When I first got sober I really had to force myself to do stuff. I kind of had the attitude of doing something new and positive every day. At first they were small things like brush my hair, do the dishes, do laundry before there is no clean clothes left in the house.
The more solid I got the bigger the things got and the easier it became....start painting again....try new materials...color my hair...fix the holes in my socks.
Now I am training for a Marathon, have a studio that supports itself, redecorated the house, doing a landscaping project in my front yard, getting my finances in order. etc., etc.
If I had tried to do these things when I first got sober I would have been completely overwhelmed and not even tried and probably been so disheartened I might have crawled back into a bottle. So give yourself small, manageable goals. Get some confidence from them then go on to the next level...pretty soon you will be achieving things that might be unthinkable today
