Finding Inspiration

Its been a long time since I scrapbooked.....and its really bothering me. I am on the most part a very creative person. It relaxes me to create something. I find it exciting to see something I create finished and fun to share with others. So why am I having such a hard time sitting down and creating something.

Reasons:
1. My work is draining me of my creative juices. When I get home I am tired and lack that energy to do anything other than sit and read or watch a movie.
2. My work space has changed. Since trying to sale the house I have rearranged my office. And now I lack the room to do anything. And feel like I have to keep it tidy.
3. Not knowing where to start. I have so many projects running through my brain its hard to pick a starting point. Even to come up with journaling is hard.
4. Fighting the need for perfection. I struggle with this in almost every part of my life right now.

So what do I do?

I have been finding so many things on the internet - blogs, articles, websites, and magazines and books - that make me want to scrapbook. Ali Edwards was just on Coco Daisy's website for an hour long chat. She has a great outlook on how to manage your life both every day stuff and the creative side. She is a mother of 2 and a wife of a very busy husband. Her job is creative. She is very easy going. She stresses that its important to keep things simple. When asked how she keeps it all together - family, marriage, work - she says its a daily thing keeping a positive attitude, not making things overly complicated and staying organized.

So as a new week approaches I am seeing that it's time to make a schedule that will work that will help me stay creative and stress-free (previous post).

My goals:
1. To create something this week - either using papers or digital - that is for me.
2. To come up with a schedule for daily tasks.
3. To continue to search out inspiration.

Here is to a new week!