Here are my 5 main pointers to stay inspired during quarantine in NYC. My psyche‘s health and output connect a lot, so I’ve made emotional wellness a priority. I wanted to share my routine that creativity casually chose to show up for. What are your tricks to stay inspired?
1. Have a morning ritual
Mine is as follows
✺ No screens for the 1st hour
✺ Make my bed!
✺ Meditation
✺ Movement
✺ Gratitude journal
✺ Get out unnecessary swirling thoughts by writing them out
✺ Reading
2. Make magic happen in your external world
✺ My space is so important to me to feel visually at ease and overall creative so I keep it clean.
✺ I light candles, insents etc. Good smells keep my life and apartment feeling magical, which inspires creative magic.
✺ During quarantine, I’ve treated myself to some sweet products like cute new pens and a sweet face mask. Just adds a little sparkle. ⠀
3. Take care of your body
✺ Yoga has become second nature for me (and with it originally came collage). I highly recommend to move with your breath in a way that works for you.
✺ Long showers & baths. I love to pamper my body a bit during this time. I find I have a lot of good ideas when submerged in water, too.
✺ Creams & oils & scents. Just makes me feel good and keeps me tuned into my senses. ⠀
✺ Food. I‘m eating pretty clean and cooking lots of veggies, which feels grounding. I also don’t restrict right now - doesn’t feel like the time.
✺ Water is my bff
4. Keep your heart happy and your loved ones close
✺ My roommate and I have implemented special weekly walks where we have philosophical talks.
✺ I call my grandma in Switzerland everyday. It’s something she really appreciates, and it feels really good to me too.
✺ My evenings are reserved for my partner and I, so I create a boundary for work here. We also usually have a day once a week without work to fill the creative well only. We have been experimenting with new recipes. Really, he cooks cause I’m not great at it but I’ll set up a nice table.
5. Connect to nature
✺ Fresh air! I bike to my studio and take walks⠀
✺ Plenty of sleep and early bed and rising times. This comes from habit and the intention of wanting to align myself with nature / natural darkness as much as possible. I also just love early mornings.
There you go! Let me know if there’s anything you think I should add to my routine that works for you
