Quality Time Thanks to #CreativeSprint

I signed up for my first #CreativeSprint on March 31, 2015.

And I started to get the emails the next day, April 1st, as promised. Thoughtful little notes that sought to inspire me to do something creative.

The problem was that April was a bit of a tough month for me. So I wasn’t particularly in the mood to do anything that felt like a stretch.

And yet, the emails kept coming.

Then one day, I don’t even know if it was just one email, or really the exposure to multiple messages, the inspiration just took hold. First, I played with my dinner at the dining room table with our little boy. That got him laughing, which got me laughing, which definitely helped make up for a tough day, tough week, tough month.

And eventually, I found myself playing upstairs with the baby Legos (the big Duplo(?) blocks, I think) with our son. Soon enough, he moved onto something else. And then one of my older sons joined in. And then we were intently focused on building something, just to build it. I vaguely remember it as a large, multicolored, slightly irregular tower of bricks.

That’s when I noticed our little one watching us, smiling as he studied us. Soon, he rejoined and began to play with the bricks, with us.

For me, the #CreativeSprint led to family time. I didn’t feel particularly creative when I was doing it, but later on, when I recounted the experience – somewhat sheepishly – with Noah Scalin (the CEO of Another Limited Rebellion, the company behind #CreativeSprint), he helped me remember that sometimes, the point of art, of creativity, is simply to inspire us to feel, think and do what matters, with more intention.

The little piece of art I made with #CreativeSprint was a memory with my boys.

And that kind of art is priceless for sure.