Anyone who may be feeling burnt out, stuck, stagnant, resentful of responsibilities, blocked creatively, time challenged, over-worked, over-burdened, and/or stressed out to name a few.
We are all creative beings. We are all powerful beings. Our power is great! We can use that power to create or destroy.
Our number one priority is to take care of ourselves. We must fill our own cup to overflowing and then serve from the saucer. We take care of others from our overflow. Service is its own reward. When we let others drink from our cup, or we allow our cup to dry out we will get resentful.
It is imperative we know what fills our cup. This is where the Inner Child Date comes into play. When we take the time to allow that little child inside of us to run the show we refuel, we get inspired, we fill our cup.
The “rules” around the Inner Child Date are as follows:
Once a week for 2-3 hours engage in an activity selected by the little child inside of you. There is no multi-tasking. If you go for a walk and you have a dog, you do not walk the dog. This activity is done by yourself and for yourself only. For twelve consecutive weeks the activities must be unique. At the end of twelve weeks reflect on which activities refueled you the most. These dates should be top priority and treated as if they are the most important event scheduled on your calendar with the most important person. Do not cancel a date with your inner child.
Here are some ideas for low cost to no cost Inner Child Dates:
Draw with crayons.
Make paper airplanes and fly them.
Spend time in nature – beach, mountains, river.
Lie on grass and look at the sky. Do you see animals in the clouds?
Take a train ride.
Make a fort with blankets.
Dress up your pet.
Go to the beach.
Go bike riding.
Make a sandcastle.
Go to a park (my favorite is swinging on the swings).
Send postcards to friends.
Make a collage.
Visit a museum.
Go to the bookstore, hang out and read in the children’s book section.
Make a list of 50 things you love.
Go to an aquarium.
Visit an amusement park.
Go to a petting zoo.
Buy balloons.
Write a story about your pet.
Compliment strangers.
Make a lemonade stand.
Go ice-skating.
Go roller-skating.
Play solitaire.
Take a pottery class.
Sing in the shower.
Take a dance class.
Sing into your hairbrush and dance around the living room.
Buy “lucky socks.”
Drink a chocolate malt.
Wear a fake tattoo.
Make jello.
Dress up for no reason.
List 100 people you love.
Read a joke book.
Put glow in the dark stars on your bedroom ceiling.
Write a letter to Santa Claus.
Buy and complete a puzzle.
Watch The Wizard of Oz.
Dress up like a Rock Star.
Write a love letter to yourself.
Visit a sacred space.
Make a card for someone you love.
Write a thank you note.
Speak in rhyme or pig-latin.
Paint with watercolors.
Make hand shadows.
Make a sock puppet and create a character.
Buy a goldfish.
Make a mask.
Dress like your going to a masquerade ball.
Make a book of quotes from your friends.
Look at your old photo albums.
Go to a toy store.
Buy a squirt gun and squirt things on a walk.
Go fly a kite.
Collect beautiful leaves.
Bake homemade cookies.
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Inner Child date suggestion:
Gathering smooth rocks and painting them.
Visit your grandparents if that is what you have been longing for a long time,
Play with Angel cards or do a reading or spread for a question that you might have or for a friend,
Visit a psychic stall just for the fun of it or have a reading done for fun,
Go to a silly fun event which you would not have done in any sane mind (I did this and this was amazing!),
Make a treasure box full of your fun treasure items, keep adding bits, scraps and fun things that you consider to be treasures in your life or which resemble something cherished in your life,
Make a vision board or a vision scrap book for the year with all your intentions placed,
Write a letter to your higher self or your protective angel,
hold a special candle ritual prayer with a very specific intention,
Have a fun spa day at home treating yourself to home made masks, massage, scrubs and some special health food,
make rainbow colored smoothies,
women! wear some kinds of fun make ups that you have not tried since your teens or some special events,
go for window shopping like when you are a teenager (this again would be very appealing to a woman),
Join a fun class that you would have never imagined joining! It could be something which is very remote to you,
Play with marbles,
Joining some neighborhood kids in their games (they could find you crazy, but boy, you will have fun!),
Use some temporary hair colors and have fun feeling and looking way different while being silly!(make sure they are safe! you dont want to lose your hair!!! ),
send surprise flowers to some one you adore,
order a special bouquet for yourself, celebrating you!!! Dont forget a special note!
Go on a ferris wheel ride or the family carousel, any ride you fancy and just indulge in it,
Buy a special notebook and journal about your dreams and fantasies in them,
wear a fun hat or a cap and have fun!!!
Get cool goggles and see the world in a differet color on a very sunny day! ;-)
Rent funny movies and giggle all night!
Make special ice creams at home and this could be as healthy or as crazy as you want! just dont get sick! ;-)