I recently began going to school again and have been juggling many things at once to stay afloat. I started therapy as well and a big focus has been to make time for self-care. That is why I did an art workshop on my own, for myself. The activity I did was Crayon Feelings, and the title of my art is Don’t Stress It. 

During this activity, I started to have fun. Not overthinking what I needed to do, rather just taking the colors I saw from the breathing exercise and doodling them on the paper. 

A topic of frequent conversation during my therapy is how I felt I was no longer freely creative. I felt I was always needing a structure to follow, instructions to read, or a prompt to base my projects on. This activity broke that way of thinking. I finally was able to just color and doodle for fun. I chose colors that made me feel happy and doodles that were carefree. It brought back a childhood memory of my drawings before some of the major turning points in my life. It felt good to have that feeling back. 

This art workshop was a good reminder for me to take things a day at a time, and enjoy the small things in life. The green from the grass and trees and the blues from bodies of water and the sky. I will take more time to appreciate those small things in life and not be structured 24/7. Sunrises and sunsets are different every day, and it is okay for me to be too.