Unlimited dreaming - Why to live your dreams

My blog is about colorful living and unlimited dreaming. 
My Sunday series about my big dreams and what I want is concluded today.
I talked about my dream to start a cooking club for kids and I continued to dig up an old childhood dream to write a book.  I told you about my special documentary project idea, and I concluded with wanting to record and share my magical meditations with the world.
I thank you for joining me on that journey.
But now the time has come for you to share your dreams and live them.

And this message is for all the dreamers out there.
It was given by a wise soul and I am fortunate enough to be the vessel.

"Oh darlings,
We see you living your life and your struggles.
Becoming too focused on these struggles will lead to more negativity.
We light hope in your heart. A beautiful flame and bright flame.
And we ask you to dream again.
Your time here on earth is limited, you know?
Why waste it on anything other than doing here what you came for? You have a purpose.
And whilst many may ponder that purpose, it will reveal itself. Go out of the rush of your every day life, and back to your heart.
Here is where the answer lies for you.
If you want to paint, let colors fill your pages.
If you want to share your writings, then let the words flow without any doubt. If you strive to help others with the special qualities gifted to you, do it without fear.
Spread kindness and support each other. Lift one another up, and other people will shine with you.
Stop being afraid! Fear is not the best advisor for your creative endeavours.
Share yourself with the world. Be you, and realize that your unique abilities will touch many lives around you.
Follow your dreams. Don't let your dreams follow you.
Dreams are there to point out the direction. Not to be a regret of something you wish you would have done."

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Ready to go writing prompts for blog inspiration

Remember when I wrote finding your divine inspiration?
I have promised to eleborate on the sources of inspiration that you could use to write.
Out of blogging ideas? Don't worry, I have your back!
Today I want to inspire you by giving you a bunch of writing prompts.
I used a list of questions that you could ask yourself and surround a post around and made them into concrete writing prompts.
Some of the questions I thought of myself.
So, a little bit of me and little bit of outside inspiration.
This is different than a tag, which goes around the blogs and is passed on.
I've also catogorized them, so you can select a possible niche that suits you.
You will find a prompt and a suggestion that you could use if you wish.

Humor 

• Write a post about your weirdest petpeeve.
  Suggestion: why does it annoy you? What do you wish you could do to make it stop if there were no consequences?
  
  
• Write a post about the most funny and embarassing moment in your life.
  Suggestion: please gives us a giggle, you know we love it!
  
  
• Share your favourite list of comedy movies with us.
  Suggestion: Your top 5-10. Share the most hilarious moment of the movie.
   
• Interview a comedian.
  Suggestion: Surround the interview on their perspective of the topic humor.

Travel 
 

• Write about the best travel adventure you ever had.
  Suggestion: Did you ever get lost? Did you get invited to a Greek wedding? Did your trip take an unexpected turn?
  
  
• Share your all time favourite city with us. 
  Suggestion: Make your post as visual as possible. Take us on a tour, will you? Make us feel like we are there with you.
   
• Write about the strangest meal you've ever had.
  Suggestion: Think out of the box. Not only the food, but also the situation. Where there any odd people around you? What made the whole picture?

Fashion

• Write a post telling us one fashion trend you really don't understand.
  Suggestion: I don't understand these sunglasses that look like a big unibrow.
  
  
• Write about your favourite piece of clothing ever!
  Suggestion: Go down memory lane. I'm weird, cause mine is a gala dress.
  
  
• Tell us what your fashion line would look like if you had one.
  Suggestion: Imagine you had unlimited budget. What would you create?
  
  
• Write a post about what absolutely never to wear.
  Suggestion: Think about the perfect outfit for each body shape.
  
  
• Share your last window shopping experience with us.
  Suggestion: Did you know they have windowshopping contest? Yeah, me neither.

Beauty

• Write about your favourite line for beauty products.
  Suggestion: For me nothing beats rituals, but then again I'm a habit gal. Once I find something I love, I stick with it.
  
  
• Share your beauty hacks for the morning.
  Suggestion: Focus on writing up something that will take 15 minutes maximum and do a step-by-step.
  
  
• Give us a do it yourself beauty tutorial.
  Suggestion: what do you use to make your own lipstick, beauty face mask, or shampoo?
  
  
• Interview a start-up.
  Suggestion: We all love to know what's new and out there. Ask them to give the world a sneak peek.
  
  
• Do a make over and share before and after looks
  Suggestion: Focus on your own at home make-over or go big! 

Foodies

• Share your favourite herbal teas.
  Suggestion: Tell us what healing qualities these herbals have and talk us through how they taste.
  
  
• Write about a situation where the kitchen exploded.
  Suggestion: Did you ever have your whole wall covered in dough? I most certainly had that happen.
  
  
• Gives us your quick and easy week menu.
  Suggestion: Meals that take no longer than 15-30 min to make and are healthy.
  
  
• Guide us through your meal preps.
  Suggestion: Focus on the steps you take to cut time on your evening cooking, or how your prepare meals for the week ahead.
  
  
• Share your favourite, nostalgic recipes from your childhood.
  Suggestion: Grandma and mother may have some family recipes to share...

Lifestyle

• Write about the perfect morning ritual.
  Suggestion: Write out 2-3 ideas people can use immediately.
  
  
• Share your way to reach your goals.
  Suggestion: Do you have a special method that you use?
  
  
• Write a post about timemanagement.
  Suggestion: How do you manage your day, and keep enough time to do the things you love?
  
  
• Write the perfect recipe to feel happy.
  Suggestion: A feel good post to lift us up.
  
  
• Tell us how you turn the sour into sweet.
  Suggestion: How do you make sure that you turn a bad situation into a good one?

Personal Development

• Share affirmations you know people need in their life.
  Suggestion: Select 3 powerful affirmations people could live by.
  
  
• Write about what you do when you are being hard on yourself.
  Suggestion: Offer solutions to step out of negativity.
  
  
• Share your favourite selfhelp programme.
  Suggestion: A book, podcast, or course that changed your life.
  
  
• Write a post about making big life changes.
  Suggestion: Do you have a secret for succes we should know about?
  
  
• Set up an interview with someone you admire.
  Suggestion: Have them share 3 do's and 3 don'ts for life.

Getting to know you

• Blog about your favourite childhood memory.
  Suggestion: is there something precious that you'll never forget and what made the experience so special?
   
  
• Share your  life manifesto with us.
  Suggestion: Your vission, mission and passion in life.
   
• Write about the work you do.
  Suggestion: Do you have your own company? Tell us about it! Do you have a job your proud of, share it.
   
• Write a post that lets us in on the coolest thing that ever happened to you.
  Suggestion: Did you meet your fave celebrity? Did you end up making a surprise travel that changed you?
   
• Share your 5 year plan with us.
  Suggestion: Who would you be? What would you do?

Out of the box.

• Post about your life as a guru of your special skills.
  Suggestion: The crazier, the better. Who would your followers be?
  
  
• Share with us what you would do with unlimited money.
  Suggestion: Start a theme park, have your own store, help build word peace.
  
  
• Write a post about a superhero quality you'd like to have.
  Suggestion: Tell us why, and how you'd use it.
  
  
• Blog about a weird topic.
  Suggestion: Personally I've never read a post about farts, any takers?
  
  
• Post about how a day would go if you were to say everything you thought.
• Suggestion: For inspiration watch liar liar.

I hope these ready to go writing prompts inspired you to get your blogging mojo back!
Which one would you consider using? Do you have a writing prompt for me you'd like to see me use?
You may use any of these, and I'd greatly appreciate a mention on your blog or Twitter when you do.
Have fun writing, my lovelies!

Love and blessings,
Rainbow

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Unlimited dreaming - Magical meditations

As a creative writer, there's this dream I've had for a few years now.
That is to write and record my own meditations. I've written out beautiful angel meditations, and also those who take you through an enchanted forest. Do you like fairies, mermaids, unicorns and all other magical creatures? Great! That means you would like my work.
There is so much more inspiration coming to mind. I think after doing this post, I will sit down and mindmap my way through new ideas. My creativity is itching.

I became inspired by The Honest Guys a few years ago. They are two men on you tube who have written and recorded awesome visualisations and meditations. They, I believe, became inspired by Lord Of The Ring in the first place. That's right, they recreated the world through their own words and make you a part of a journey to the elves or hobbit shire. 

Everyone seems a little scared of the wordt meditation. I think many associate it with forcing yourself in an uncomfortable position and humming a mantra.
Others might get scared being overwhelmed by your own brain. When in silence, a lot may come up.
You don't have to be scared of the word though, because there are many ways to meditate. If the mantra, or silence doesn't suit you in your life right now, you can try other things. Even active meditation, such as mandala coloring.
I certainly get a lot pleasure in listening to a story I am being taken through. It's relaxing and fun.
If you want to know more about meditation, you can find my beginners guide here.


So, why do I have this dream?
Here's why I'd like to share my work with all of you:
 
1. Meditation is inspiring
One of the many benefits that meditation gives is artistic inspiration. You allow your imagination to unfold things for you.
2. Meditation is relaxing
Do you know that meditation is more 3 times more effective than a power nap? It doesn't mess up your day-night mojo either. I'd like to get more people meditating in their busy lives and feel the benefits.
3. Meditation will enhance your focus
And we creatives need that. I've experienced my mind being more able to focus on the important stuff on the day. If you are a full time blogger, you know you need it to. It will help you stay focused on all your goals.
4. Meditation is fun
That is a good reason. Do you remember how much you liked it when a book was being read to you as a small child? Your imagination would make you feel like you were inside the story. That is the experience that will be recreated. I don't know how about you, but I love it! 

What I need for this dream to work out is my a good microphone, a recording program and some beautiful background music.

Have you ever practiced meditation? Perhaps you have a favourite one to share?
Make sure to leave it in the comments below.

Love,
Rainbow

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What would your favourite superhero do?

On this episode of Wednesday Wisdom series, that revolves around finding your artistic inspiration, I am here to surprise you with yet another great way to get it on.
This is an incredible and unique way of gaining inspiration.
A special brainstorm technique that I would like to spend a whole blog post on.
It is asking yourself the question: What would your favourite superhero do?
To use this question we need a problem.
Let's say that our problem is a writers block/artist block.
How would your favourite superhero tackle this problem?

Let's look at mine: Buffy the vampire slayer
I think I may have watched this show about at least 5 times, and I could still watch it!
That means I know my superhero extremely well.

Now just write down the qualities and strategies that your hero uses.
 
An example:

First of all Buffy would fight to find inspiration by herself. She is one that truly believes in her own strength, creativity and power. She's confident and sassy. Always looking for word jokes, even in dangerous situations. She's a provoker and doesn't step back from offering an unpopular opinion. 
She is not much of a sit-down-in-books kind of girl. But because she's fashionable, she will probably find inspiration in magazines.
Other than that she would actively go out in to the world and be inspired by what she sees there.

If she fails to tackle this problem by herself, that is where she calls in her 'scoobies'.
In the first seasons of the show this would come down mainly to her best friends.
She will ask for their help, because they each have unique talents. Willow is very geeky and knowledgeable, and Xander has a lot of humor. So, Willow will probably point out inspiration from books, whilst Xander would inspire her with funny and sarcastic comments. 
Later on we meet queen bee Cordelia who unlikely joins this group. Cordelia will most likely inspire her in a more negative way. Let's imagine my superhero is a blogger. She would write a: 'How not to be a bitch' tutorial, that Cordelia may have triggered her into doing.
Her watcher which is like her guardian, would oversee the whole process.

Finally remember that she is a vampire slayer. So any negativity coming her way, will not be tolerated and dealt with head on. She will not let herself be trolled by other. 

Another way you could do this is ask what your favourite superhero would write about. What would their niche be if they had any? Could this inspire you to get some inspiration?
Do you see yourself using this technique? If so, I would love for you to share the results with me.
Finally: do not forget to leave your links in the comments below, and I will return any love given.

Love and blessings,
Rainbow

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'But you are good like this...'

I think many girls and also guys can relate to the topic of being very conscious of their body image.
We live in a world where it's always hot topic. 
Either we judge people that are underweight or people that are overweight. When we are a healthy weight we may not be happy, because media does still not show a realistic image of people.
And the topic is a very sensitive one. 

Meghan Trainor attempted to make a 'love your body' song with the: All about that bass.
Which pissed a friend of mine of who has been struggling with anorexia most of her life now.
I also heard a story from someone I know who's a model.
Somebody had come up to her in the street and had told her off for being so thin. 
"Why don't you eat like a normal person?" She responded to this with an angry Facebook post, venting about how this 'fat bitch' had dared to body shame her and used the hastag #nothingtastesasgoodasskinnyfeelslike
I understood that she was angry, but failed to understand why she responding with such hate.
I have seen heartbreaking printscreens that go around Twitter where people are openly being shamed for being either one of the two. Or for being neither of the two. Just for the sake of shaming. It's sickening really.

For the people who have  insecurities about their body: I feel you. I have such compassion for you. It is not easy. I know that. I have felt that. 
I have thought all of these harsh things about myself.
But not anymore.
 
To me it is clear that many of us struggle to love and accept ourselves and no matter if we are a normal healthy weight, overweight or underweight that struggle with body image is real. It's how people experience themselves. And it is not OK to judge it harshly in any way.
I am writing this post to gain awareness of that.
 
As somebody who has been going up and down in weight for more than half of my life I would like to share something. 
I have been trying to just get down to a healthy weight.
I have been diagnosed with an eating disorder in my early twenties. I had no idea what a healthy day of eating looked like, because I never learned. I was also an emotional eater.
These days I am doing lots better and I'm making real steps to achieve a long term healthy weight. 
It is a journey that I've come to like, because I am discovering so much.
Through failing that journey before, I exactly know what to do and what not to do.
I am doing this to be healthy. Not because I hate the way my body looks. In my family there's heart diseases and diabetes. So, I am very realistic when I say that I want to drop that weight.
I've tried to gain understanding from people around me about that. I always have to explain myself and listen to word vomit. But there have been a few people that really want to support me. It's a handful, but I feel really happy that I have those! 
As I am only 157 cm/5 ft 1, my perfect weight would be around 59 kg/118 pounds. I would still have playroom to gain a little bit and not be overweight.
Never judge anybody's journey.
And here is a list of things just never to say. Ever. OK? 

These are real reactions I've come across.  

• 'You may be a bit fat but at least you look good'
• 'I couldn't picture you any other way. If you got thin, that just wouldn't suit you'
• 'Just go to the gym a little bit more and work on your body'
• 'But you don't have to lose weight. You are good like this'
• 'Let me give you some advice. Try to avoid carbs'
• 'When offered a snack, you just say no'
• *After starving myself for two days* 'I can already see that you lost some weight'
• 'You are just going to have to stick with your diet.' 
• A 'friend' after reading psychology magazine 'Emotional eating is not a real thing according to this magazine'

How do you make sure that your relationship with your body changes in a positive way?
Do you recognize any of the issues that I've mentioned?
I invite you to start the conversation.
In case you need help or support, do not hesitate to contact me. I will support you! 

Love,
Rainbow

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Unlimited dreaming - The documentary

My Sunday series is about unlimited dreaming. The kind of dreams that I have in life, and that I would really love to make a reality. When you dream big, and you set your intentions who knows what may happen?
This episode I will talk about making a documentary.
The dream

I've always loved the idea of being able to make a film or documentary.
And my documentary would be a special one.
It would capture all kinds of different human beings. From all over the world. With different nationalities, and different religions.
We live in difficult times where there is so many hate, attacks and distinction going on.
With my project I am looking to build bridges again. Make people out there realize that we are not so different in the essence of being human beings. Focusing on the positive aspects of cultures, upbringing and lessons in love and kindness.
How?

I would interview people from different cultures about the positive aspects of their culture and upbringing. I have challenged myself to find between 20 - 100 people to participate in this. With documenting them, I want to conclude my documentary (or maybe even series) with showing that we can build these bridges if we are open to it. 
I want to bring about the positivity. 

My hope is that it will expand people's horizon. 
That they will take a different perspective or view. 
That somehow my project might touch them.
There is love all over the world. No matter what we think.
And i really want to just capture that and share it with the world in order to bring hope back around where it is most needed.
Remember that you do have and influence. You can spread kindness every day and be compassionate to the ones you know that need it because they might be in pain.

The future 

I am getting more serious in investing in the things that I need to make this happen. The other day I had a look at pc that can take video editing.
I have also made a list of what I need to do in other to achieve this.

• Get my pc
• Get a good quality video camera 
• Find participants through my network of friends, acquaintances, and possible online sources, travel more. 
• Set up interviews
• Get the help of people who know their way with a camera and editing programmes
• Share it with the world once it's done 

What is your way to contribute to pain that the world is in right now?
Do you have any great kindness projects that you want to? 

All my love,
Rainbow

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3 effective brainstorm techniques to keep your inpiration turned on

I promised you a Wednesday wisdom inspiration series.
This is a response to bloggers and artists that might feel stuck and without any inspiration.
I wrote about this last week in: Finding your divine inspiration. 
This post talks about why we get stuck and how to make sure that you unblock your creativity block.
Today I want to dive a bit deeper into the way that you can use brainstorming to get inspired. So, I am going to give you: 3 effective brainstorm techniques to keep your inspiration turned on
These are actually really fun and simple to do.
There is only one rule to brainstorming though:
Do not shoot down any of your ideas! 
Brainstorming is all about it letting it flow. When you start to think about the outcome of the idea too much, you are just blocking yourself again. 

So here is a basic one and a fun fact is that this was created by Jung.
It's the flower association 
You put your theme of brainstorm in the middle and you associate around it. 
Like so: 

As you can see from mine my ideas range from my niche, to my style, to my wish to do themes and also generally what is important in blogging.

The next one I am going to share with you is the mindmap technique. 
This eleborates more on the basic flower association.

Now I allowed to myself to brainstorm from my sub themes.
I thought it would be fun to use the tree mindmap that is very common. The thicker branches represent a sub theme and the thinner ones are the ideas that I have around this theme. Notice that my mindmap is far from perfect. The point for is not the perfection of them mindmap itself and how it looks, but it's about generating more ideas. I did have a little fun with aquarel crayons to create that pretty background. It just adds a little to the inspiration itself in my opinion.

The final brainstorm technique I want to share with you today is the idea of reversed brainstorm.
This is incredibly fun to do! It will probably make you laugh a lot, because it's about getting a bit silly.
You take a problem or theme and you write down all the things you can think of for it to be a failure.
When you look at what you've written down, and reverse that back to positive you may get a good idea of the things that are actually essential to do.
So from the list below a few examples when you reverse it back to positive
-Do not pester others to read your blog
-Write consistently
-Care about what you write 

Thanks for visiting my post about brainstorming.
Now what are brainstorming techniques that inspire you? Do you use any different ones?
As you know, I will return the love given on my blog. All you have to do is make sure to leave your link in the comment and I will hop on over to your blog. 

Love,
Rainbow

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