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For the past 2 months, my foray into opening and writing my Substack site has brought me both hope for creating a larger community and the aching sense of being a complete beginner. Because learning curves makes us feel really stupid. And who wants to willingly walk into a situation where they feel stupid? Pas…
Hello! I am so glad you’ve found your way to my blog at Shalavee.com! My name is Shalagh (pronounced Shay-la) and since 2011, this blog has been my home for learning my wisdom lessons and living my life creatively. This was not always my truth. Once, my unpermitted and unexpressed creativity felt like I suffered…
This year marks the 13th year of the creation Shalavee.com and I have blogged consistently monthly throughout those years. See last week’s story about beginning the blog Here. Many who were blogging before me or alongside me, have moved on from their blogs. Perhaps to a Substack account or otherwise in their careers; bloggers are…
I was so nervous when I created that fist blog post and sent it out. I had lamented over the WordPress theme. But I really needed the excuse to show up to write regularly and so my blog at Shalavee.com was born in August of 2011. I think. My daughter Fiona was born less than…
I’m a definite homebody. I need my space and my time in my home to ground me. If other people are around the house, I’ve got a history of …
I was reading recently how in order to be grateful and happy, you need to be present in the very moment you are in. To experience it fully and be thankful for it. This is practicing mindfulness. and absolutely does increase your happiness quotient. But if you are an anxious person, you aren’t present.
The 100 Day Project began on February 18th, 2024. This is the second year that it’s begun in February, I think. Prior, it’s begun in April. And is followed by the ICAD challenge. (Unfamiliar with this global 3-month long project? Go HERE. See a roundup of my 2022 100 Day Project, click this little link.)…
I’ve begun again. That pesky 100-day project thing. Why do I keep doing this? Commit myself to showing up to my craft room workbench day after day, year after year? Because I need to remind myself and remember, I am an artist and I love showing up to create. See my post about showing up…
Yesterday, I joined a once-a-year challenge on Instagram called the One Day Hour by Hour challenge. You can see it here on my Instagram account. Hosted by Laura Tremaine, the challenge asks you to chronicle your day hour by hour and post some pictures on social media while you do it. I thought, what the heck,…
As we wrap up our creative community challenge, Our Creative Selves October, on Instagram, I want to reiterate how important recognizing our need to create truly is. (Catch the post that announced the week’s challenge here.) Back when my fear didn’t permit me to express my creativity, I was living a shadow life. I felt…
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