Wherever you find yourself right now, you can foster an environment for creativity to thrive in your life and home. This new series on creativity helps you discover methods and practices to help you truly flourish, wherever God has you.
This is my fourth installment of my creative series for paid subscribers. These go out every Monday. You can find the first three posts in this series linked here, here and here.
The theme for this week gets me really pumped up because it’s about implementing simplicity. I loooove making things simple.
Maybe you’re unsure of how to reconcile your writing, your photography work, or who you are as a creative with being a mother or just normal everyday life as a woman. This week is about simplifying your life to bring what you need to prioritize into clear focus.
You are going to be identifying priorities. You are going to establish healthy boundaries around them. Because knowing what you value is how you frame out your days in ways that *actually* move you forward in a life giving way.
The path to implement those life giving rhythms becomes clear when you simplify.
And the good news is you don’t have to figure this out by yourself. You have a God who wants to direct your life into wholesome, abundant, joyful living.
“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.” -James 1:5
You need God’s wisdom and grace to identify what your goals, priorities and values should be in this season.
Without allowing God to direct the process of simplifying our lives to build our “havens” we spend time treading water (i.e., getting overwhelmed) or expending energy in ways that don’t bear real fruit.
You need the wisdom of God and the direction of the Holy Spirit to know which things need to be removed or added into your life for it to become a haven.
And fair warning: submitting this process to God often means your haven won’t look exactly like you thought it would. It’ll be better. His ways are higher than ours.
Also, included with this lesson is a bonus printable called The Meaningful Mama Guide. This is a gift from me for paid subscribers to help you know exactly how to invite rest, intention and delight into your everyday life.
I created this guide to help take you from overwhelm and burn out to thriving in your goals as both woman and creative from a place of rest and delight. After working through this guide you’ll know exactly what you need to do to live your days with more purpose and more peace.
The guide is linked at the bottom of this post.
Are you ready to dive in? Let’s go!