"Traits of Focus"
Time spent on drawing: 40:57
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I spent the better part of the last year and a half coping with various conditions that left me both physically and emotionally drained. Various ailments over the course of my pregnancy (including a 2-month battle with pneumonia) rendered me weaker than I’d ever felt in my life. A battle with postpartum depression after my baby’s birth rendered me a mere shadow of my once happy-go-lucky, bubbly self. To be honest, I wasn’t sure if I would EVER bounce back.
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Everything seemed overwhelming. I didn’t want to draw for MONTHS. I just wanted to lie in bed with my baby. I felt helpless. I had no idea how to even begin to heal.
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Working on these 15 Minute Musings was a big answer to how I pulled myself out from the pit of despair. It’s more than just about making art. It’s about taking 15 minutes to focus on the things I’ve been pushing off. To make time for myself.
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By working on myself 15 minutes at a time, I was able to build my strength up little by little until I feel like I’m almost back to my usual self. If the Coronavirus had hit even a couple of months ago, I’m quite afraid of how I would (or wouldn’t) be able to cope.
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After months of depression and physical weakness, I am done focusing on the negative. Most of what is going on is out of my control. After years and years of living life in nonstop motion, we have been blessed with a rare opportunity to significantly slow down the pace of life and focus on what’s truly important.
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I took 15 minutes to think about how I want to positively spend the time in isolation. I came up with five traits that I’d like to focus on: PATIENCE (especially with 3 kids at home for the foreseeable future), KINDNESS (on how to help others as much as possible with the resources I have), FAITH (I firmly believe that everything happens for a reason and to just go with the flow of G-d’s plan), WASTEFULNESS (especially when it comes to paper goods and rationing groceries), and HEALTH (Eating better, exercising more now that I don’t have to commute to work).
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What personal traits do you now have the opportunity to focus on? What good can you contribute to the world at this very moment? Let’s inject some positivity into the world right now.
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