I am often at my happiest when I am being creative. There is something very spiritual and almost magical when I am in that flowing space of creativity. The more time I spend in this space the more peace and joy I feel ,and the better I sleep at night.

Here are five ways that I ease myself into this blissful space and you can too!

1. I am taking a newspaper diet. I’ve always loved my newspaper in the morning but for this week I have not even glanced at my beloved paper. Instead of immediately filling my consciousness with the newest crimes committed in our city, I am drinking my coffee in silence and centering. I meditate. I pray. I write in my gratitude journal. I read inspirational articles. I stretch, breathe, and do some yoga poses and resistance exercises. I greet and wish a wonderful day to my friends on Twitter. 
2. I write. I love to write! I always have! I like to write in my journal. I love to write here at The Warm Milk Journal. Some writers struggle with writer’s block. I do not have this problem. Ideas are everywhere. I observe the world and people around me. I read all the time. I meditate. Ideas just surface. Sometimes something I have read inspires a post for the Warm Milk Journal. I may use a personal experience to prompt my writing. The real magic happens, however, when I really have no idea initially what I will write about when I turn my computer on. For all you bloggers out there I have a strategy I will share with you. I like to look at photos and when an image captivates me in some why I download it and write an article from whatever inspires me when I look at the picture. Try it! It really works and you will never lack for creative ideas for content on your websites and blogs. I love to write poems and stories too. The best ones come out of me with very little effort. They literally flow out from me. Pure inspiration. Pure creative magic. Bliss.
3. I dance. Put on some music and dance around like a kid in your living room. For New Years my fiance and I rented some ballroom dancing dvds from the library and played them to get some new ideas for our dance moves. It was fun! 
4. Draw. doodle. color. paint. Put on some music, pour yourself a glass of wine and create!
5. Cook. Experiment with different ingredients and spices. Grow a few herbs in your garden. Invest in some cookbooks or magazines such as Cooking Light. Be free enough to use the recipe as a foundation but make it your own. Have fun!    

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