“The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.” – Pablo Picasso.

When exploring the concept of “my muse” meaning, we often envision ethereal beings inspiring great works of art, but it’s much more personal and varied in reality.

But what about the muses just outside of our actual creation process – the muses that actually help us get inspired enough to create in the first place?

Let’s explore finding inspiration through intentional practices so you always have lifestyle muses to pursue your creative passions.

Let’s delve into the essence of this whole “muse” meaning by exploring intentional practices that can serve as consistent sources of inspiration for your creative pursuits.

What are the 3 Lifestyle Muses?: “My Muse” Meaning & More

Let’s talk a little outside of this traditional “my muse” meaning — and into your lifestyle.

A Lifestyle Muse is an essential element or practice that cultivates consistent creativity for an artist, helping them sustain their artistry throughout their lives.

There are 3 main Lifestyle Muses:

👩‍💻 Creative systems & manifestations

✨ Home studio

🧖‍♀️ Wellness tools for body & mind

Breaking Down the 3 Muses in Creative Lifestyle

Now that we’ve redefined what a muse can be, let’s explore three powerful muses that can transform your creative lifestyle.

(Think about it – just 3 simple things to help complete the beautiful cycle of your creative journey!)

1. Creative Systems & Manifestations

I know – “systems” doesn’t sound very artistic or inspiring. But hear me out! Organizational systems can be a powerful muse in art… when done right.

Systems can literally turn your creative process upside down (in the best way). It helped me turn my 9-5 full-time job into a 5-9 part-time job. If you don’t believe me, read the 4-Hour Workweek. This was what opened my eyes to the idea that I didn’t need to be afraid of having a full-time job as an artist that made me money — as long as it didn’t take up my entire life.

Some tools and resources I’ve used for creative systems & manifestations:

❥ The 4-Hour Workweek

❥ Asana (for organizing & optimizing my worklife!)

❥ Planoly (for batching & planning content)

❥ Zapier (for automating processes)

❥ Flodesk (for chatting with my community without spending 39594932 hours designing things)

2. A Beautiful Home Studio

There’s a home (the space you live), and there’s a studio (the space you create).

What if we pushed it together and made something double as beautiful — a home studio?

A home studio is the idea of making the space you live in the same space you create — that if you can make your home cozy, curated, and conducive to your art, then you have a much bigger advantage of being able to pursue your art more easily, freely, and beautifully.

The thing about creating a home studio is that it doesn’t need to be huge or expensive.

It could be a corner of your bedroom, a converted closet, or even a portable setup that you can move around. What matters is that it’s a space that…

🪄Is cozy enough that you don’t have tension and instead feel free and inspired

🪄Is curated enough to your own interior design styles that it Sparks Joy wherever you go

🪄Is conducive enough that you can start working on your art in minutes

3. Wellness Tools to Inspire You

There’s an undeniable connection between physical wellness and creative inspiration. When we feel good in our bodies, our minds have more space for artistic motivation.

I fully believe that the way you treat your body reflects the way you treat your creative career. If you see yourself discounting, criticizing, and throwing away things into your body, then chances are you’re seeing similar patterns in the way you treat your career.

“I can’t really do that.”

“It’s just a pipe dream.”

“I don’t deserve for my life to be that easy.”

Here are some of my personal favorite wellness tools:

Holistic wellness tools help you treat your body like your temple and adorn that temple with beautiful rituals.

Examples: How to Use These Muses in Your Everyday Life

The magic happens when you can infuse these 3 muses’ meanings into your life!

Aesthetically Pleasing Organizational Tools

I’ve talked about Asana because it’s helped save me time, but it’s also one of many tools that are neat, clean, and beautiful. Plus, you can color-code tags and labels to colors that bring you joy. You can add emojis in statuses.

Here are some other ways I curated my organization tools:

✷ I color-code excel documents to my brand colors

✷ I use my favorite to statuses and use pretty pictures as project images in Asana

✷ I use my brand colors wherever I can in my documentation and organization because they’re make me happy

It’s literally such a simple concept – use colors and emojis that make you happy, and the “not-so-fun” work will suddenly be a little more joyful.

Beautiful Vision Boards That Align With Your Dreams

A vision board is essentially a visual representation of your goals and aspirations. It can include images, quotes, words, or anything else that resonates with your creative vision. The key is to create a board that truly aligns with your dreams and inspires you every time you look at it.

This is the second half of beautiful strategy and productivity tools – actually using manifestation to make it happen!

Make sure if you create a vision board or affirmations that it’s in a place you see all the time. I have mine as my phone background because I know I see it dozens of times a day!

Using Your Home as a Creative Project

One of my favorite parts of venturing into creating your own home studio is that it doesn’t have to be expensive. There is a magical element of creating a home studio — you’re treating your home as a creating project!

And what more creative, affordable way to do this than… thrifting. 🙌

Thrifting is an amazing hobby to have as a creative because you can practice executing a project from scratch and let your creativity shine.

This is especially great if you’re in a full-time job and spending some time saving money before you can create full-time!

Muse Meaning & Beyond: Get More Creative Inspiration on YouTube!

Join a community of inspired, intentional artists over on my YouTube channel, where we talk productivity, manifestation, and beautiful living. 🌸If not, that’s fine too — I hope you found a reason to start instilling these three special artistic muses into your creative life.