I stress. I stress about the smallest issue and allow those thoughts to eat me, to consume me and overwhelm my thoughts. So when I noticed on my social media feeds that a couple of people were colouring in as a way of de-stressing I thought, eh, let me give it a try.
Just to be clear, I am not the creative one in my family. My sister studied art and to this day will paint the most exquisite paintings. So it’s odd that this appealed to me.
Two of my sister, Gwynnevere Salgado’s, paintings
I bought two different adult colouring books (and one for my sister). I also bought a range of colouring pencils and kokkies.
Some of the ones I’ve completed from my colouring in book
I started on my first pattern and since then, I’ve been hooked! My hand aches! I sit in front of TV and colour in. And I really do zone out. I get completely fixated on the page and the colours and the shading. I’m in my element!
How ironic that such a simple thing can be so addictive and yet so wonderful and fun at the same time! Has it helped me de-stress? I zone out and focus on my thoughts and get clarity on some issues. It’s helped me to zone in while I zone out, if that makes any sense.
It also gives me another hobby. Running takes up quite a bit of my time but this is easy to pick up and do whenever or wherever I feel like it. And let’s be honest, it’s also a much better option than hours of Candy Crush.
(This post is unsponsored. I’ve seen various colouring books at Exclusive Books as well as PNA. Go on, do it! Join me in this addictive fun!)
Keeping up with the Walkers... 
At first I didn’t want to buy a colouring in book, so I printed some printable – I enjoyed it so much and ended up buying a book. Sadly since buying the book, I have coloured in a single page.
I did get completely mesmerized by the options in arts shops – pencils, pens, felt tips etc. I love art shops!
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My niece was throwing out some old pencils on the weekend so I scored a whole lot. I do have blisters from all the sharpening though! But I get what you mean about the options. Who knew there’d be that much to choose from.
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I am also totally addicted!
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I agree puzzles are so cool to destress. 🙂
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I’ve never seen adult coloring books before. I feel like I would really like that. I’m not artistic either. My drawings are worse than a kindergartners.
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I felt the same but once you start, you can’t stop. And hey, you’re the only one that really sees your art work so if you like them, that’s all that counts!
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Love it! My roommates and I used to have coloring parties when we were in college and life got just a little too hard! I do puzzles now to de-stress!
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Puzzles! Wow, another thing i haven’t tried in years. You’ve planted a seed! 🙂
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