Creative Wellness Letters - how to bounce back after busyness 🫧

Hi Reader, 

Have you ever felt like you needed a weekend to recover from the weekend? (Especially after the time change in the U.S.! 😵‍💫) 

For many artists, musicians, and creatives, the traditional idea of the weekend doesn’t even apply! 

It’s always tough to continue on without a break right after a performance, show, or launch, when you don’t have the luxury of taking quite enough time to rest and replenish your creative energy.

You might have seen my news last week about my Kickstarter launch to fund my 2nd album of original piano music - many weeks of hard work in the making. I expected to have a more chill few days after that, but things do not always turn out how we expect!

So, I think that this is a perfect time to revisit and share an article I wrote after a series of performances and general busyness (How to Replenish Your Creative Energy After A Busy Period). 

After pushing our energy limits for a while, we don’t usually just snap right back like a rubber band, it takes some down time first.

In my creative coaching work, I always advise my clients to plan ahead for some extra rest time after busy periods, but we all know that sometimes life happens and the best laid plans don’t work out. What we would consider ideal isn’t always possible, but we can always take steps in a positive direction.

Here are some quick and easy-to-implement ways to take some of the physical and mental load off while you’re recovering from a time that’s used a lot of your energy resources, so you can get back to feeling like your best self and channel that energy into sparking creativity.

You might notice that most of these don’t overtly have to do with creativity - that’s because we have to take care of ourselves first, before we can have the energy to do our best work!

What are your favorite energy-replenishing activities that get you back to baseline after being too busy?

I'm always rooting for you, and my inbox is always open, so please feel free to reach out if I can help in any way - I love hearing from you!

Have a lovely week! ⁠

Rebecca

• Welcome to Mary Oliver Garden - This McSweeneys article made me laugh. ("Welcome to Mary Oliver Garden, home of Italian-adjacent cuisine and poignant observations about the human condition as it intersects with the natural world.)
  
• How to be Exuberant - A classic Ask Polly column from the great Heather Havrilesky. I love how she describes exuberance!
• Mamulengo by Léa Freire - I get to play this song (one of my favorites ever) at this concert on Nov. 17, and it brings me SO much joy, so I have to share it with you! Léa is one of my favorite composers and teachers that I've ever worked with.

• Ep. 72: Coda: Reflections, Endings, and Beginnings

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