To go even deeper, define your values very clearly and make sure that your vision of your life in five years fits with your values.

Is it worth it? You have heard phrase plan your work and work your plan? I can promise you that if you do not create your life by setting goals and a plan to reach them, someone is doing it for you. If you think about it, that is really scary! What kind of vision do they have for you?

Think of it this way. Look back five years ago in your life. Are you today where you imagined you would be five years ago? Or are you where someone else imagined you would be?

Don't you think your life would dramatically improve if you made plan? Don't you think you might have a little more interest in your life than someone else? I should hope so.

As advertisement says so well: Just do it!

As always, Your online Coach and Friend,

Miami Phillips www.creativemasterminds.com . Helping everyone find their path and stay on it. coach@creativemasterminds.com

Quotation of Week Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me. Carol Burnett (1936 - )

4. Living integrity. When we are actively working on our projects, we honor our innate creativity. We live belief that creativity does matter. This feels better than wishing we were writing, or talking about writing, but not doing it.

5. Save money. Expressing yourself can control urge to impulse buy. Do you ever find yourself shopping just for something to do? Expressing yourself creatively can often fill need to shop for heck of it. Save money and do something creative instead of buying something you don’t really need or want.

6. Energetic, lighter quality to life. Call it a good mood. Call it a natural high. When we’ve done our creative work, we gain energy for our other responsibilities.

7. Connection with other creative people. When we are creating, we are connected to all of those who have gone before us and those who work now in challenging but rewarding field of artistic creativity. What a gift in a world where we feel more and more isolated from each other.

8. Faith and confidence in our impulses. When we create, we recognize that our work does matter even if it is not published, displayed or presented to public. We trust our instincts and gain confidence from expressing them. This confidence carries over into decisions we make in other areas of life.

9. Honoring source of creative ideas. Where does creative inspiration come from? Some think it is God, or other divine source. We honor gift of creative inspiration when we listen and act on our ideas, and by doing so, we are connecting to a deeper wisdom than our own.

10. Self-knowledge and discovery. Creativity is route to authenticity. As we create, we plumb depths of our being, accessing what we think and believe. You may be surprised at resources, thoughts and impulses that you discover there.

These ten benefits do add up to more fulfillment and balance in life. I invite you to create a plan to match your creative vision. Give yourself time and space to be a beginner. Write to me and let me know what benefits you have experienced. Have fun!