{"id":29877,"date":"2025-10-03T03:00:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=29877"},"modified":"2025-09-30T04:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:59:09","slug":"what-will-you-be-happy-making-by-catharine-bramkamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/03\/what-will-you-be-happy-making-by-catharine-bramkamp\/","title":{"rendered":"What Will You be Happy Making? by Catharine Bramkamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s welcome back monthly columnist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?s=Catharine+Bramkamp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Catharin<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/What-Will-You-be-Happy-Making-by-Catharine-Bramkamp.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-29878 size-full\" title=\"What Will You be Happy Making? by Catharine Bramkamp\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/What-Will-You-be-Happy-Making-by-Catharine-Bramkamp.png\" alt=\"What Will You be Happy Making? by Catharine Bramkamp\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/What-Will-You-be-Happy-Making-by-Catharine-Bramkamp.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/What-Will-You-be-Happy-Making-by-Catharine-Bramkamp-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?s=Catharine+Bramkamp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">e Bramkamp<\/a> as she shares with us \u201cWhat Will You be Happy Making?\u201d Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>The Role of Art in Happiness<\/h2>\n<p>Yeah, yeah, the arts are important.<\/p>\n<p>Got it.<\/p>\n<p>What else can art do for me?<\/p>\n<p>Art will make you happy.<\/p>\n<p>I believe strongly in spending my days happy.<\/p>\n<p>What I\u2019ve discovered is that often we are happier with a schedule that in turn helps you do what you\u2019ve always wanted to do.<\/p>\n<h2>The Challenge of Free Time<\/h2>\n<p>Is this you?<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve always wanted uninterrupted time, time to finally do what YOU want, free from schedules and to-do lists.<\/p>\n<p>Yet when you do earn that free afternoon, that open day, that schedule free retirement, what you get in return is\u00a0 . . .\u00a0 a vague sense of unease.<\/p>\n<p>We spend our days organizing our lives and trying to keep the schedule:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>School, job, children, more school, medical protocols, caretaking, meals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What happens when all those requirements fall away?<\/p>\n<p>What if we wake one morning to endless summer?<\/p>\n<p>We can do what we want?<\/p>\n<p>But what do we want?<\/p>\n<h2>The Disorientation of Doing Nothing<\/h2>\n<p>All those afternoons just reading a book have made you twitchy.<\/p>\n<p>You know you want to exercise, but just can get up the energy (which is ironic) to do so.<\/p>\n<p>You finally have the evening to create gourmet meals, but instead you just pick up take away and eat in front of the TV screen and wonder where the evening went.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t about joining a drumming class (which could be interesting), this is about how a lack of schedule is surprisingly disorienting.<\/p>\n<h2>Lessons from Italy<\/h2>\n<p>Last year I spent two beautiful weeks in Italy, returning home with plans to keep up the vibe.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the summer, postpone projects, just hang out.<\/p>\n<p>By day three, I was experiencing escalating dissatisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>I was cranky, and cranky about not enjoying my own imposed endless summer.<\/p>\n<p>Doing nothing, just relaxing was oddly inadequate.<\/p>\n<h2>The Power of a Schedule<\/h2>\n<p>So I made a new schedule.<\/p>\n<p>And you can too.<\/p>\n<p>Mark up the calendar to make your new perfect day real:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Read the news over coffee<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Exercise<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Walk<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Lunch<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Art<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is not counter intuitive to schedule art making.<\/p>\n<p>Label an hour as the art time.<\/p>\n<p>Start assuming that\u2019s how the hour will be spent.<\/p>\n<p>Treat the art time as important enough to protect.<\/p>\n<h2>Earning Time Off<\/h2>\n<p>After a half hour working on your art in the morning, you will feel you earned an afternoon at the lake or on the beach or in the hammock.<\/p>\n<p>Earning the \u201ctime off\u201d is necessary for the American mind-set.<\/p>\n<p>Most of us feel we need to have accomplished something on our to-do list before we can relax.<\/p>\n<p>Even if that to-do list is one of fun or optional projects.<\/p>\n<p>If the art spills into more time that is the big win.<\/p>\n<p>You entered into the zone and that\u2019s how we connect to the universe, to our own inner voice, and to our needs.<\/p>\n<h2>A Low-Impact Art Schedule<\/h2>\n<p>Create a low-impact schedule for your art.<\/p>\n<p>The shorter the expected time, the easier it is to enter and do.<\/p>\n<p>It will work.<\/p>\n<p>You will work.<\/p>\n<p>Now take a break.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want to read more articles like this one Writer\u2019s Fun Zone? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/contact-beth\/#signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subscribe here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1RlgH6b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1rlgh6b noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12334\" title=\"Catharine Bramkamp\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Catharine-Bramkamp-pic-274x300.jpg\" alt=\"Catharine Bramkamp\" width=\"150\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Catharine-Bramkamp-pic-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Catharine-Bramkamp-pic-300x329.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Catharine-Bramkamp-pic.jpg 584w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1RlgH6b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Catharine Bramkamp<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0is a successful <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/yourbookstartshere.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">writing coach<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Chief Storytelling Officer, former\u00a0co-producer of Newbie Writers Podcast, and author of a dozen <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1i9eAlQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">books<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1HgxT4W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Real Estate Diva Mysteries series<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1Tmil52\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Future Girls series<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She holds two degrees in English and is an adjunct university professor. After fracturing her wrist, she has figured out there is very little she is able to do with one hand tied behind her back. She delights in inspiring her readers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Will You Be Happy Making? explores how building an art schedule nurtures your creative practice and brings lasting happiness<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":29878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[6851,18,6853,940,6661,9,6846,6845,6850,6844,6843,37,1997,6847,6852,46,5061,3028,6849,3247,6848],"class_list":["post-29877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiration","tag-accomplishing-a-to-do-list","tag-art","tag-calendar","tag-catharine-bramkamp","tag-challenges","tag-creativity","tag-disorientation","tag-doing-nothing","tag-earning-time-off","tag-endless-summer","tag-free-time","tag-fun","tag-happiness","tag-italy","tag-low-impact","tag-mindset","tag-organization","tag-projects","tag-protecting-art-time","tag-schedule","tag-uninterrupted"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What Will You be Happy Making? 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