In which Michael records the 200th One Thing Today podcast and plans a day of colouring in and resting.
Tune in tomorrow to find out how to enter a little competition to celebrate reaching the 200th podcast.
#199: Rediscovering mint tea
In which Michael plans to take things easy and drink mint tea.
#198: No plans
In which Michael plans to make no plans.
#197: Another groggy day
In which Michael brews his coffee and plans a fish and chip supper.
#196: Habits and rituals
In which Michael groggily talks about the difference between habits and rituals.
#195: An in-car podcast
In which Michael records from his car and talks about putting the finishing touches to the email version of his course, Get Sustainably Creative.
#194: Daffodils and letting the day unfold
In which Michael talks about buying daffodils and letting the day unfold as it wants to.
#193: Cabin Fever
In which Michael decides that he needs to use what energy he has to take a trip to town and be feel a little bit part of the world.
#192: Not worrying about the quality
In which a groggy Michael plans an at home artist date as part of his travels through Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way and talks about not worrying about the quality of the things we do, but just showing up and doing them.
#191: A new tin of coffee
In which Michael has opened a new tin of coffee and talks about his plan for a quiet day reading chapter two of The Artist's Way, after his rather busy day yesterday.
#190: The grounding effect of a daily something
In which Michael waits for his coffee to brew and talks about the grounding effect of doing one small thing every day (even on days when it feels particularly difficult).
#189: Baking a fruit loaf
In which Michael decides to use today's (rather limited) energy to bake a fruit loaf.
#188: Treating ourselves with kindness
In which Michael records today's podcast from his yoga mat and talks about treating ourselves with kindness.
#187: Manageable commitments
In which Michael sits with a steaming cup of coffee and talks about the importance of making (manageable) commitments if we want to get our creative work done.
#186: Containers and triggers
In which Michael sits slightly groggily with his already brewed morning coffee and talks about how he is trying to employ a system on containers and triggers to make writing morning pages a daily habit.
#185: Looking after ourselves and not measuring ourselves against others
In which Michael forgets to put his coffee on to brew, gets the date wrong and talks about reading through the first chapter of Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way, being reminded about how important it is not to measure ourselves against other people.
He also plans a rather exciting One Thing for today.
#184: Falling back on very simple structures
In which Michael sits by his fire on a day that promises very little energy, even for a One Thing, and talks about how having very simple structures to work within are a particular help on difficult days.
#183: Not mistaking enthusiasm for energy
In which Michael recounts yesterday's artist date and talks about doing his best to not mistake enthusiasm for energy.
#182: Planning an artist date
In which Michael records today's podcast from his cold car and talks about taking an artist date as part of his preparation to work through Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way.
#181: A new bag of coffee and Artist's Dates
In which Michael brews his morning coffee using a fresh bag of coffee and talks about being excited by the prospect of committing to a weekly Artist Date as part of his decision to work through Julia Cameron's book, The Artist's Way.
