Welcome back to another episode of the Paint Rest Repeat Podcast.

This fortnight we are talking about getting back into your personal art practice after a long break. This topic is relevant as Laura has just spent 2 months overseas. Ros and Laura discuss how to carve out time for art-making and spending more time doing what you love to do.

Ros shared some advice with Laura and suggested to take a step back and look at your why? She shares some ideas on how to make space for your practice, especially when life gets busy. Ros mentions the book atomic habits and the concept of habit stacking - see the link in show notes below. They also touch on the topic of art challenges and taking on a daily art practice and creating consistency. 

Ros suggests making an implementation statement for your new art-making habit, as a promise to yourself. She also suggests making it simple, making it realistic and achievable.  

Laura summarizes some takeaways from this conversation and suggestions that Ros had for her to re-establish her art practice:

• Setting your intention and why you make art
• Bringing yourself back to why it means so much to you
• Writing your intention statement with a small achievable goal
• Incorporate a 5 min practice in with your daily routine
• Look at your calendar to see where there would be larger stretches of time for you to create
• Find ways to make your practice a self-care ritual - either with music, a candle, incense, oils etc… 
• Accountability - verbalizing what your goals and intentions are and getting a good friend to check in with you

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Ros

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