Art journaling is a way to visually express thoughts and emotions. It can be through abstract shapes, lines, colours and words. The good thing about this is that anyone can do it even the less artistically minded person. Benefits: Like regular journaling, this type of journaling can have the following benefits: It is a good activity that has multiple benefits and linked to the topic that I covered last week. Children and adults both get […]
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How to use a colouring book mindfully?
Now as I mentioned last week (see here), to get the benefits of colouring it is important to understand the difference between mindlessness and mindfulness. When someone is mindless, they are using a form of escape. To escape what? Often it can be as simple as escaping boredom or as complex as escaping our thoughts, feelings or even behaviours. Using mindless activities to procrastinate for example. When someone is mindful, they are rooted in the […]
What is colouring for adults?
I’ve recently been watching a fantastic artist on YouTube. She does a lot of colouring in colouring books but her final results are amazing. It made me think of a fad a few years ago (that is probably still going on… though because I no longer work at an art supply store I can’t really say anymore) about adult colouring books. Are they relaxing or are they stressful? Is there benefit to doing this regularly? […]
What is colour psychology?
I was hoping I could get enough reading done on this topic this week to get a good article out if it. Though it is a fascinating subject… How can colour affect our moods, behaviours and feelings the way they do? What makes one person prefer one colour over another? Marketers, designers, artists, and others use colour for a living. Yet as I was diving deep into colour theory and colour psychology, I realised that […]
What are the negative effects of perfectionism pushed too far?
To understand the answer to this question it is important to know that there are different types of perfectionism. Can someone have more than one type? Unfortunately, yes. And as with most cases since it has links to personality and some mental health issues, it may be difficult to change these types of behaviours. It is definitely important to try, if any of the following issues or problems are negatively impacting your life or the […]
What is perfectionism?
During the last few weeks, I talked about procrastination (See here and here). There is a link between procrastination and perfectionism, which I will get into later, but I thought it was a good idea to look at this subject next. There is a lot of information on the subject, but a few are contradicting so I may cover this topic over a few weeks learning about it as I go and sharing what I […]
How to manage procrastination?
We all procrastinate, and it is not necessarily a bad thing to take a step back and think about an issue, but when it affects important aspects of our lives, such as our relationships, our work, and the goals that we find important; it is time to try and change things, so that we can accomplish what we want to do. Again, it is important to keep in mind that too much is like not […]
How to succeed with time-management?
One of the reasons we give ourselves for why we give up on our New Year’s resolution is that we just don’t have the time. Another reason is that our circumstances have changed, but both come down to the same point: time. I went into a few other reasons why we give up on our resolutions and how to improve our chances for success in the last few weeks (see here and here respectively), but […]
How to improve resolution taking?
Last week I gave some of the reasons commonly given why we fail when we take our yearly resolutions (see here). So now that we have a few ideas why we fail, here are some tips and tricks we can use to improve our chances of succeeding and actually reaching our goals and resolutions. The important thing to remember here is that often we overload ourselves and have difficulty judging how long things actually take. […]
Why can’t we keep New Year’s Resolution?
It’s that time of year. A lot of people take this passing into a new calendar as a time of new beginnings. The old year is over and with the new year comes new chances to do what we want. Our intentions are good. Lose the excess weight gained during the holidays. Learn a new language, learn a new skill, eat healthier, work on sleeping habits… Kick a negative habit. These are things we find […]