I had a goal to try and do a Daily Doodle for 2017. I had my heart set on it and even bought a URL called dailydoodle.info. I got the URL for .99 cents for the first year–so it was not a huge money investment, just time.
My commitment was from a good place, and I want to believe you understand what can happen to good intentions. Many of us plan to change and do and also to start the year off right. Well, I think I posted 8 Doodles.
Living with my mood swings connected to symptoms of bipolar disorder, sometimes I have a habit of negatively overthinking situations. Drawing a doodle on paper, a magazine, envelope or even a napkin always helped me refocus some of that negative thought… into something goofy, a nonsensical illustration or cartoon.
Sometimes I’m able to get whimsical and creative ideas for cartoons as I doodle. Other times a doodle is just a doodle to get my mind focused on the line, the ink, and the paper.
When my mind is cluttered I will doodle. I will try to tell myself: one line, one curve, one angle repeat. One line, one curve, one angle repeat. One line, one curve, one angle repeat.
I want to try and Daily Doodle in July. It’s 31 days and I will on someday, just post and add some notes about it. Keeping it really, REALLY simple…setting a goal I can reach. LOL
Yes, July I will daily doodle for my Health. My parameters are simple: draw what comes to mind. Focus on a feeling and doodle it out…No color, just black and white images. I want to also try to add a time limit of 20 minutes max (something new). No, this will not be  Zentangle, or “Tangle” but some principals apply and I may do a few of my own patterns.
See more past Dail Doodles Here.
Originally Posted at Chato Stewart’s Mental Health Humor at Psych Central: https://blogs.psychcentral.com/humor
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