Save our Souls
One thing that I could not do without, one thing that is indispensable to my art and my life, is time alone. A walk in the hills with my dog, a quarter hour sitting on the beach, even half an hour in my bed before I turn off the light – this is what recharges my batteries and supports my clarity, energy and playfulness.
This seems like such an obvious thing to write about, yet it is so easy for me to forget, or to go for too long before I realise “wow do I need some time out!”.
Many years ago, I went away for a weekend by myself … a great thing to do, I thought, and in reality so much more challenging than the fun, creative time I had been expecting. I came right face to face with my own fear of not liking myself.
Now it is quite the opposite – it is when I am far away from all the things and people that seem to constitute my identity that I feel happiest and most able to love myself.
On the way back down the hill I am often filled with clear inspiration of what it is I want to be spending my time on, whether it is re-investment in the project I’m already working on, an idea for how to push something further, a clear intuition that there’s something that isn’t serving me anymore and I need to let go of, or a whole new idea for a fantastic new project.
I can’t recommend it too highly. We are all different in our needs for time out. So figure out how much you need and go get it!
