Cafe Hours! July Edition 2024 🎆

Finding Comfort In A Daily Practice And Watching Our Confidence Rise As We Grow

Cheers to you Sweet Sippers! ☕️

This month we will be focusing on creating supportive practices to help in our creative endeavors. In particular our writing endeavors. (Other ideas include hugging, smiling at others or even taking naps)

You choose for yourself what will be your focus. The idea of having a practice is meant to help calm the mind, let anxiety take a back seat and help to hone our concentration skills. If you fall off, just gently come back without judgement.

Tips for starting a practice:

🎆Start small-choose something simple, not too many steps. Don’t over complicate it.

🎆Break it down. Look at it from a macro perspective.

🎆Mark down the number of days you want to go for. Start with 5-10 days. Celebrate making it through. Then, keep going if you want.

From my notebook, my most recent yoga challenge. I like to mark the number of days to practice, the date and the day of the week. Then, I mark off as I work my way through.

So, now choose what you would like to practice.

Here’s a few ideas…to help. Choose anything that feels good!

🪶Free Writing

🪶A Daily Gratitude Practice

🪶Writing Outside (if you’re in a warm climate)

🪶Writing All Your Wins Down At the End Of Each Day

🪶A Journal Prompt A Day

🪶Copy Quotes Onto Post-Its And Hang Them Up For Yourself And Your People To See

🪶Write Letters To Friends And Family And Mail Them Everyday

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Music is a real motivator for me. (If you haven’t already noticed)

Here’s a playlist with fast music! 250 words/15 minutes GO!

There we have it! I gotta say it does feel good recommitting to following through with a practice. Even knowing I messed up one of the days, it gave me confidence. I know I can and will always be able to come back into some creative flow! Thanks for sticking with me as I’ve had to navigate through some rough water lately.

Now, come on over to the chat, our virtual little cafe, and get comfy! Let’s finish out the month strong!

✒️Grab your favorite beverage. Take a little moment for you, along with a few deep breaths.

✒️Drop in to say hi! Let us know what you’re working on!

✒️Tell us your publication, if you have one. Or other creative project.

✒️Respond and comment on other folk’s comments. Let us know if you need some accountability.

✒️Be kind and respectful! Let’s make some new friends!

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Stop by and let us know you are making time for yourself and your creation! Make it a ritual.

You can respond here under this post.

As well, as in the corresponding chat thread.

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