Join 31 Days of Creative Resilience

Starting January 1st: Daily practices and reflections to embrace creativity and build resilience

After the equal frenzy and lethargy during the “dead week” between Christmas and New Year’s, I crave a nourishing routine to connect with my creative force again.

As an introvert who relishes going inward and staying at home, winter is my most productive season. Yet for many years, I pushed myself to forge ahead with projects and goals without considering winter’s softer, slower pace, culminating in burnout.

My wish for us this winter is to enter the new year with tenderness and care for our creativity, so we can continue to bloom throughout the year.

This January, I invite you to join my first 31 Days of Creative Resilience journey. You'll receive:

• Daily prompts and reflections delivered to your email

• Simple exercises to explore in your journal or sketchbook

• My personal exploration and response of each day’s topic

• Community comments and support

Free subscribers receive the first prompt of each week's theme. Paid subscribers get the full 31-day experience.

Join now for 20% off an annual subscription (offer ends Dec 31), or upgrade for one month for $6.

How it works

WHEN DO I GET THE PROMPT? Every morning in January, I will send out a newsletter with the day’s topic and prompt. The prompt length will vary by day, ranging from 5 minutes to 30 minutes.

CAN I SKIP DAYS? If you skip a day, no worries—just jump back in the next day. If you don’t resonate with a prompt or week, skip it altogether.

DO I NEED EXPERIENCE? ARE YOU SURE I CAN JOIN? You do not need any creative credentials or background! This journey is for everyone who yearns to connect to their creativity. You can practice any medium or format, whether it’s drawing, writing, crafting, or whatever else interests you.

I do ask that participants be comfortable with using pen/pencil and paper and be willing to explore their inner self.

HOW DOES THE COMMUNITY ASPECT WORK? Comments for each daily post will be open to paid subscribers. This is a space for us to connect, share our work, and support each other. You can share snippets of your response to the day’s prompt or share an image of your work using Imgur.

HOW LONG CAN I ACCESS THE CONTENT? All challenge content will remain available to paid subscribers during the winter season, from January 1 through March 19, 2025.

Themes we’ll explore

After a gentle introduction and intention setting exercise to start the new year, we’ll dive into the four themes of the creative resilience journey.

Each weekly theme is related to a creative archetype. Don’t know your archetype yet? Take the quiz here.

WEEK ONE: Embrace the Embarrassing

The secret emotions, hidden interests, and unexamined thought patterns that we want to ignore and brush aside as ‘unserious’ are often our biggest creative fuel. We’ll explore transforming our vulnerable moments and unkind thoughts to honest offerings that we can befriend.

This week maps to the Shapeshifter archetype’s growth area.

WEEK TWO: Practice Mindfulness

In order to birth ideas, our creativity has to leave the mental realm and enter the physical realm. We’ll do this by reconnecting to our body and breath through various mindfulness practices and drawing exercises.

This week maps to the Visionary archetype’s growth area.

WEEK THREE: Reimagine Goals

Creative success is often measured by external validation and productivity metrics that ultimately don’t serve our growth. We’ll deconstruct these assumptions and clarify our own markers of progress, culminating in a creative manifesto.

This week maps to the Strategist archetype’s growth area.

WEEK FOUR: Find Ways Forward

Sustaining creative practice isn’t about powering through until we burn out. It’s about understanding our natural rhythms and building supportive systems. We’ll explore our energy patterns and create flexible structures to nurture us for the long haul.

This week maps to the Voyager archetype’s growth area.

Materials needed

I encourage you to work through the daily exercises by hand. You'll encounter journal prompts, drawing exercises, and "free days" for your own creative exploration.

You can use as many or as few materials as you’d like. At minimum, I suggest:

• Paper (loose sheets or sketchbook)

• Pens or pencils

Sign me up!

If you’re ready to join 31 Days of Creative Resilience, become a paid subscriber now for $40/year or $6/month.

The annual subscription goes up $10 starting January. This week is your last chance to save 20% on a year of creative exploration together.

Want to support others on their creative journey? Give a gift or donate a subscription.

I can’t wait to see what we create together. Happy new year, and SEE YOU in January!