Monday, 27 February 2012

Art Studio Makeover: Creative CFS Recovery

Have you ever heard the phrase, "my head's a shed"? In my current situation, use it a lot. But instead of it being a metaphor, today I am blogging about a real "shed" which, when I'd tidied it all, actually helped me to think a lot more clearly about where I want my future with (and hopefully after) CFS/ME to take me. And in time-honoured fashion, here are the classic "before" and "after" photographs.

The full photo-journal of my craft room makeover can be found on my Flickr.

Now I have a tidy space in which to create. I can now motivate myself to do little bits here and there and in being creative, enhance my recovery process.

Each day I meet more creative people who have the same illness as me; it feels good to know I am not alone and there are people out there who really are EXACTLY like me.

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5 comments:

  1. great job. it takes some hard-won energy to get to this point, but maintaining it is much easier. and the clutter in your head disappears, too. isn't it a good feeling?

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  2. Thanks very much for your comment Diane. It took me a whole month on-and-off, but I did it in the end. Slow and steady wins the race! Hope you are keeping well x

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  3. I love your chair! I'm looking for a chair at the moment... Great post - you're very inspirational in your approach - keep it up J x

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  4. It's not so much the chair as the back support that's attached to it! x

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Monday, 27 February 2012

Art Studio Makeover: Creative CFS Recovery

Have you ever heard the phrase, "my head's a shed"? In my current situation, use it a lot. But instead of it being a metaphor, today I am blogging about a real "shed" which, when I'd tidied it all, actually helped me to think a lot more clearly about where I want my future with (and hopefully after) CFS/ME to take me. And in time-honoured fashion, here are the classic "before" and "after" photographs.

The full photo-journal of my craft room makeover can be found on my Flickr.

Now I have a tidy space in which to create. I can now motivate myself to do little bits here and there and in being creative, enhance my recovery process.

Each day I meet more creative people who have the same illness as me; it feels good to know I am not alone and there are people out there who really are EXACTLY like me.

ImageImage

5 comments:

  1. great job. it takes some hard-won energy to get to this point, but maintaining it is much easier. and the clutter in your head disappears, too. isn't it a good feeling?

    ReplyDelete
  2. Thanks very much for your comment Diane. It took me a whole month on-and-off, but I did it in the end. Slow and steady wins the race! Hope you are keeping well x

    ReplyDelete
  3. I love your chair! I'm looking for a chair at the moment... Great post - you're very inspirational in your approach - keep it up J x

    ReplyDelete
  4. It's not so much the chair as the back support that's attached to it! x

    ReplyDelete