The self-care chapter’s purpose has always been about sharing our tools that have kept us sane over quarantine and in life in general. What has kept me sane is my creative agency and cultivating what that means for me and how I can achieve the small milestones that make me believe in the craft and my ability to do the thing.

Lately, my mantra has been “create something, anything.” Streams from the subconscious either through poetry, writing, mixing music, dancing around my home or any space for that matter no shame here, rapping (not well lol) or collaborating short films with friends has been an aspect of my self-care journey. It has been challenging and exhausting during this time to find the motivation to begin or create. I have enjoyed the spur in the moment of inspiration that has been filtering through now and then. In those moments, I make and let it be. I believe it is essential to remind ourselves to create without an audience in mind and enjoy keeping some secrets about your magical, unique, immaculate ideas and projects to yourself. I find joy in creating things just for my viewing.

Here’s one of my morning poetry stream of conscious voice memos called Howling Soul.

Howling Soul

by Kijo

The Holiday season is here but I don’t feel much cheer. However, I did receive my letter from Santa back and he said “Chin up kid” so I’m ridding on that energy right now. Till next Self-Care Chapter try morning voice memos to speak your first thoughts. Let us know if you like our content and/or have any questions about Shakespeare’s Hunnies.