creative seasons: encouragement for dreamers

I spend a lot of time in my own mind. Culture might call me a dreamer. So many ideas rumbling around in my head that keep getting filed into my mental "someday" folder. I read a quote recently that resonated and stung.

"someday is where dreams go to die

Wake up, someday dreamer. "Dreamer" feels like impossibility and never, but I refuse to accept that.

I'm just a creative girl with a full life, and there are seasons for "someday" ideas. My season for raising 6 kids, homeschooling, and prioritizing their lives with zero regret is ending. It was beautiful, but my kids are grown now. My ideas now have room to breathe and room to grow. Someday is here.

When I'm melancholy missing my houseful of kid-energy, I lean into creativity. Creativity looks like launching my photography hobby into a career, knitting again with my mom and grandma, signing up for pottery classes with my son, and turning my living room into a mini forest of houseplants in handmade macramé hangers. One someday idea at a time.

I want to experience the world. I want to turn my home into a retreat form the world. Homebody wanderlust, that's oxymoronic me. A comfy cozy boho girl who loves to hike new nature trails, curl up on my sofa to read a good book; candlelight and a cozy blanket. Meet me at the beach to watch the sunset and "dream".

We're all dreamers really. Innate creativity dancing around in our minds, looking for opportunity to flow into being. Maybe it's intuitive and artistic, maybe it's methodical and scientific, but it's creative all the same. Created in the image of the ultimate creator.

Step into your identity as a creative, for creativity yields contentment; a restored nervous system and a joyful sense of accomplishment.

Don't let your dreams die.