The creator identity shift
Over the past year or so, I have been taking some concrete steps towards building my identity. What I mean by this is that when it comes to my professional life, I spent a long time not really knowing what I wanted, but I did figure out that I am someone who needs to find meaning and purpose in what I put out into the world, but defining how I do that, and how it aligns to who I actually am, has not come easy…
Celebrate small wins
I hit 100 subscribers on YouTube recently and to many people, that might not sound like a lot, but for me, it was huge.
We can often find ourselves trying to navigate a very fast paced, results driven world where the opportunities to stop and reflect on a small win can be bypassed by feelings of what's next. I am no stranger to that, there was a part of me that instantly shifted my focus to the next 100 and beyond, and I think that is quite a natural reaction to have, but I decided to stop myself. Because that 100 is 100 people who found something useful, or something that made them feel less alone, and that is worth sitting with for a little while…
Reframing as a trust practice
Reframing negative thoughts gets talked about a lot in personal development spaces and often falls into the "toxic positivity" area of the industry and, I can see where this comes from. Feeling like you have to reframe every negative thought you have when you actually do just want to have a rant about something is not productive and, in a lot of circumstances, it is actually quite counterproductive when it comes to moving through the emotion effectively. However, I do think that it deserves the attention it gets, we maybe just need to reconsider how to make it work…
Admitting that you actually want to try
I feel like I am not alone in thinking that somewhere along the way, wanting to try became embarrassing. The reason I say I am not alone is because I see content about it all the time, people saying they are finally giving something a go, people talking about how they held themselves back out of fear of failure. And then sometimes I will see the other side of it too: the people making fun of others for trying…
Finding ways to feel like yourself again
I started writing this post while sitting in a virtual co-working session with complete strangers, and honestly, it was the first time in a few weeks where I felt a glimmer of my creative self shine through again.
I am not sure whether it was the accountability that the call created for me with the timed working sessions and midway check points, or just knowing that I actually had some dedicated time booked into my calendar just to show up creatively in some way, but I felt so good for it…