#CreativeWellness

[pamelaaminou]

Creativity and balance 

The best thing about creativity is that it gives us a break from whatever is happening around us. When life feels overwhelming, creativity offers a sanctuary where we can lose ourselves in the process of making, imagining, and exploring. It’s a place where the rules of the everyday world don’t apply, and we’re free to experiment, dream, and express our deepest thoughts and feelings. Whether it’s…

[happyhandscreative]

Crafting is self-care. Create calm, color, and joy with our wellness crafts and happiness kits. You don’t have to be an artist—just a maker of your own joy.

[nareshkumartech]

Game Dev Burnout: How to Stay Creative Without Crashing

Game development is an exciting and rewarding field, but it can also be incredibly demanding. Long hours, tight deadlines, and constant problem-solving can lead to burnout—a state of physical and emotional exhaustion that stifles creativity and productivity. If you’re working in game development, learning how to prevent burnout is crucial to sustaining your passion and success.

Recognizing the Signs of Burnout

Burnout often sneaks up on developers, but common symptoms include:

Chronic fatigue and lack of motivation

Difficulty concentrating or making decisions

Increased irritability or frustration

Loss of passion for your projects

Physical symptoms like headaches or insomnia

Acknowledging these signs early can help you take action before burnout takes full hold.

Strategies to Maintain Creativity and Well-Being

Set Realistic Goals Break your work into manageable chunks. Celebrate small wins rather than overwhelming yourself with huge milestones.

Take Regular Breaks Follow the Pomodoro technique or simply step away every hour to refresh your mind.

Create Boundaries Define work hours and stick to them. Avoid the temptation to work late nights or weekends constantly.

Stay Connected Share your challenges and successes with peers, mentors, or communities. You’re not alone in facing tough moments.

Incorporate Play and Learning Take time to explore new tools, play games, or experiment with side projects unrelated to your main work.

Prioritize Physical Health Exercise, sleep well, and eat nutritiously. Your brain performs best when your body is cared for.

How Smart Game Development Processes Help

Adopting smart workflows and tools in game development can reduce stress and increase efficiency:

Use version control to prevent losing work

Automate repetitive tasks

Plan sprints with flexible timelines

Delegate or collaborate when possible

Sustainable Creativity is Key

Burnout doesn’t have to be part of your game development journey. By balancing dedication with self-care and smart planning, you can keep your creativity flowing without crashing. Remember, a healthy developer makes the best games.

[artreachcollective]

Unlock Healing & Self-Discovery Through Creativity | ArtReach Collective

At ArtReach Collective, we believe in the power of expression to heal. Our trauma-informed approach offers creative therapy for mental health, helping individuals process emotions, reduce anxiety, and reconnect with themselves in a safe and supportive space.Whether you're navigating life changes, stress, or emotional pain, our art-based sessions provide a gentle and empowering path toward wellness. No artistic skills needed just a willingness to explore and heal.

[purrfellow]

🎨 Paint by Numbers: The Journey from Stress to Tranquility Through Art

Finding Peace in a Fast-Paced World 🌟

Life got you running on overdrive? We feel you! Between endless notifications and packed schedules, finding calm feels like searching for a needle in a haystack. But here's a secret: your path to peace might just be hidden in numbered spaces waiting to be filled with color.

Why Paint by Numbers is Your New Bestie 🖌️

No artistic experience needed

Gentle guidance through numbers

Zero pressure to be perfect

Pure creative freedom within safe boundaries

The Joy Chemistry ⚡

Did you know? Each tiny section you complete:

Releases happy chemicals in your brain

Builds confidence like tiny victories

Creates a satisfaction snowball effect

Makes you feel like a legit artist

Color Therapy for Your Soul 🌈

Colors speak the language of emotions: • Blues calm your mind • Yellows lift your spirits • Greens ground you • Purples spark creativity

Your Creative Self-Care Checklist ✅

Pick art that makes your heart smile

Create your cozy painting nook

Put on your favorite playlist

Let the colors guide you

Embrace the process, not perfection

Start Your Journey 🚀

Ready to transform stress into masterpieces?

Explore our curated collection of Paint by Numbers kits at purrfellow!

[misticotraveler]

Recharging Your Energy: Strategies to Thrive by Mistico Traveler - Discover. Transform. Thrive Burnout isn't a failure; it's a cue to pause and refresh. Explore simple yet effective ways to recharge your spirit—be it a day off, creative pursuits, or quality time with loved ones. Share your top strategy to revitalize your vision today! #BurnoutRecovery #RechargeYourEnergy #LifeBalance #MentalHealthMatters #CreativeWellness #SelfCareTips #BoostYourEnergy #HealthAndWellness #MindfulLiving #ThriveInLife via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-_5eFonxs8

[autumnjen]

In today’s version of ‘what I did during my free time’ also know as ‘what I did instead of what I’m supposed to be doing’ I worked in my art journal as well as my collage nameless journal. Time well wasted...er I mean time well spent. #sorrynotsorrylaundry #namelessartjournal #artjournal #artjournaling #avoidance #timewellspent #layers #ephemera #foundwords #herjourney #foundimages #creativewellness #didispellanythingwrongtoday https://www.instagram.com/p/BzrgVS4AgA3/?igshid=dkekqm1rm48m

[creativewellnessuk]

Give us a smile

When I say I get nearly all my health care products from Young Living, I mean that I get nearly all of my health care products from Young Living. A new favourite is the Thieves whitening toothpaste which tastes minty fresh with a hint of orange.

This toothpaste is made with pure and safe ingredients for support white teeth and help remove stains, and protect from plaque. Great for sensitive teeth, and if you're worried about your fluoride-intake, this one is fluoride-free!

[realityarts-creativity]

Here are my Junk Journal pages so far, for Nature and hand dyed... I have enjoyed creating these little characters in ink, almost like doodling. For dyed I used pieces of fabric that has been wax resisted, also painted and written on and added additional mark making and stamped image. 😍😍 #junkjournals #artjournalplay #artjournalideas ##artfuljourney #realityarts #recycledjournals #junkjournaljuly2022 #creativity #journalinspiration #artjournallove #artjournalprompts #creativewellness #artlove #amandatrought #flowers ##createdaily #creativepractice #nature #waxresist #textileart https://www.instagram.com/p/CgAc5Mvu5N8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[inneruniverseillustrations]

ART ON SALE! 15£ each for these three but ONLY UNTIL JANUARY 5TH 2021. Dm me if interested as these are only on sale directly through me. ❤️ 1. I am of the earth... 6 by 8 inches, original watercolour and gouache. 2. Enjoy my light... 6 by 8 inches, original watercolour and gouache. 3. Be brave and ask for cuddles... 5 by 7 inches, original micron pen and watercolour drawing and quote by me 😊♥️. #londonillustrators #creativewellness #Sale #artsale #sellartonline #mentalhealthart #meditativeart #weirdartwork #psychadelicart #happyart #hippyart #selflove #drawing #quotes #Instagramartist #instagramwriter #illustragram #fayart #fairytaleart #fairytale #peaceful #natureart (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJVwV2SH2G5/?igshid=1hc7xu3cnldms

[polisson]

So excited to do my CE workshop at Lewis and Clark today! @lewisandclarkcollege #creativewellness #arttherapy (at Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3hg2-qBd_v/?igshid=18k82koaejip9

[curtissheeran-blog]

Indeed. #creativewellness @wellnesscreative #torino (presso Wellness Creative) https://www.instagram.com/curtissheeran/p/Btx25_SCbi9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=w8gy2bd7pkfr

[handsinthesoil-worldwide-blog]

HUGS!: Recap 2018 SŌL DAY •featuring our family @afrohaus_ Recognize someone?? Tag them! • #wellnessdippedinculture All 📷 by our brother: @pronation #HandsInTheSoil #CreativeWellness (at Moonwater Farm, The Comptons) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsCQD9nHfk2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10v06b473b3bf

[orbemnews]

Stocks Rebound as Wall Street Shakes Off Inflation Worries: Live Updates Shoppers returned to central London last month. Retail sales in Britain rose in April by double the rate predicted by economists.Credit…Mary Turner for The New York Times U.S. stock futures rose on Friday along with most European stock indexes as data showed more evidence of the European economy strengthening as it emerges from lockdowns and vaccines are rolled out faster. The S&P 500 is expected to increase 0.3 percent when trading begins, futures indicated. The U.S. benchmark index has dropped about 0.4 percent so far this week after concerns about faster-than-expected inflation unsettled markets. The Stoxx Europe 600 rose 0.4 percent led by gains in consumer companies. One of the biggest gainers was Richemont, the Swiss luxury goods company that owns brands including Cartier and Montblanc. Richemont shares rose 5.3 percent after the company reported its full-year results with strong growth in sales in Asia especially for its jewelry and watch brands. Oil prices rose. Futures of West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. crude benchmark, rose 0.7 percent to $62.38 a barrel. Economic data Retail sales in Britain surged in April as nonessential stores were allowed to reopen. The volume of sales increased 9.2 percent from the previous month, the Office for National Statistics said on Friday. It was more than double the forecast by economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Shopping for clothes stores led the resurgence. Across the eurozone, activity in the services sector jumped in May. The Purchasing Managers’ Index climbed to 55.1 points from 50.5 in April, IHS Markit said on Friday. A reading above 50 signals expansion. The index for manufacturing was little changed from the previous month at 62.8. “Growth would have been even stronger had it not been for record supply chain delays and difficulties restarting businesses quickly enough to meet demand, especially in terms of rehiring,” Chris Williamson, chief business economist at IHS Markit, wrote in the report. “The outlook for the eurozone is quite bright at the moment with stronger growth and inflation pressures increasing,” Bert Colijn, an economist at ING wrote in a note. He added that the economic rebound that “cautiously started somewhere in January” has significantly accelerated in the second quarter of this year. George Greenfield, the founder of CreativeWell, a literary agency in Montclair, N.J., applied for a loan in March with Biz2Credit. The initial amount he was offered was less than a quarter of what he was eligible for.Credit…Ed Kashi for The New York Times The government’s $788 billion relief effort for small businesses ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, the Paycheck Protection Program, is ending as it began, with the initiative’s final days mired in chaos and confusion. Millions of applicants are seeking money from the scant handful of lenders still making the government-backed loans. Hundreds of thousands of people are stuck in limbo, waiting to find out if they will receive their approved loans — some of which have been stalled for months because of errors or glitches. Lenders are overwhelmed, and borrowers are panicking, The New York Times’s Stacy Cowley reports. The relief program had been scheduled to keep taking applications until May 31. But two weeks ago, its manager, the Small Business Administration, announced that the program’s $292 billion in financing for forgivable loans this year had nearly run out and that it would immediately stop processing most new applications. Then the government threw another curveball: The Small Business Administration decided that the remaining money, around $9 billion, would be available only through community financial institutions, a small group of specially designated institutions that focus on underserved communities. A roll of steel is packaged and labeled.Credit…Taylor Glascock for The New York Times The American steel industry is experiencing a comeback that few would have predicted even months ago. Steel prices are at record highs and demand is surging as businesses step up production amid an easing of pandemic restrictions. Steel makers have consolidated in the past year, allowing them to exert more control over supply. Tariffs on foreign steel imposed by the Trump administration have kept cheaper imports out. And steel companies are hiring again, The New York Times’s Matt Phillips reports. It’s not clear how long the boom will last. This week, the Biden administration began discussions with European Union trade officials about global steel markets. Some steel workers and executives believe that could lead to an eventual pullback of the Trump-era tariffs, which are widely credited for spurring the turnaround in the steel industry. Record prices for steel are not going to reverse decades of job losses. Since the early 1960s, employment in the steel industry has fallen more than 75 percent. More than 400,000 jobs disappeared as foreign competition grew and as the industry shifted toward production processes that required fewer workers. But the price surge is delivering some optimism to steel towns across the country, especially after job losses during the pandemic pushed American steel employment to the lowest level on record. Shareholders of Tribune Publishing, the owner of major metropolitan newspapers like the The Chicago Tribune and The New York Daily News, will vote on Friday on whether to approve the company’s sale to Alden Global Capital, a financial investor with a reputation for slashing costs and cutting jobs. Alden already holds a 32 percent stake in Tribune, so the deal hinges on approval from the shareholders who own the other two-thirds of Tribune’s stock. Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, a billionaire medical entrepreneur who owns The Los Angeles Times and other California papers with his wife, Michele B. Chan, has a 24 percent stake in Tribune. Dr. Soon-Shiong has not commented publicly on how he intends to vote. CNN said on Thursday that its prime-time host Chris Cuomo inappropriately offered public-relations advice to his brother, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York, after a series of sexual harassment allegations threatened the governor’s political career earlier this year. CNN said Chris Cuomo would refrain from any more similar discussions with the governor’s staff. But the network said it would take no disciplinary action against the anchor, whose program was CNN’s highest-rated show in the first quarter of the year. Chris Cuomo apologized to viewers and his colleagues at the start of Thursday’s show for the calls with the governor’s staff, saying: “It will not happen again. It was a mistake.” But he also defended himself, saying that he “of course” gave advice to his brother and that he was “family first, job second.” Source link Orbem News #Inflation #Live #Rebound #Shakes #stocks #Street #Updates #Wall #Worries

[carolinesnaps]

Finding inspiration in the #recordshops of #Brighton. Love the colours and chaos of this .. My creative well is pretty empty so I’ll be capturing more images like this to top it up. #creativewell #recordcover #chaos #pink http://bit.ly/2WdSZ0I

[realityarts-creativity]

Day 10 - Timeout for #junkjournaljuly I made the decision to show up for the pages that spoke to me you have to let your creative practice work for you #junkjournals #artjournalplay #artjournalideas ##artfuljourney #realityarts #recycledjournals #junkjournaljuly2022 #creativity #journalinspiration #artjournallove #artjournalprompts #creativewellness #artlove #amandatrought #flowers ##createdaily #creativepractice #timeout #creativeflow #figurativeart https://www.instagram.com/p/Cf44ITzOMtT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=