Episode 7
For Introverts: Release the Tension
Welcome to the Random and Wonderful podcast! Today is a special episode for the introverts. We are talking about finding and using your creative outlet to release tension healthily. You'll get a bonus travel tip so stay tuned.
Quick Highlights:
- Defining a creative outlet
- Benefits of a creative outlet
- Sprinkling your creative outlet in your travels
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Transcript
In most of these episodes, I encourage you to extend
Grace Simmons:beyond the familiar, getting out of your comfort zone, especially
Grace Simmons:when it comes to traveling.
Grace Simmons:And I still firmly believe that, but today we're going to talk
Grace Simmons:about something a little different.
Grace Simmons:I want to speak to my lovely introverts who need to recharge, tap into
Grace Simmons:something familiar to gain that energy back without the emotional stress.
Grace Simmons:Today we'll chat about having a creative outlet and those who have
Grace Simmons:had their fill of shot glasses and magnets from those trips.
Grace Simmons:I have a suggestion for you at the end of the episode.
Grace Simmons:So stay tuned.
Grace Simmons:Welcome back to the random and wonderful podcast.
Grace Simmons:I'm your host, Grace Simmons, your favorite solo travel mindset coach.
Grace Simmons:Each episode, we explore ways to uplift you on your journey
Grace Simmons:to add joy, confidence, and independence into your life.
Grace Simmons:So what is a creative outlet?
Grace Simmons:I have two definitions.
Grace Simmons:The first one is a creative outlet is a means of changing up your normal
Grace Simmons:routine, stepping outside of your comfort zone and paying attention to
Grace Simmons:the present moment, which I think is the most important part of that definition.
Grace Simmons:So think about cooking a meal, writing, journaling, playing a new instrument.
Grace Simmons:Another definition, and I like this one a little bit better, that a creative
Grace Simmons:outlet is an avenue of release.
Grace Simmons:It's outside of your normal routine, and it allows you to express your
Grace Simmons:creative energy or your emotions.
Grace Simmons:And it opens you up to innovation.
Grace Simmons:So the important question now is, What is your creative outlet?
Grace Simmons:So now we're going to get into the benefits of a creative outlet.
Grace Simmons:So again, a creative outlet is that release and you can see the benefits when
Grace Simmons:it comes to your emotional, mental, and physical health as an emotional release.
Grace Simmons:You can focus that constricted into a space as positive and appropriate.
Grace Simmons:Perhaps you find clarity.
Grace Simmons:Perhaps you don't physically attack your coworker.
Grace Simmons:For mental health, your creative outlet can be a stress reliever.
Grace Simmons:When you're overwhelmed or you need a break, it can be a way to learn something
Grace Simmons:new, exercising those mental muscles when it all becomes so boring or your routine
Grace Simmons:isn't difficult, but it is tedious.
Grace Simmons:And lastly, before that mental exhaustion turns into burnout, you
Grace Simmons:can tap into your creative outlet so that you maintain that balance.
Grace Simmons:And lastly, physical release.
Grace Simmons:Our bodies manifest the tension and trauma that we suffer from.
Grace Simmons:So even when we think it's all handled and it's under control, our shoulders
Grace Simmons:are tight and are up to our ears.
Grace Simmons:We've got one eye twitching and we cannot get a grip on a healthy sleep pattern.
Grace Simmons:So some activities that you could do is maybe dancing, learning a
Grace Simmons:new dance, trying aerial yoga.
Grace Simmons:I need to try that.
Grace Simmons:Or even screaming something to break yourself free physically.
Grace Simmons:Now of course we have to sprinkle in a little travel advice.
Grace Simmons:So how do you add energy?
Grace Simmons:That bit of familiarity when you're challenging yourself to travel alone.
Grace Simmons:So quick story, I have always been fascinated with horses.
Grace Simmons:Um, I think there's like a little picture of me in preschool
Grace Simmons:standing next to a pony.
Grace Simmons:Always wanted to ride 1.
Grace Simmons:I saw my friend get kicked once.
Grace Simmons:And I changed my mind, however, I realized that I don't think I've ever
Grace Simmons:ridden a horse in the United States.
Grace Simmons:I've ridden a horse in Iceland.
Grace Simmons:I've ridden a horse in Mexico, Costa Rica.
Grace Simmons:Yeah, everywhere else but the country that I live in.
Grace Simmons:And it's because it was that little piece of there's something that I wanted
Grace Simmons:to try, but I felt comfortable enough.
Grace Simmons:With riding a horse after doing it one time to be able
Grace Simmons:to try it in another country.
Grace Simmons:And I know there's some activities that they seem like they're tourist traps, or,
Grace Simmons:you know, they're, they're always in every single city that you go to, no matter
Grace Simmons:where you're going, like zip lining, horseback riding, ATVs, but you know what?
Grace Simmons:I actually enjoy those.
Grace Simmons:Because I know that I try to incorporate something else or something different.
Grace Simmons:I don't mind hopping on ATV or riding a horse because those are something
Grace Simmons:those are the activities that I find comfortable and I'm familiar with them.
Grace Simmons:Another example, maybe you're not an outdoorsy type of person, is
Grace Simmons:that I've always loved to paint.
Grace Simmons:I'm not a great painter, but I do enjoy the process of
Grace Simmons:creating something with color.
Grace Simmons:And so when I was in Portugal, I.
Grace Simmons:Got a group activity where you would paint these little tiles and you're
Grace Simmons:using like the traditional paint that they use and you learn a little bit of
Grace Simmons:history about the city of Porto, but you're also create something really
Grace Simmons:nice and neat, which takes me to that suggestion that I mentioned about having.
Grace Simmons:A souvenir that actually means something to you.
Grace Simmons:So participating in an activity like this, where you get to create something,
Grace Simmons:you get to take your own souvenir.
Grace Simmons:Another suggestion of that, enjoying that is when a couple of friends and I went to
Grace Simmons:New Orleans, we met up with the lady who was Doing poetry and she would ask you a
Grace Simmons:few questions about yourself and she would write out a beautiful poem about you now
Grace Simmons:Again, I like to write but I wasn't the one writing however, I was engaging in a
Grace Simmons:space that I liked that I felt comfortable in and Bonus, I actually liked really
Grace Simmons:like the poem that she wrote about me and my experience And so that was just me
Grace Simmons:tapping into a little bit of familiarity You in a place that I was unfamiliar with.
Grace Simmons:So all these different things that you can do to, to challenge
Grace Simmons:yourself or just to expand the knowledge that you currently have.
Grace Simmons:It's always helpful to start with something familiar and
Grace Simmons:then take one step out of that.
Grace Simmons:One quick announcement.
Grace Simmons:I want to get eight women who are ready to begin their solo travel journey.
Grace Simmons:Um, if you're just curious about it, or maybe you travel before,
Grace Simmons:but never solo, I'm inviting you to join my program, Empowered Solo.
Grace Simmons:It's going to be eight weeks of confidence building conversations, challenges,
Grace Simmons:plenty of growth opportunities, and we end with an in person retreat.
Grace Simmons:Looking forward to seeing you.
Grace Simmons:There are only eight slots, so sign up as soon as you can.
Grace Simmons:Hey, I hope you enjoyed today's episode.
Grace Simmons:If you did, please rate the show so that other people can find it and subscribe
Grace Simmons:so you don't miss a new episode.
Grace Simmons:As always, be bold, be curious, be ready to tell your story.
Grace Simmons:You never know who needs it.
Grace Simmons:Take care, have a wonderful week, and I'll talk to you soon.
