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…

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…

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…