i'll sit down to write & no words will come. i go to type out a blog post & have no ideas. i want to paint, but i don't know what to depict. i want to decorate, but i'm out of diy ideas that don't cost money. i want to do all sorts of inspired things but i'm not...inspired.
i was looking through my phone notes the other day and stumbled across something i wrote a while back. it surprised me. by the end of reading it, i was inspired.
when i sat down to expound on the backbone of what i had written [ the italics ], there was no lack in words or passion. i thought i'd share with you these random tips for inspired living because a) they inspired me, 6 months later and b) it was inspired writing & something i'm passionate about & i thought - hey, i don't have to post about clothes because that's not the only art i'm capable of. i've been pigeon-holing myself into the retail end of creating & i've felt cornered by it & frustrated that my posts lacked passion. so here. here's some whimsical writing & tips & a random collection of things i've learned over the last year on ways to live out an inspired life.
living inspired
surround yourself with things that make you feel.people, places, foods. incorporate these into everything you do.
always go the extra mile to experience the beauty of life
only sleep under your favorite duvet. drive the extra 10 minutes so you can get your favorite coffee. stay up the extra hour so you can see the way the stars twinkle in the dead of the night. wake up extra early to run on the beach so you can feel the sand when it's chilly. set your alarm for 6:00am so you understand the gorgeousness of a silent house. buy the ballpoint pen that makes you feel like earnest hemingway. find a place in your backyard that no one else knows about & go there often. just drive; take left turns when you feel like it, go straight when you want to, stop when you need to use the bathroom, take pictures of the scenery, eat lots of ice cream.
eat + drink what you know will tantalize your senses.
warm up your croissants. ask for your steak medium rare. drink a mimosa with breakfast. put 2 pumps of caramel in your iced latte. add extra butter to your mashed potatoes. eat your favorite blueberry jam [ and if it spills on the book you're reading, write a story about it. ]. always ask for a cherry on top of your ice cream. and never ever ever turn down chocolate.
linger over textures.
scrunch the cashmere sweater you found at bergdorfs. touch the petals of the tulips in your local florist. allow your toes to be tickled by the rope rug at your grandparents house. always let cold water rush over your skin. make an effort to reach out and touch the grainy wood, the fresh bloom, the fir tree.
listen to music without auto-tune, songs that are raw + have not been tampered with.
turn on the acoustics. the bob marley's, the civil wars', the john mayer's. listen to free, vibe-y music. close your eyes and be inspired by the raw form.
look for beauty in the abstract & write what you see.
leave nothing up to the readers imagination. write everything down. write about how the peach juice trickles down your chin & once dried, tickles your skin. write about the way your favorite human laughs. write about the way you saw the sun kiss the ocean that night in july. write about how pages crinkle when you turn them & how the stories the water-stained paper tells are more beautiful then those words can conjure up.
write it all down. leave nothing out.
only write about what you feel strongly about.
do not half-heartedly write about anything. throw your whole being into your words, emphasize what you adore + dislike the most; use all your senses for research + stitch what you find into your descriptions; dream with your sentence + paragraph structure; saturate sentences with vivid words; don't leave any detail out-like any artist, include shadows variances of a hue + contrasts;
and most importantly, be aware that as long as you love what you're producing, you're successful [ you don't need mass audiences to tell you that. ]
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xoxo,
brittanycharis
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