Creative Wellness at Home - Week 10
The final week! Reflection and gratitude
What a journey it’s been in the past few weeks! This project was adapted in response to Sydney’s COVID-19 Delta outbreak and the lockdown we endured. We are so proud of everyone in our community who has made it through all the challenges of the pandemic. For many people, there will continue to be many challenges ahead.
It’s a good time to reflect on how far we’ve come, the challenges we’ve faced, the strength that we’ve displayed, and the many things we have to be grateful for.
Practicing gratitude
Practicing gratitude is about appreciating the good things that happen in life. It’s key to building and maintaining your happiness.
There are a number of benefits to increasing your gratitude. It boosts your mood, helps you enjoy your life, and helps you to cope with tough times.
Recognising and enjoying the good things in your life will help you to stay balanced and resilient, even when life gets difficult.
Practicing gratitude is like any skill. The more you practice, the better you’ll become at it! One idea to practice gratitude everyday is to start a gratitude journal and write down three things you are grateful for each day.
What are you grateful for? Here is some inspiration:
good things that happened
health
people
things you love
community
things you can’t be without
nourishment
nature
pets
things that bring joy
culture
Don’t forget to tell the people in your life you are grateful for them!
Create a gratitude jar
Find an old jar or container at home. Decorate it with paint, markers or ribbon.
Cut up small slips of paper to write your notes of gratitude. On each slip of paper, write down things that you are grateful for. They may be things that happened, people in your life, or something that has recently brought you happiness.
Fill your jar with your gratitude. Keep your jar somewhere handy and keep adding to it each day, or when gratitude strikes.
You can pull a note from the jar each day and read one before bed. Or turn to your jar when you’re having a rough day and read all the good things that have happened recently.
You can keep the jar private to yourself, or share it with other people and encourage others to add their own gratitude.
Download a template for gratitude slips from Meant2Prevent. They also include instructions on how to decorate your jar!
Last days of our competition!
Don’t forget to send us your creative works for a chance to win one of three gift card rewards! Entries close at 6pm Sunday 31st October.
Email your creative works to creativeresilienceinnerwest@gmail.com. If you need assistance with entering the competition, call us on 0470 593 207.
Thanks to everyone who has sent their entries in. Stay tuned for an update on competition winners! Winners will be announced 16 November.
Come back any time!
This week will sadly be the last week for this newsletter. You can browse through our previous weeks’ editions at any time by going to creativeresilienceinnerwest.substack.com.
Before we say goodbye, please leave your feedback
We would love to know what you think. Let us know if you’ve enjoyed these activities, or how we can improve in the future.
The Creative Wellness at Home project is brought to you by Community and Cultural Connections Inc (CCCi) and funded with support from Inner West Council. Find out more about CCCi via our website: https://www.ccci.org.au