 Hey guys welcome to another episode of explorations of me April 2019 How's it going so far? I hope it's going good So this month if I look at my notes Yes, I have notes because I can't remember otherwise We are discussing Do you have a daily routine and does it help you? So for me this month is going to be more about talking to you than it's going to be creating any art for me You bet your darn tootie. I've got a routine and when I am unable to stick with said routine I'm not a happy camper So I'm gonna take you through a few steps of my morning routine, although it's like after lunch already. So, you know We'll make it work and we'll be right back. I Start my morning routine here in the kitchen Over where is it? Above my head right there making a cup of coffee First number one thing I do walk to the coffee pot Because you know, there's like no functioning and being anything anybody wants to talk to you without coffee then I Bring it to my spot. I got a spot. You want to see okay? Hang on Got this spot on the sofa. Can you see my drawing bag? Yeah, I know right wait see my little table. It's got my iPad on it I sit there. I'll do some drawing. I'll look at YouTube videos I'll just chill on the sofa while I'm sipping on my morning coffee two cups always two cups When I'm done with that, I don't get dressed. Hang on after I'm done with my morning coffee We'd go on a little walk upstairs Because you know I got a routine. I gotta stick to my routine or I'm just not a happy camper I already said that already so we go upstairs to my art room because yeah And we go plop ourselves down at the computer Loading a vlog right now But I sit myself down at my computer desk and I do my daily postings so most days more often than not I post some thoughts and Creative wanderings in my Facebook group a life of art and self-expression the creative Wanderings get copied and pasted into a couple of other groups too, but every day I do some thoughts It's a good thing. I don't know what does how to start my day without doing the thoughts While I'm up here. I'm also checking on YouTube comments and replying because I like to keep on top of that I also usually double-check the Etsy shop email If I need to do a website update I do Trying to be better about doing that I'll usually light some incense pull a Positive affirmation card both up here and downstairs In fact, I don't think I've pulled today's positive affirmation card yet this yet today And it's already after lunch, so let's do that shall we here's I have a bowl of positive affirmation cards The one that was here said bright. I Already pulled the ones for downstairs this morning with my coffee, but I didn't Do this one forward. That's a good word just a little hint and reminder of Positive things to do for the day a positive thought to have in your mind positive energy to put out Forward forwards a good way a good thing forward instead of backward And I tried to do some art maybe chitchat with friends if I don't have lots of art obligations to catch up on Do a little cleaning and reorganizing sometimes I'll throw chores in if I absolutely have to because you know I Rather do art than chores. I Tried to take a little walk around the neighborhood go feed Bambi. It's not that far around the neighbor It's just next door, but we use our old dogs food bowl to feed the deer deer corn Our dog passed away before Christmas, and we do miss him, but we're trying to make good use of Some of the things he left behind and so I'm gonna go with you because I'm gonna go with you. Well, yeah, I mean I'm gonna take you with me because although again, it's after lunch, and I'm a little bit lagging behind today I need to go check the food bowl I will say it usually is part of my morning routine to take a shower and get dressed before I go out the front yard to go check Bambi's food bowl because Nobody needs to see that shit in the morning Hang on let's go check the food bowl Also try hard as I'm doing my morning routine and going through all the different things I like to do business wise art wise house wise to not lock myself out of the house Because that's been a thing. Yeah, I've done that already a couple of times So we're gonna grab a cup of deer corn So cup of deer corn my side gate, there's the food bowl. It's empty. It was full this morning So I just dump it in see birds You see him over there? This is what I live next door to and Bambi lives down there somewhere If I have Etsy orders, I make that part of my routine of filling the Etsy orders taking them to the mailbox down the street or if they're too bulky taking them down to the mailbox around the corner and Making sure I get my quiet time in which is Super important sometimes for me when I'm having my coffee instead of putting the iPad on I will just sit with a book I I really need that quiet time a little bit every day. That's like important for me And one of the reasons I do art and mixed media is because I can Sort of block out and zone everybody out put some earbuds in if I need to and music on and just do art So that's my morning routine. I don't know how interesting you're gonna find that but I do find I need a routine and Sometimes when my routine changes and or I need to incorporate new things. I need to make myself a list So I'll make a list and I'll check it off and I'll just stick with a list for a while until it becomes part of my new Routine, what do you do? Do you have one if you don't and you're struggling maybe you should try to have one? So and if you have one does it help? We would like to know so leave up something in the comments below If you want to check out and see what everybody else did this month or what they're talking about and doing with their routine I'm gonna put their links in the description below Don't forget to show them some love and share over in the Facebook groups, especially artsy endeavors and if you're in the chronic pain group and if you want to follow me on social media or Support the free content here on YouTube or over in Facebook click on my link tree when you do You're gonna get a whole bunch of different links and places to find me And if you follow me on social media on Instagram and Twitter for instance, you're gonna see what I do every day I post my little art drawings and stuff that I do every day And you can find my Amazon affiliate store my Etsy shop my tip jar patreon like all that stuff So go check it out Don't forget to like share and subscribe my channel and theirs and above all go out and have a great day Do something nice for yourself because you deserve it like get a routine and see if it helps. Bye guys