Revival of Daily Blogging – New Category – This Day

I have decided that I want to revive the habit of daily blogging. Not sure if I will do it in the morning or in the evenings, from the phone or from my laptop, but I definitely need to come out of my shell and share more with the world again.

Not that I do it for the world. I do it for myself primarily. I love to read my old blogposts, look at pictures and videos from past times. Maybe my life has become more boring or stable – as I like to call it, but there are still details that can be developed further. What I like most about blogging is that you can include different types of contents and make it a masterpiece.

I am struggling these days (and not for the first time) to establish some creative daily routines: playing the guitar, working on my philosophy project, and now daily blogging and vlogging, not to mention sport. But yeah eventually I will get there, starting with baby steps and one thing at a time. For today it’s mostly done. Of course not everything, only the new and fancy stuff.

Maybe I need an accountability buddy for every project. But how not to loose track of them if you have about 5 daily projects? Start with one, they say. Don’t pressure yourself, they say. Both is difficult for me and I guess what I need to practise most is humility and patience. But that’s something for another day.

The Artist Date Challenge – Week 1

It’s time to start a new journey again. Since I am in a phase of experiments, trying to find the right art form for me, I am eager to commit to new practices.

What I am about to do now, is actually not new for me, but something I have tried to implement into my life for a long time.

I am speaking about the artist date.

Where does this come from?

The artist date is one of two regular habits that Julia Cameron recommends in her book The Artist’s Way. I like to think of this book as some sort of bible for creative people.

To become a more creative person you should do two practices:

1. Write morning pages every day
2. Go on an artist date every week

What is the artist date

The artist date is a date with your inner child. It is an invitation to play, quality time you spend with yourself and the possibility to try something new or an activity that you do way too rarely.

I don’t want to go into too much detail here. If you are hooked, go read the book: The Artist’s Way.

For me it has always been difficult to commit to the artist date on a regular basis. Let’s face it: Life gets around every time.

That’s why I have come up with a new idea.

The Artist Date Challenge

Every week on Sunday I will post an activity that will be my artist date in the upcoming week. I made a list of fun activities and I can’t wait to share them with you.

I hope some of you get inspired to join me on this journey. Whether you follow my artist date suggestion or make up your own different artist date is entirely up to you!

Just make sure to use the hashtag #artistdatechallenge and link me in your posts.

I will be very happy to see if this habit actually makes a difference and leads to a more fulfilled and more inspired life.

Week 1

The first artist date idea I want to share with you:

Make a bucket list.

I am very excited to make one myself (themed for autumn) and I can’t wait to see your bucket lists!

Until then, stay inspired!