Creativity assisting in daily activities

This one may sound a bit weird today but let me explain further. I have found that keeping my hands and my mind busy help me to deal with my anxiety and depression on a daily basis. I even have different sounds that I play on my phone to help calm my mind as well. They work like a charm.

By giving myself something to do everyday like writing my posts either here or on any of my social media accounts and putting everything together helps to keep my mind calm and gives me something to focus on. It makes such a big difference in helping me to get better and live a better quality of life so that I don't worry about how things are going to turn out. I have also found that just by taking that step and doing something also helps me to grow as a person and makes me feel better about not wanting to do something. Doing something that I was initially afraid of gives me confidence to try something new all the times so that I have variety in my life.

Alot of people think it very strange that people like myself need things to do just because. What they need to understand is that for people like myself, it is a necessity. It allows for us to function on some normal level of some kind. Most would think it weird but its normal for us, it helps us get through the day and our lives so that we can give ourselves a better idea of how to navigate this world and build a life for ourselves that we are proud of.

I have always been a creative type with a very vivid imagination and being held back and laughed at as much as I was while growing up only made it worse. I actually became embarrassed to even speak up at all because I was constantly cut off and spoken over. The strange thing was that when I did speak up and say something, there was always a celebration and cheers for it. Really annoying. Yes, people I do have a brain, what is so amazing about that. I was always made the centre of attention when it was the last thing I wanted, so much was going on with everybody else around me and yet, I was the one everyone chose to focus on. Talk about seriously immature.

I mean, people chose to focus on petty things like, my braces for example which I had from March 1998 to December 2000 and my glasses, the strength of my prescription. Who cares, it was my concern, not yours. So when I was chosen for the lead role in the school play in the 7th grade, everyone gave me filthy looks about it. Well guess what, not my circus, not my monkeys, not my problem if you got overlooked for it. I earned that role and was very proud of myself for it.

School projects was another one, I would spend hours on it and the other kids would have absolutely nothing but stupid things to say as though I had cheated on it and my mom had done it for me and I had taken credit for it. Listen up people, I always did my own work unless I needed help to get it started otherwise I did all the work with my own two hands.

This didn't happen all the time but it did happen regularly enough that it made it an issue. Alot of my teachers actually recognised my capabilities and were always making an effort to get me recognised more to help boost my confidence. It didn't always work out but I appreciated their efforts to encourage me to work harder and do better. It bugged the other kids alot when I was always asked to help or do something and as a result I got nicknamed teacher's pet quite alot. I was anything but teachers pet, I was just choosing to help them. The fact that you assumed it was me sucking up did not help whatsoever but I carried on being helpful because I wanted to. Kindness costs nothing and it was appreciated by all the teachers that I did help and other kids that were struggling with something.

One time that does come to mind where a false assumption was made about me was in the 7th grade when we went to Sterkfontein caves and one of the other girls was really scared to go underground so I stayed with her and held her hand through it all, for which she was very grateful. The other kids came up with this theory that I am a lesbian, really guys. Petty, that's for sure. I am as straight as you get. Yes, I have a best friend who is lesbian but she is married and is more like a big sister to me, she always has been.

Anyways, creativity has always helped me to show a side of myself that I have always had. From a young age, I had an interest in the artistic world, I loved reading and coming up with games to play with friends. I did dancing when I was small and returned to it towards the end of high school and had to give it up when preparing for my final exams which I didn't mind because that was when I returned to playing sports and getting active.

I even started to work out my own exercise regime as I have become more accustomed to figuring out for myself what direction my physical shape was taking. I stick to that regime even now and the results have shown. Incorporating yoga and meditation into it has helped to fast track the results which is great.

You see, since I was young, I have always thought for myself regardless of what I did and it has gotten me quite far in my life. Choosing to work independently of others does not mean I don't like to work with others, it just means that I am happy with my methods and if you don't appreciate what I bring to the table, then it is actually your loss. You gain nothing from holding me back, I will just continue to grow from my own progress. I have always been really good with my hands and delicate work like what I do now with my beadwork.

It may be time consuming but it gives me something to do and focus on and I am quite happy to do it. I love every piece that I come up with and how I put it together. Sometimes, I have to change how it looks at the last minute but I don't mind at all because it means then I can do something else that I may have had in mind at the same time. That is the thing with being creative, you can do whatever you want and it will almost always turn out great, if not every single time.

We all have a creative streak inside of us, we just express it in different ways but it makes us feel good about ourselves when the final product is released. You do not have to be on drugs to get creative as many people assume, some find it easier to use substances but the damage done from using those methods is always permanent and irreparable.

Find what gets your creative streak going and love yourself completely because that will bring it out even more. I also love getting creative in the kitchen, I have been in a kitchen since I was a child helping my gran with baking and stuff. She used to make our cupcakes for my brother and I for school for our birthdays and those things used to get gobbled up every time. It rubbed off and now i just love playing with textures and flavours each and every day

I think that's enough talk from me for today.

See y'all soon

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