C R E A T E

This year, I've decided to follow the advice of writer Ashley C. Ford (one of my favorite twitter follows!) and pick a word to define my year. I spent the last week of December thinking about what my goals for the upcoming year was and what sort of things I want to accomplish. I finally decided on the word:

CREATE

This past year has not been good for my creative muscles. I've barely been writing. I don't really draw or hand letter anymore. I keep thinking of art projects, but not really making any real effort towards them. I don't like it. My mom went on a cleaning spree of the house while I was prone on the couch with my broken ankle, and she unearthed a lot of old journals from when I was younger. There were all kinds of diaries, school and art journals, with a ton of creative energy poured into them. My mom started lamenting that I never drew anymore. So it became clear: 2018 will be a year of creating.

It's one of the reasons I started writing here. I want a place to flex some of my writing muscles besides just my journal, which I am going to push myself to write in more. I went through a really strong kick in 2016 where I wrote a lot, but I really lost momentum in 2017. But not this year!

I'm also going to try and bullet journal. I have a planner, but I've just been so enamored with bullet journals for so long, and I think it's time to just dive in. My mom also found a basically empty sketchbook, which I want to fill with a lot of hand-lettering and practice. I also want to sign up for a watercolor class later this year. I really want to better myself at it, and I know I'll need more instruction than just what I can self teach myself off youtube.

I want to play around with makeup more. I have so many beautiful eye palettes, which I rarely use. I love eyeshadow and it's just time to experiment and have some fun. I've always adored makeup, and I used to play around with eye shadows a lot more, but frankly I just get a bit too lazy with my makeup. That's okay, but I just want to have more fun with my makeup!

There's so many more ways I think create can apply to this upcoming year. In fact, I'm excited for the end of the year when I get to reflect on what it was that I created. It doesn't have to be amazing Insta worthy moments, just enough to satisfy my creative muscles and bring me happiness. 

Here's to you 2018! Time to create something.