Reconnecting With Joy & Creativity

Lately, I’ve found myself sitting on the floor to make art. It’s not great for my back, but it feels strangely calming.

And I started asking myself why.

The more I sat with it (literally and emotionally), the more I realized I used to do this all the time as a kid. Sitting cross-legged or laying on the floor or ground for hours, sketching, painting, making things with no agenda. Just freedom. No pressure. No timelines. No product to sell.

My body still remembers that safety and my nervous system associates the floor with creativity, calm, and joy.

But here’s the thing: My creativity is also my business now.

I’m no longer just making things for the joy of it, my art has to pay bills. It’s wrapped up in deadlines, shipping, marketing, social media, and customer expectations. And honestly? Balancing both the fun and the function of creating can be exhausting.

There are days when I crave the creative freedom I had as a child, and that’s what sitting here reminds me of.

It reminds me why I started.
Why I press flowers.
Why I tell stories through petals.
Why I created Seek & Bloom.

Not just to sell art, but to feel something. To connect. To slow down. To remember.

So maybe sitting on the floor is more than nostalgia, it’s a reminder.
To pause.
To create without purpose sometimes.
To make space for joy within the work.

If you’re a creative trying to navigate this balance, I see you.
It’s not easy to hold both. But it’s possible.
And it’s worth returning to the part of you that just wants to create, not sell it.

Do you ever find yourself pulled back into old creative habits? What grounds you in your art when it starts to feel like just work?