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You're reading Use this Time to Look Inward as a Way to Manifest Creativity, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. Many of us are finally settling into a place of acceptance about our new reality. One way to use your time while staying at home, sheltering-in-place, or under quarantine is to look inward and explore your emotions. Emotions define us, direct our actions, and express where we are in our spiritual evolution. Emotions affect our energy and make us human.  The longer you’re...

There are a lot of you out there now who have been quarantine schooling for a few months. You’ve discovered you actually like homeschooling, and maybe when schools open back up, you want to give this homeschooling thing an actual go, and now you need to find homeschool curriculum. With that in mind, why not check out By Design Science? It’s a Christian science curriculum that is a great way to transition from public school to homeschooling, and it has some amazing science lessons. (there are affiliate links in here, and this post is sponsored by By Design Science, an...

Written by Alexandra Zissu I’m humiliated by the backlog of cardboard boxes currently sitting in my garage waiting to be broken down. We have too many to recycle in our bin weekly, plus I’ve read rumors on my town’s Facebook page that recycling is currently suspended. I can’t motivate to confirm this; it’s too depressing to contemplate. These boxes contained the many “necessities” I’ve been fortunate enough to be able to afford to order online for my family of four, plus my mom who is now living with us since we’ve been hunkered down at home, doing our part to...

Attention all you health nuts out there: it’s OK to take it easy and give yourself grace during this very scary time. You don’t have to do intense workouts regularly, feel guilty for eating something “unhealthy,” or expect constant productivity during the time at home. However, trying to preserve some sense of normalcy is extremely important for your well-being. If you want to feel your best, don’t let staying at home stop you from living your best life (well, your best life possible right now).  You don’t need fancy workout programs, fresh food delivery services, or an expensive accountability coach to...

A Beginner Scroll Saw Exercise Introduction from Scrolling 101: Everything the Beginner Needs to Know Before you start tackling complex gear clocks and 500-fret portraits on your own, it’s important to know the basics—how to prepare your saw, choose the appropriate blade, apply the pattern to the blank, and sand your work properly once it’s cut. The Scrolling 101 Booklet contains all the information a beginning scroller needs to get started. We’ve even included instructions for adapting line drawings into scrolling patterns and tips on giving an inexpensive saw a glow-up. Inside you will find a skill-building exercise to practice...