Have you ever dreamed of a room dedicated only to whatever makes your passion bloom? Perhaps you dreamed of making a room of your home into your own personal retreat. Instead of waiting for your kids to grow up and turning their bedrooms into that perfect crafting space or even a tranquil spot to enjoy a good book or just escape the hectic lifestyle so many of us live try multipurposing an existing area into an area that you can follow your bliss in our own little corner of your home.
My office area doubles as a food pantry. I know that is an combination but it works for me. I can close the door and have an area to work and do what I need to do to make me happy. I can leave the door open when I am simply brainstorming or putting the pieces together for a future blog or even just want a break from my work to talk to others in my household or let guest know I am not heavily involved and would welcome the break.
Many times we all have under utilized areas in our home. A garage that doesn't see much action other than parking our cars or a place for the kids to play on rainy days. Perhaps it is a closet that is filled to max with things that we no longer need or want. I have seen some really creative uses of space when it comes to utilizing what we have in order to follow your dreams. All it takes is a little creative energy and some thinking outside the box.
I utilize shelving I purchase second hand, making every square inch count for as much as possible. Going up rather than out with items I need to find or organize for later use. I often multipurpose items so that this season they are for one of my passions and another season they may be utilized to follow another. My second bathroom has been converted into a fermenting room / growing space for our future garden by using a shelving unit that goes behind the toilet. I can place my growing trays on the shelving unit. Replace the light bulb in the room with a grow light for providing the light needed since there are no windows. I do have to juggle things around as I work on multiple projects but find it very useful of a dead space rarely used in our day to day lives.
You don't have to wait until your children are grown and gone to pursue what makes you happy. Everyone deserves a special corner for just what makes them happy. Be that a favorite chair in a corner that has a window for daydreaming or a collapsible table set up in a rarely used area for creating your art.
While following your bliss you will require space for setting up a work area, be that one that you clean up projects as they are completed or just have a space you can go and relax and unwind. Not everyone is blessed with space to grow and flurish, some of us have to get creative in our space usage and find ways to make room not only in our lives but also in our homes for the things that make us happy.
Life without happiness is merely existing and troubles will follow you no matter where you go, but sometimes it is nice to simply escape to our dream world and create where before there was nothing. If you are writing, or painting, or making jewelry. As long as something gives you joy find time in your busy schedule for doing it. Make space in your existing home to follow your bliss.
I hope my blog today has given everyone something to think about. Hopefully a space to call their own and make into their creative space. A place you can sit down, take off your shoes and feel at home. We all have things we have to get done in our lives. We all have things that need to get done in order to keep our lives running smoothly. But if you do not take time out of your busy lives to enjoy life you are merely existing and waiting for the time that you can be happy and for some those days never come.
If it is not one thing it will be another and when will you make time to follow your bliss? When will be the right time to put yourself first and do what you are passionate about? What if you didn't have next week or next year or even 10 more years on this planet. Do you really want to go to your grave knowing that you had all that untapped potential but never took the time to explore it or nurture it. Your creations don't have to monetary value. They don't have to ever be seen by or shared with the world. They are something you do for yourself to make yourself happy. They are creations of your inner soul that are meant to be done simply for the joy of doing them.
I have seen entirely to many people who make such great plans for when they retire, they are going to travel the world, or start that garden they dreamed of, or even start designing their own clothing because they have always loved to sew and design things that made them happy. Instead of pursuing those dreams while they can their lives were cut short and their ideas were lost in their death. Never pass up the opportunity to grow and thrive and be happy. Never put off until tomorrow what you can begin today. If it takes you years to complete that first painting, or you only wear the jewelry you create while doing housework, at least you took steps towards finding your own bliss.
When we are children we find great joy in making things to share with those we love. What mother doesn't have a box filled with pictures painted by their children. Even if you have squint and turn the picture this way and that and try hard to remember what they said it was. Why should that joy only be limited to the very young or the very old. Where does your creative joy lie? What makes you happy to do just because you can? What would you do if you had all the time in the world?
I have often watched scifi movies about people who live forever and wonder what did they do with all those centuries of life. You rarely see one who became a great painter, or composed music that moved the souls of others. Most of the time they are running around sucking the life out of others and simply existing. If you had centuries to live what skills would you perfect? If you were promised 100 years of life what would you leave behind as your legacy?
Never wait until tomorrow to follow your bliss. No one is promised tomorrow. Yesterday is past, tomorrow is the future, today is the present so enjoy the gift you have been given. Do what makes you happy in the time you have been given. There is no guarantee how many tomorrows we may enjoy.
Until tomorrow blog buddies, stay safe, stay sane, and stay happy.
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