Hi everyone.
Welcome back to Lavendaire.
It's Aileen.
Today I wanted to share a little exercise that I got from The Artist's Way
by Julia Cameron.
It's called Imaginary Lives.
This is just something that's fun,
to spark your creativity, spark some inspiration in you, especially if you're the type
that's passionate about so many different things.
The question is simple.
It's just: If you had five imaginary lives, what would you do?
Come up with at least five imaginary lives.
Of course, you can come up with more if you want.
I have like ten or more.
It's just a way to brainstorm, "Hmm, if I got to live out
all of these different lives, what else would I do with my life?"
Personally, if I got to live out imaginary lives, I would be an interior designer
because I really like beautiful spaces.
And one thing I really admire,
Aimee Song of "Song of Style", she's a fashion blogger but I think she's an interior designer
or architect by trade, and I think that's super cool.
If you watch her videos
on her house renovation and her spaces, they're just gorgeous.
I think it's so cool to be able to create a beautiful space.
I just like that.
Another thing I could do is probably be a photographer.
I love taking photos.
I think it's similar to doing videos.
Recently, I've been getting into flowers, so another ideal imaginary life
I would live is to be a florist for huge, luxury events.
Not even weddings,
but celebrity red carpets, where you have giant floral installations
and very high class stuff.
I would love to do something like that.
I think that's cool.
That also goes with creating pretty spaces.
Another thing I would definitely do is be a musical theater performer.
I love to sing, I love to dance, I love to act.
And I really like theater
and I think it's so fun to perform live.
So that's something that is up there.
I would also be a film colorist.
These are the people who color-grade films.
They don't do the shooting or anything.
It's all post-production where all you do is:
you just change the colors of the scenes to change the mood.
I think that's super cool.
I love color-grading, and I guess that’s kind of what I do with YouTube already.
But just to do it for films?
I think that would be really cool.
Another thing I love is skincare, so it'd be super cool to be a skincare chemist.
I'm not sure if that's the real job title, but whoever's making those serums, lotions,
face masks.
I think that's just super cool to concoct things and also source organic,
high quality ingredients for your products and stuff.
That would be a pretty fun job.
Lastly, I love hotels and resorts and the clean, fresh, luxury feeling that those places
give.
So an ideal life would maybe be a hotel designer or build a bunch of hotels and resorts.
How cool would that be?
Actually, I was considering going to hospitality school
when I was applying for college.
But in the end, I decided not to go to Cornell for hospitality.
I decided to go to USC for business, and I do not regret it.
It's fine.
I don't need to do hotels.
I love what I do now.
So if you want to join in on this exercise, I'd love to hear what your imaginary lives
are.
Make a list, give me at least five.
Comment below with your five or more imaginary lives.
And then once you're done making your list, look at each imaginary life
and ask yourself: "Is there something that I could be doing in my current life
that is related or similar to that imaginary life?"
I don't mean pursuing it as a career.
I mean doing something for fun.
So one of my imaginary lives was to be a florist for big events.
Well, I don't have to be that, but what I can do is: I can go into my backyard,
clip some roses, and put together a little bouquet for myself.
Little things like that.
Also, with skincare chemist: I can totally research and learn about skincare,
test them out on my own, which I already do already.
And most of the things
in my imaginary lives, I already do with YouTube, like color-grading, taking photos,
and designing spaces.
Actually, for something like that, interior designer imaginary life,
I would probably recommend spending a day to redecorate your room or rearrange your
space,
things like that where you can dabble a little bit into all of those imaginary lives
that you're interested in, because it does reflect who you are.
It reflects
what you're capable of.
And it doesn't mean you're not allowed to do it
because you're heading on this one path.
Definitely, there are no rules to life.
You could be pursuing one career, but you could be pursuing a lot of different hobbies
on the side or just pursue whatever little things bring you joy in your day.
It doesn't have to be so serious.
Just think about it as a way
to live out all your little passions and stuff.
Like I said, this is perfect for people who have a lot of interests, a lot of passions,
because it's a good way for you to explore what else you're possibly curious about,
what else you could be good at, what else brings you joy.
So I highly encourage you guys
to try to do something this week related to one of your imaginary lives.
Definitely write the list, comment below.
But this week your challenge is to
pick one imaginary life and do something similar to that vein.
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Bye!