Refill Your Well 2024

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Be Inspired — Our Top Picks

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Shows/Movies to watch

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Podcasts to listen to

• The Writers Circle: Caring for Your Soul with Jenni Burke

• Anything from the Exhale Podcast (Duh)

• What Should I Read Next?: Hospitable Books with a Strong Sense of Place

• Determine Your Sleep Needs

• Mike Birbiglia’s Working it Out: Pete Holmes

• Uncertainty is the Fuel Creativity Runs On

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Essays To Read

• All the Bits

• Fifty Shades of Greyhound 

• Poetry Doesn’t Need a Room of One’s Own

• We’re Not Good Enough to Not Practice

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Playlists to Create To

Nancy Meyers Summer (For Cooking)

The Tortured Poets Department Instrumental (For Reading) 

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Books That Make Us Want To Write

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Artist Date Ideas

• Spend time learning a new skill (Flower Watercolor Workbook)

• Pick up a new cookbook from the library and test out some of the recipes. 

• Play tourist in your own town. Pay attention to what characteristics make your place unique.

• Savor a meal alone

• Set a timer for an hour and work on something you’ve been putting off.

• Curl up with any of our GNI / Book Club replays.  

• Send a care package to a neighbor or a friend just because. 

• Get a head start on our September book club pick, Sacred Creativity by Jena Holliday.

• Go through your books and pick one to reread, keep a pen in hand, and underline every line that makes you want to write. 

• Look for treasure at a thrift store. 

• Write a letter to the person you hope to be in ten years. 

• Take a self-portrait.

• Make a note on your phone of things that delight you. Keep updating it. 

• Create a mood board on Canva.

• Go for a drive with no destination in mind and blast your favorite music. Singing loudly is encouraged. 

• Forage your own bouquet. 

• Spend an hour paying special attention to all five senses. What do you taste, hear, see, etc? 

• Create a “Family Bored List”

• Join us on August 9th at 10 AM PT for Creative Happy Hour. We’ll bounce ideas off each other, ask questions, and share our creative wins and challenges.