Make Something!

We are made to make something! We are creative human beings designed to make and create something to increase/beautify/better this world—at least one portion of it (ours)!

I think when we’re not creating…thinking of how to build/make/design/cook/sew/plant –whatever your capacity and inclination is–then we can enter a lethargic lull…a lack of energy.

When these lulls, doldrums, whatever you call them hit…and they will…we need a project, to start something.

‘But I don’t feel like doing anything’, you say.  Then this is exactly the time you need to begin!

Just tinkering around experimenting- doing something, will shift your mind into forward gear.

I’ve learned to always have a project or two going that can be reverted back to finish and see the accomplishment of it when it’s done.

It’s not pride to look back at your work and say to yourself, “That looks good! I did alright!”

The acknowledgement of what you did will propel you to do more.

The cycle repeats.

What project do I have on the back burner ready to begin when the doldrums hit?

Let’s Do New!

Nothing seems to get me out of a rut quicker than to try something new!

The blah of  the same ole, same ole gets lifeless and boring, we tend to lose energy…(that will be an idea for another blog post)…and become even less motivated. It’s crazy how one area of life affects the other.

Without spending any money, pause to contemplate how to rearrange your living space or bedroom…probably will have to rehang some pictures, or maybe add some new ones. Move a plant from here to there or bring in a chair or desk from another room. Pull out Grandma’s dishes and use for everyday. Throw a colorful old table cloth over a chair for a temporary slipcover effect. Line your books up along the baseboard for instant library shelving.

Cut out fun patterned giftwrap into shapes and glue-stick it on your wall for backsplash beauty or run it along the top of the walls for color with out expense. It will draw the eye up and make the ceilings appear taller. (PS they will peel off easily leaving no residue)

These were a couple projects I did this week. Boy, does it feel better everytime I come home and enter my ‘new’ rooms!

All the time, my mind is thinking of new ideas to try, and so I do! One idea is a springboard to another, making life so much more fun.

What would you like to do to change up your habitation, your work space, garage, office, patio? You’ve already got everything you need.

Take your idea and move forward! Good bye to the doldrums!

We’re going to be happy in our lives 🙂