6 Key Takeaways From The Artist’s Way, Week 1

Creative Recovery is Possible

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At the end of 2022, I decided to set an intention for the new year by choosing a word that I wanted to embody in 2023.

I went with the word “create” because I wanted to stop consuming so much and start creating art of my own.

I decided that I would buy a copy of The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron to kick-start that journey. I dove into the first 30 pages of the text, wrote Morning Pages for three days, set the book aside, and forgot about it.

Luckily, that wasn’t the end of my journey. A friend from my improv group posted an invitation to join her in working through The Artist’s Way and I jumped on the opportunity.

See, I’m what Gretchen Rubin would classify as an Obliger — I’m great at meeting the needs and expectations of others but absolutely horrible at holding myself accountable. I knew that going through the course with others was the only thing that would make me stick with it.

We got started last week, and I’ll be sharing my big takeaways from each week here on Medium.

1. My phone is a huge creative block.