calm | INSTAGRAM | JUL 29

🌟 “Do whatever brings you to life, then. Follow your own fascinations, obsessions, and compulsions. Trust them. Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart.” ⁠— @elizabeth_gilbert_writer⁠ ⁠ ✨ I N S P I R A T I O N ✨⁠ ⁠ Inspiration is the enthusiasm aroused when we are intellectually or emotionally stimulated to do something, most often a creative act. Inspiration is what gives us sudden, new ideas. And it makes us feel connected to something beyond ourselves.⁠ ⁠ Ways of nurturing your openness to inspiration⁠ 🌟 Have a stretch of quiet time each day.⁠ 🌟 Create new neural pathways in the brain by doing the same things differently. Take a new route to work. Try a new cuisine.⁠ 🌟 Give yourself permission to make something really badly.⁠ 🌟 Read books on topics you know nothing about. ⁠ 🌟 Daydream.⁠ 🌟 Listen to Elizabeth Gilbert’s Calm Masterclass called Creative Living Beyond Fear.⁠ ⁠ Self-reflection⁠ What environments do I find most inspiring? How can I spend more time there?⁠ ⁠ Go to the link in our bio to check out the entire Calm Intentions Collection.⁠ ⁠