How To Paint After Soul Crushing Work
"Five beautiful minutes and you can collapse and watch Netflix, really!" - Your Brain
I was only going to draw for five minutes.
A passing gesture, a line, a shape. But then… something changed. If you want to know more about the research on this, read on
Soul-crushing work and education spaces, difficulty behind polite smiles, professional emails and policies that sap your energy can make this feel impossible. Exhaustion occurs day after day from doing too many things. Still…
Have you ever done something small—something you didn't think would change anything—and felt the difference you couldn't define?
I wasn't going to feel light. I wasn't going to gain momentum. But my mind did just that. Because once you begin, your mind gets to work in the background.
You remember what's not finished. You want to return. And when the task is little, such as five minutes of painting, it goes beneath resistance. And then there is something else…
A hack to trick time.
25 minutes on.
5 minutes off.
That beat? It's made for minds that wander.
(They call it the Pomodoro Technique. But your nervous system calls it RELIEF.)
And if you throw a goal—even a chill one…
"Draw anything at all"
…it creates momentum you can feel in your body.
All of that in five minutes?
Yeah.
And when you get a taste of it…
You'll probably want to repeat it.
If you want to know more on the research on this, read on
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