A Secret Play Date

Every Tuesday.

For a whole year!

And because Secret Play Date celebrates its first birthday this month, you can join a FREE sample call with the Society of the Secret Play Date on January 10.  

Sign up right here if you're curious.

The celebration doesn't stop there. Secret Play Date now has its own page on the Facebooks!

It's a place where you can share your Play Date with friends, in status updates, photos, and video.

The Secret Play Date page appeared only yesterday and feels kind of lonely with just a few 'likes,' so go on over and make friends with the page!

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Last week's Play Date.

This past Tuesday, I continued with my play practice -- getting more comfortable with making art, having fun for its own sake.

I never would have made it through a whole year of Play-Dating if I hadn't been able to trick myself into playing by emphasizing the great stuff that happens when I let myself play -- the unleashing of creativity, the lightbulb moments -- all the stuff that impacts my business in an incredibly positive way.

But now I want to give myself permission to just make stuff.

It's not as if those amazing benefits won't apply.

I just want to practice letting the playing take center stage.

That's why they call it a practice.

I wanted to keep with the picture-taking, but the light was so gloomy the whole day.

But the less-than-ideal conditions forced me to be more creative -- to keep trying stuff until I hit on something that worked, instead of waiting for the light to inspire me.

And I remembered, oh, yeah -- that's why they call it a practice -- because you practice it, whether the situation is perfect or not, whether you feel like it or not.

And -- important -- there's a difference between forcing yourself, which I'm wholly against, and deciding to do it anyway, trusting that you'll get something out of it.

I didn't need to use the upside-down layer cake because trying to find stuff that fit into my idea of image-making was absorbing enough, but it was reassuring to know that I could.

Today: more play practice.

Yup, more image-making, and it's another grey day.

I won't be Play-Dating until the afternoon, though -- I'm meeting up with my Society friends at the secret lair, so maybe by that time, the light will be gorgeous.

Or maybe not. I'm going to keep practicing, though.

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Join me?

You can check in here in the comments or on the Secret Play Date page on Facebook to let us know how you're doing, and give a yay for the people who are joining in.

You could post it on twitter with the #secretplaydate hashtag.

You don't have to share, though.

You could note it in your journal, or whisper it to the cat, and still feel the glow of being part of a group that does things a little differently for an hour every Tuesday.

And if you're not sure where to start, there's always the Secret Play Date DIY Kit.

Could you use a little Play-Dating today?