time to pursue their creative hobbies? I definitely want to nip this nasty feeling in the bud before the rest of this year flashes before my eyes. June is officially over this weekend, and that means that we are halfway to another round of holidays and New Year's resolutions. Over the next six months it's our chance to take on those tasks that might not further our 'productivity' in the traditional sense, but make us feel alive and spirited and good. What will you be doing to feed your soul creatively in the next six months?
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