Putting Your Oxygen Mask On First
3 Navigational Insights
Self-Care as Infrastructure: The Personal area of your Balance Wheel isn't self-indulgence; it is the essential power source for your creative career.
Depleted Artists Create Scarcity: Neglecting your core personal needs directly degrades your decision-making and creative output.
Identity Pre-defines Habit: Sustained personal balance begins when you decide on the identity you want to embody, rather than just forcing new tasks.
1 Coordinate
"Caring for myself is not self-indulgence. Caring for myself is an act of survival." — Audre Lorde (Poet and author)
1 Aligned Action
Schedule Your Oxygen: Look at the Personal area of your Balance Wheel. Identify 1 small self-care habit that recharges you physically or mentally, and block off time for it on your calendar this week as an unmovable appointment.
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Gabe Ratliff
Artist Navigator
Creator of the Ärtful Life Planner
