Day 1: Name a Feeling. I chose the feeling conflicted. After thinking for a bit this is the message I found for myself. I won't always feel unsure, I will work things out and be happy.

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Day 2: A Message in One Word. My word is Trust. I need to trust more, in myself, my abilities, and in people.

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Day 3: Respond to Your Day. Today I found that there are some things I avoid doing that I enjoy because I worry about what people think of me. I live with all guys and it makes me feel embarrassed sometimes about wanting to do girly stuff or watch girls shows, stuff like that. My message to me is to enjoy these things, not to let worries lessen the amount of my enjoyment.

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Day 4: Address Unkind Thoughts. I usually am quite unkind to myself about my body shape. So today's message to myself is this reminder that there are all shapes and sizes and they are all pretty.

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Day 5: Allow Your Own Experience. Today's message for myself is about choosing to move forward in the way that you want, taking the path you want, and being true to your own vision. I worry a lot and this is about allowing my experiences and thoughts to move forward in a bright, happy, cheerful way.

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Day 6: Active Listening Through Out Your Day. I had a bit of a hard time with this prompt. I finally started thinking about all the things I've been worrying about like money, kid's school, etc. There were so many things jumbling up in my mind. Later the guys and I went outside and relaxed under the finally clear sky and just started watching some bugs go about their business in the grass and plants. It was very relaxing and helped clear my head. So my message is to take time to calm all the craziness in my head and just enjoy simple things.

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Day 7: Giving Yourself Permission. I shouldn't, but why not.

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Day 8: It's OK to _____ . Relax, I always feel like I should be doing something. So my message is it's ok to relax, for a bit. So here are some relaxing ocean wave impressions (it looks a tad better in person). Looks better from far away.

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Day 9: What Would a Best Friend Tell You? Like a lot of people, I am very hard on myself. I've heard my friends and family both say this to me. Now, I also need to say it to myself and mean it.

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Day 10: Reframe with Affirmation. I'm always telling myself I'm a mess mentally. So I choose a simple affirmation which I think a lot of people say normally. I am ok. I always have a tough time with affirmations, feeling silly when I say them. So I made my picture start light then move to dark so it kind of represents how much stronger it will be when I keep doing it. Hopefully. I'm not thrilled with how it came out, there are quite a few accidents due to my puppy insisting that she must sit on my lap/table/shoulder and sniff every pen/brush/ruler that I was using, mostly while in use. It was like art with obstacles. And my gel pen and white paint all turned pink on my dark alcohol ink coloring. But hey, lesson learned, next time will be better.

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Day 11: Change Your Tone of Voice. I decided to change my tone of voice by trying a different style. I wanted something to say more relaxed and loose feeling. I'm usually fussing over details and trying to be as perfect as I can possibly get it. I wanted to do something messy and abstract. Not sure how successful it is, but was fun to just let the colors go and not worry about every tiny detail.

Art Practice Messages to Self - image 11 - student project Day 12: Cheer yourself on. These are some of the things that I’m always thinking I’m not. So it’s time to get out some pom-poms to start cheering. Also, I am happy to day this time my white is white. Yay!!

Day 13: Use Your Wounds. This is to remind me that I don't have to deal with every storm alone.

Art Practice Messages to Self - image 13 - student project Day 14: You get to _____. You get to accept compliments. I'm really bad at shrugging off compliments and pointing out all the flaws of my work, and well pretty much anything about me. My message is to accept and really hear the compliments that are given to me.

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This is the end of our 14-day message to yourself journey. It's been fun, difficult, challenging, and definitely a self-learning experience. Thank you for sharing your story with us and doing such a wonderful class.

Amber Jolly

Artist in Training

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