About this episode
The episode discusses the impact of moving on creative routines and the importance of daily creative habits for mental health.
A Couplet a Day , Keeps Insanity Away . Daily creative habits for better mental health. We’ve just moved. Again. For more than a decade now, Kate and I have been averaging about one move per year. Last year we moved twice, but our record is an impressive three moves in one year! The reasons for moving so often are numerous. Sometimes it’s our decision, sometimes it’s not (like the move we just made). The owner of the property we were renting sold it, so we had no choice. Time to pack up our lives. And move. Again. Psychologists say that moving is one of the most stressful events in life. Having immigrated twice, having lived in four countries, and having moved so many times that I stopped counting when the number of places got to the mid-20s. I agree. Moving is stressful! And for creatives like us, one of the worst things about moving is the loss of our routine. We work so hard to carve out a little “me time” in our calendars for making art, and then we work so hard to protect that precious time against the countless encroachments. But once our creative routine is established, it’s life-changing. We’re better humans when we’re being creative. Creating is not a luxury. It’s a…
People in this episode
Host: Ray Harmony
Topics covered
- creative habits
- mental health
- moving
- routine
- art
Keywords
- creative habits
- mental health
- moving
- routine
- art
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