Week 12: Recovering Faith, Writing, & My Review
We are finally here! 🥹 The final week of my Artist's Way journey. Join me in the summery countryside as I reflect on 12 weeks of creative recovery. I'm sharing my final thoughts on "recovering a sense of faith," my verdict on the Morning Pages, and how I'm scrapbooking my "manifesting journal" [06:40] for the future. My one takeaway? You must read this book.
Week 11: Creative Autonomy & Redefining Success
It's Week 11 of The Artist's Way, and we're tackling the big themes: "recovering a sense of autonomy" and redefining "success" . This week felt like a "summer scrapbook" , teaching me that a successful creative life isn't a future goal, it's a present feeling. It’s the feeling of eating a "viral pasta salad" while watching the "sunset at the reservoir". This post is about how a rainy, cosy weekend taught me everything.
Week 10: Inner Child Healing
Hello, it's NotesOnDawn! It's been a hectic month as I've been "packing up my life and moving to London" [00:27], but I'm still on my Artist's Way journey. This week was about "Self-Protection" [01:14], which I saw as a way to "reconnect with some inner child stuff" . This post is all about a weekend of creative breakthroughs: from my best friend's poetry launch to... getting my very first tattoo [09:14]!
Week 9: How Self-Compassion & 'Creative U-Turns' Can Heal Your Writing
This week on my Artist's Way journey, we’re exploring Week 9: Recovering a Sense of Compassion. For any writer or creative feeling stuck, this is for you. I’m sharing my personal diary on embracing "creative U-turns" as growth, healing the inner child through the radical act of fun, and finding creative fuel in nature (from the seaside to the botanical gardens) and in our community. Let's learn to be kinder to our creative selves.
Week 8: Recovering Creative Strength with Scrapbooks & Books
Hello, it's NotesOnDawn! Join me for a dreamy weekend at the end of Week 8 of The Artist's Way. We're talking "Recovering a Sense of Strength," and for me, that meant waking up at 4:30 AM for the sunrise [00:20], only to have a difficult but breakthrough-worthy encounter with my "8-year-old self" [02:14]. This post is about the real work: scrapbooking our past selves [05:55], cleaning our present spaces [07:15], and refuelling with incredible books.
Week 2-3: Creative Blocks & Manifesting for Writers
Hello, it's NotesOnDawn! This post is a personal look at Weeks 2-3 of my Artist's Way journey. I thought I was just building habits, but my Morning Pages revealed a huge, unexpected blockade [07:54] I have against manifesting my creative goals (like getting a publisher!) [08:43]. I’m sharing how I'm using Artist Dates to pottery classes [05:00] and aquariums [10:00] to learn how to 'receive' again.