To seek inspiration, I decided to color with my pastels. Last year, for my birthday my friend bought me a coloring book and pastels, and I have used them a few times and really love to, but I haven’t in a while. So, I decided to dig out my pastels, sit in my room alone and draw. Because I am not the best artist, I like to pull up a picture and then try to draw that. I pulled up a picture of my best friend at the beach and started drawing. It was so nice to give myself the permission to just relax and draw. I felt peaceful.
My mind was wondering about all different things, but I didn’t feel stress, they were just floating thoughts, coming and going. I made myself refrain from looking at any notifications that popped up on my phone, I just swiped them away and kept working. I so rarely really let myself ignore what is going on in my phone as if each notification is pressing and important, but when I finished drawing, I realized how little any of those notifications mattered. It made me think about the way in which I act on default most of the time and made me want to change that a bit. Instead of worrying about the little things, I think I should focus more on the big picture, because at the end of the day there are only a few things that really do matter in life, and I don’t want to waste my time sweating the small stuff.
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