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If you’re balancing work, family, and a house that always needs something, time for yourself can feel like the thing you’ll get to once everything else is finished.

But what if everything doesn’t have to be finished first?

In this episode of You Are a Work of Art, I’m sharing how I began making room for creativity in my everyday life—from simple watercolor swatches to leaving supplies within reach and giving the evening cleanup an ending.

We talk about:
• Letting go of the perfect setup, supplies, and idea.
• Choosing something you enjoy that’s easy to leave and return to.
• Using a cleanup timer to make room for your own time.
• Navigating interruptions and missed days without making creativity another obligation.
• Building self-trust by noticing what you need and making space for it.

This episode’s creative reset takes “Create in the Margins” literally. Grab paper and a pen or pencil, draw a loose border, and explore the edges with words, doodles, or simple shapes. Watch on YouTube to create alongside me.

You don’t have to make a beautiful page. You don’t have to finish it. You can simply begin.

SHOW NOTES & VIDEO
https://www.moniqueburton.com/podcast/003

YOUR FREE CREATIVE RESET
From Seed to Bloom is a free 5-day creative journey to reconnect with yourself—one 10-minute creative reset at a time. Get your workbook and guided pencil-and-paper exercises:
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Hosted by Monique Burton, a coach helping overwhelmed working women reconnect with themselves through creativity.

You can love your life and still feel a little lost inside of it.

In this episode of You Are a Work of Art, I share the moment on the couch when hearing my son laugh made me realize how disconnected I felt—even while I was doing everything that needed to be done.

We talk about gratitude and longing, why my own needs kept coming last, and the evening I let the dishes wait and picked up leftover paint markers and a canvas. That small beginning helped me find a little calm and start noticing what I needed.

You don’t need to consider yourself an artist to begin.

This episode’s creative reset asks: “What have I stopped noticing?” Watch on YouTube to create alongside me in real time, or find the prompt in the show notes.

Shownotes and activity:

https://moniqueburton.com/podcast/002

Free 10-Minute Creative Reset — From Seed to Bloom:

https://moniqueburton.myflodesk.com/creativereset