Time = Freedom {Aesthete Aperture}

Hey, Everyone! This is Susie deVille, Founder & CEO of the Innovation & Creativity Institute. In today’s episode of the Aesthete Aperture, we are going to the park area at Mirror Lake in Highlands, NC on a frosty morning. This park area is situated right in town and is very convenient to get to. There is a lovely bench right next to the lake shore, yet I don’t ever think I have ever seen anyone actually sitting on that bench.

Taking a few minutes, a few hours, a few days, and even a few weeks to truly step back, reflect, and relax is essential to one’s creative well being, as well as one’s well being overall. Yet, we rarely gift ourselves this time and space. Ask yourself why that may be true for you and decide to take specific steps to make a change. While you are doing your year-end planning, plan for down time. Quiet time. Uninterrupted time. Time to think. Mark it in your planner just like any other appointment. Feel the freedom rush through you as your pen crosses off time for YOU.