Hello friends today I'll show you a day in my life as an art therapist and
content creator. I live in Austin, TX with my sister and my cat Soboru. I usually I wake
up at 6 a.m. and if you have noticed I sleep in a hammock instead of a mattress.
I like to have a minimal lifestyle and find that the hammock is much more
comfortable for my back. The first thing that I do in the morning is meditation. I
like to use the app Insight Timer to find a guided meditation or I just
simply use a timer.
Meditation helps me start off the day with a calm and centered mind. After
meditation I like to do some yoga to stretch and wake up my body.
Sometimes my cat likes to join. I also usually head out and do a morning walk
about an hour or so but this day I didn't. I do love walking because it clears
my mind and I feel so refreshed. With yoga I like to do just what feels good
for me and sometimes I like to watch videos like Adrienne's yoga videos to
have more structure.
I enjoy having an easy breakfast so I
like having fruit smoothies.
I start getting ready to do some art therapy sessions and head out. So I work as a freelance art therapist providing art
therapy services through different organizations and I also see clients
online and offline for individual art sessions. Today I have art therapy
sessions at an organization. I have already planned these sessions so I just
get ready and leave.
After the sessions I come back home. I've done lots of different work in the
past like case management and full-time art therapist work but I find that I
love doing freelance art therapy work and having that flexibility to also work
online and share about art therapy on YouTube.
And today I cook a Korean meal "Boochoojeon" and enjoy my time with my sister.
it has been a long time since we cooked this kind of Korean meal so we really
liked how it came out today.
I like to do my notes for the art therapy sessions that I've held on the
same day so I don't get bogged down with all the notes that I have to do later on.
After the notes I am just preparing myself to have some time to work on my
YouTube and content creation. I've been enjoying this dandelion tea since I
don't like coffee because of the caffeine and this tastes very similar
and it tastes really good.
So today I worked on a little bit of brainstorming for my podcast as well as
my videos. I also followed up with comments on my YouTube channel.
I haven't been so active with my podcast lately and I'm actually working on
getting back to the game and having episodes every other week, so if you
haven't listened to my podcast make sure to check it out - the link is in the
description. It's on all the big podcast apps like Apple podcast and Stitcher.
After that I took a little bit of a break and practiced ukulele. This is
something that I picked up recently and I just started it. I'm just practicing some
basic chords I learned from YouTube.
After all the work with art therapy and with YouTube it's just really nice to
have some screen free time for myself and I really love just hanging out with
my cat.
And today I go for my new journal that I received from Arteza. They were really
kind enough to send these to me for free. I received a set of color pencils,
a multimedia pad, and a set of markers. And they also gave me a discount code to
share with you, my viewers if you would like to get some supplies from them as
well. I like to make art that reflects how the day went for me and how I feel
as a way to check in with myself and release anything that I need to express.
And I like to use a mandala or a circle form to contain whatever it is that I
want to express.
Since Subaru interrupted my art time I just took that moment to pet her
and this is what my artwork looked like at the end.
In the evening I like to start winding down with some reading.
I've been reading A Course in Miracles for a long time and I really like to
just go back to certain sections and remind myself some of the spiritual
lessons in the book. So that's how I end my day - let me know if you have any
questions about my day or about the work I do in the comments below. Thank you so
much for watching and be sure to like the video and subscribe to my channel to
see more. Thank you again and I'll talk to you next time. Bye