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Aug 15 2015

An Interview With Author Randi Janelle On Releasing Her Book!

The journey for a writer is a long, laborious one. From idea, to the courage to start a novel, to refining the craft of writing, to finishing the book, learning to market, and being brave enough to put it out in the world.

Damn. It is hard soul-wrenching work!

I interviewed Randi when she was in the throes of getting her book finished. You can read that here.Randi_pic

Now, that her book is finished and she is planning her release party, I wanted to ask her a few more questions about her journey.

Me:  Last time we talked, you were in the throes of just writing! Secluded, all-in and typing away.

What are you in the midst of now?

Randi: Party preparations!  The release is a little more than two weeks away.  I’m working on getting some publicity for it, as well as finishing up some more publishing-related tasks, such as formatting for ebook release, setting up an order page, etc.

Me: How do you feel now compared to the all-in writing?

Randi: I feel wonderful.  Bouyant and satisfied, achieving a life-long dream!  I’m happy I’m meeting my deadline.  Reading the printed book proof was surreal, as if it wasn’t me who wrote it, as if the book exists on its own now, as it always wanted to be.

Me: One of the things that I work on with my clients is to help them get their inner stuff aligned so they can actually manifest the ways and means for getting their work exposed and to create a platform.

Did this happen for you?

Randi: Yes!

Me: In what way?

Randi: I  met a guy in a very random way and started working for him. He knows many locally and he has supported this journey. He’s read the book and is determined to help me sell it.  We’re opening an escape game business together, and we want to design a game to include parts of my book. 

Me: What happened that you would’ve never been able to plan out?

Randi: I would’ve never guessed I would meet someone like that, and that he would think so highly of my work that he would want to help get the word out!

Me: You have a big release party coming up in several weeks, what are your desires for that?

Randi: Basically, I want it to be a celebration.  Of course I want to sell the book, and I’m hoping that those who have told me they’d like to read my book over the years will now cash in on their promise (no pun intended!).  I want it to be an attraction for those who don’t already follow me, and to get a few more people interested in the book (and my Story Creates business), and for those that come, they have an event/story to share with their friends so the book travels via word of mouth.

Me: Is there anything in this process that you had to learn from scratch and/or surprised you?

Randi: Because I self-published, I had to learn copyediting and publishing techniques.  I know what a gutter is now and how to wrangle page numbers on odd/even pages, and not on chapter headings. I’ve learned a bit about proofing, and how important it is to have the printed book in my hands (more than once it turned out!) in order to see how a digital file translates to the page.  Earlier on, I had to learn how to design emails and newsletters and how to use Mailchimp (I’m still learning some more complicated features, like how to update an email address when someone changes theirs!)  I had to have tutorials on Pinterest and Twitter, because I don’t use them, and the fine line of becoming noticed, but not sounding too “salesy” was a perhaps obvious conversation, but I found it difficult.  Because of the escape game business opening, I was prompted to write a press release and contact the papers sooner than I was perhaps ready to, but I jumped in  the deep end and so far so good.

Energetically, though, I suppose I haven’t had too many surprises.  I always expected success, which is why I’ve gotten it! 🙂

Me: What will you do differently with your next book?

Randi: Give myself more time!  I’m looking forward to maintaining a better work/life balance. I’m sure the next book will expand just as the first one did, so I hold no illusions about the dedication and energy it will require.  I’m manifesting a writing retreat so that I can focus on drafting for one chunk of time, rather than trying to juggle several things at once.

Me: What did you learn in writing/publishing this first book that you will use for the next one?

Randi: Staying in touch with my readers.  It’s been fun, it keeps me on track, and it documents my journey.  The support has helped me get through some long, lonely hours of writing!  And again the time frame.  I’ll allow myself more time to sit back and take breaks, which is crucial for editing and sanity.

Me: Did you discover what type of platform suits you best? Are you using it and what is it?

Randi: Yes. My platform is a combination of emails for a list, local readings, and Facebook.  I enjoy the face to face connection of the local readings, and the emails allow me to share a lot more than other types of social media.  It feels more like a letter than “selling.”  I tend to use Facebook to share events, and give the breaking news bits to those on my list as a type of reward.  I like knowing I have that fan base who are dedicated to following my project, rather than just generally supportive on Facebook (though I appreciate ALL support!).  I’m learning to do more in Pinterest and Twitter.  I’m enjoying the former, because I can play with images, which is another treasured art form of mine. 

Me: Thinking of the entirety of the project, what have been the greatest challenges and greatest rewards?

Randi: The biggest challenge was time, and sacrifice of social life, and the dedication required.  Another was learning new promotional techniques and getting the knack of sharing without sounding/feeling like a spammer.  (Pinterest & Twitter were foreign to me). The rewards are feeling like this is my destiny, that the book is well and truly alive, and I’m able to share ideas and start discussions on a larger scope.  Another reward is simply seeing a castle of book boxes, knowing that I’ve done it!  Those times I thought to take a break or extend my deadline to level my head were mitigated by the support and confidence in myself and those providing it around me, to remind me it’s worth it.  Now, my dream is realized!  Woohoo!

 

Randi Janelle is releasing her first novel on Halloween with a big release party in her town of Asheville, North Carolina.  The book will also be available from her at http://randijanelle.com/story-creates.

The book is titled The Story: Deviation and is the first in a series titled The Story.

When Dan encounters The Anger, he supplements his day job as a high school math teacher with writing a novel. The Anger, a product of feeling enslaved to his job, recedes as the inspiration for his story emerges, but little does he know.

He’s not in control.

Neither are his characters.

This rich and complex novel, populated with intriguing characters of differing nationalities and beliefs and orientations, takes the reader deep into the world of “What if?”

What if you were transported to a time and space to learn the story of a person outside his or her stereotypes?

If you had to relive a series of moments, would you continue in habitual patterns, or would you deviate from them?

Who’s is in control?

Are you?

About Randi Janelle
Randi Janelle is a “Jackie of Many Trades” as a performance poet, photographer, yoga instructor, to name a few; publishing her novel has been a life long goal.  She’s a UNCA alumna, and after living overseas for a few years, she returned to Asheville to finish her book, open a business, and enjoy the beer.  She performs regular readings at Battery Park Book Exchange on Wednesday evenings from 6-7pm.  Her work can be found at randijanelle.com, and her story can be followed by signing up at randijanelle.com/story-creates.

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Ready to build a platform YOUR way? Join Randi other fun and passionate creatives to discover new ideas each day to build a business with your creative work.  It’s FREE! 

Written by Ashley · Categorized: Uncategorized · Tagged: creativity, pubishing a book, Randi Janelle, self-publishing, writers

Jun 18 2015

How To Get Started With A Creative Routine – Step 2

This is step 2 of my 7 steps in getting started with a creative routine. You can find step 1 here.

The Inner Game for step 2:

 Begin with a Mission Statement

OK, before you freak out, don’t worry – this won’t be a polished, ready to display mission statement.

This one will be for your eyes only and will set an energy of purpose for you. And it is very easy to create!

One of the first things I do with my private clients is  ask them what they want their art to give.

It is surprising how many artists never think about this. They have stories to tell or poems and visuals to share, but they don’t know why they want to share it.

Some think their work has to teach or be revolutionary in some way in order to give.

While it can be revolutionary, or teach, or inspire…it doesn’t have to do that to give.

So, what exactly do I mean by give?

The act of creativity is how we, as humans, operate and live. It is our life force. We cannot survive in a stuck, static, non-creative state. Creativity is the energy of the Universe. It is constantly moving us forward. It gives, provides and expands. Bottom line, life is always in a state of giving and receiving. We take in information, ideas, sensual data and food, so we can give through our work, our ideas and our energy.

No matter what it is that you wish to create, when you expose it to others, you are giving – an idea, an energy, a message, a state of mind, a feeling.

Even when we can’t articulate or completely understand exactly what in us changes because of something we get from a work of art, we still get something. It affects us.

Your work will have an effect.

When you know what that effect is, you empower yourself as a creative and you empower your work.

That is powerful energy that will propel you forward!!

How do you know what your work gives?

The easiest way to answer this is to ask yourself: What does my work give me?

Why do you do it? What turns you on about it? Why do you love creating what you create?

When I wrote paranormal, I got into exploring the mysterious and mystical. I explored the topics of power, relationships and home. It gave me hope and a sense of magic about life.

When I was creating multi-media abstracts, I was also exploring the mysterious and unknown.

My functional art was about the magical parts of life and lifting our energetic state.

When I played with paisley designs, I loved evoking play and whimsy.

Can you see a theme?

My art gave me a glimpse into the magical and mystical aspects of life.

That is what my art gave.

If you are just starting out, you might not see a theme or fully recognize what your work gives you. You might still be exploring.

But, I guarantee there is something that intrigues you and calls to you….a sense of something that you need to explore and play with. Whatever that is – is what you will use to create your mission statement. If it changes down the road, that is OK.

But for now, you’re going to write a very simple statement and put it where you can see it.

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Pick the one below that resonates with you and fill in the blank:

  • When I get excited about creating something and I want to make art, I start thinking about (fill in the blank)

Or

  • When I start feeling (fill in the blank), I want to create art.

You can even make a statement that says:

  • When I think about having my own business, I get excited about (fill in the blank).

Remember, this isn’t a polished statement that will be in your bio, this is just for you, for now.

The reason it is so important to have this when you are getting started, is that it becomes a target for your focus. It is just like training your brain. It spurs your creativity because your brain knows to look for that topic/feeling and bring it to you.

It helps you be authentic and true to your gift.

It keeps you out of that space of thinking you have to create whatever the fad is at the moment.

It allows you to build a base of feelings and words that explain your art, so that when the time comes that you will create a polished artist statement, you won’t be at a loss.

The Outer Strategy:

Set up a Routine that is structured according to the Golden Triangle.

The rule of three – it works for design, writing, music, etc.

You can use it as a model for your creative routine as well –but in this case, there is a little twist.

We know the rule of three in regards to a beginning, a middle, and an end, or past, present, future, or introduction, body, conclusion.

The 3 is symbolized by the triangle and is considered the first perfect shape because it is the form that can be constructed by straight lines. In many cultures, the triangle is the symbol of the three-fold nature of Divinity: Father, Mother, Son; Osiris, Isis and Horus; Odin, Frey and Thor; Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma. It is the number of manifestation, as in the phrase, “Things happen in threes.”

Three represents creativity. The triangle is the geometric symbol of the focusing of creative energy.

Church steeples, pyramids, a dunce hat, a witch’s hat, a cone – all represent the gathering of creative energies prior to their release into manifestation.

You want your creative routine to allow a gathering of your creative energies, so it can manifest into form: a completed project, a book, a painting, etc.

What makes up creative energy?

Your Muse/Creative Spirit + Your starting point (Desire) + the line from here to there – where you are now to where you want to be. (end result)

You’re probably asking, what does this have to do with a creative routine? I want to know how to have a system, a schedule, a workable, productive structure so I can start, build momentum and finish successfully. Right?

Read that last sentence again: So I can start, build momentum and finish successfully.

There it is, that is your golden triangle!

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In order to start, you have to have a desire, (that end result you thought about in Step 1.)

You need to allow yourself the time and space to imagine and dream. You need to always have this time and space somewhere in your life. It can be in the shower, while doing dishes, on walks or sitting quietly in the dark. It matters not where, or how, you just need to provide that time and space for yourself.

This MUST be in your creative schedule somewhere.

The other part of the Start is allowing your Muse to speak to you. This is why that space and time is so crucial. You need to be able to capture and collect the ideas, hits and feelings that will pop up for you.

Have something in place to capture your ideas:

  • A journal/notebook
  • Post-it notes
  • A bulletin board
  • Trello
  • Evernote
  • A white board or chalkboard

The next part of the triangle is to build momentum.

You have to be able to DO something with your ideas. Don’t wait until you have all the perfect pieces in place. Start with what you have an idea about.

  • Outline the idea for a story.
  • Get some info down about a character you see or sense.
  • Prime and ready a canvas.
  • Pull out the supplies you think you’ll need for an idea.
  • Open a new document and  just start free flowing what comes to mind.

This begins your momentum. You can’t wait until it is all perfect in your head. You have to start and build the first few steps/layers even if it is vague and shitty.

This means you need the time/space to actually work. This part of the triangle is your action. One step leads to the next, but you’ll never get to the next step if the first one is never taken.

You build momentum by working at your craft every day.

Even if you’re just experimenting, or trying something new or just sketching out an idea, you need to make it a part of your daily routine.

The first layer of a visual lets you see what layers need to come next.

Writing down a simple outline for a story lets you see what you might need to research or figure out next.

If you don’t have a time/space set up in your day to DO something with your ideas, you’ll never move past ideas.

Workspaces come in all shapes, sizes and styles – make yours fit who you are!

Here is my Pinterest board with creative work space ideas.

The more inviting your space is (even if it’s a chair you sit in with a table top of things you love and a special candle), the more productive you’ll be. It needs to be a space honored by you – AND those you live with.

The third part of this triangle is to finish successfully.

I’m going to speak to a topic that is tossed back ansd forth among creatives.

We can be folks who have many projects going on at once. There is even a term for those who have a variety of passions – mulitpotentials.

I considered myself to be one and was trying to learn a new way to work as one.

I’ve always had numerous creative projects going on at once. I had three different novels “in progress” (before I realized my true love was in coaching and teaching.)

If you asked me what ONE change happened in my routine that helped me be more productive and successful, it would be this:

FINISH an idea before starting a new one.

Creative energy is powerful and can be overwhelming and make you feel scattered. That can lead to procrastination, indecision, starting many new projects, or feeling as if you don’t know how to do something.

If, instead, you take all of that energy and focus it on ONE thing, like directing the sun with a magnifying glass onto something, you can ignite fire. You can create something beyond what you thought was even possible.

This focus will allow the ideas, materials, knowledge, etc., to show up to help you get to the end – successfully.

You might make course changes along the way-that is fine and part of any creative project. The key is to not go off on a completely new direction because you feel stuck, overwhelmed or inundated with new ideas.

Capture new ideas and keep them for later.

Working through a period of feeling stuck is something I’ll talk about in a later post.

As simple as these 3 parts might seem, when you are set up to acknowledge and honor your desire, hear your muse, stay focused and build momentum to a finished product, you will have a container for you to work within that inspires and supports you.

 

As you work within this structure, you’ll see what steps you’ll need help, support or knowledge on between Start and Building Momentum and Successfully Finishing. You can start tweaking your structure and routine to make sure you stay on track.

Please join us in the Create The Leap Facebook Community as we discuss getting started. (and have fun talking together!)

Are you ready to kickstart your desire to be a professional creative and manifest the lifestyle you want with your work?

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Written by Ashley · Categorized: Getting Started Series · Tagged: artists, creative routine, creatives, creativity, geting started, writers

May 18 2015

Learn How to Use Mercury Retrograde to Expand Your Creativity

OMG, it’s Mercury Retrograde and I get to Say YAY!

Huh?

You heard me. NO more dread and looking over my shoulder waiting for something to crash, go haywire, or to feel bombarded or in need of a cave.

I want to share with you how to use every Mercury Retrograde as an opportunity ( and to look forward to it!!).

There are ways to use the 9 weeks a year as a way to heal, expand and evolve your creativity and your creative business!

There are benefits and you can use them  to plan your Creative Year!

If you’re not focusing on planning, to-do lists and making major decisions for those   retrograde weeks of the year, what can you do that is beneficial as a Creative?

In this challenge you’ll learn about 5 benefits to using Mercury retrograde for your Creative work. (and how to use them!)

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In this free 7 day Challenge, you will:

 

  • Identify your personal Mercury style and start using the MerRx to empower your creative work!
  • PLAN your Financial Goals during Mercury Retrogrades!
  • Use a Mercury Retrograde to open you to new perspectives and greater truths and how to use that to expand your creativity.
  • Use a Mercury Retrograde to expand and ensure the success of your Creative Business.
  • Learn how to use a Mercury Retrograde to tap into your intuition for answers.

 

Join the free YAY for Mercury Retrograde Challenge, and you’ll also be eligible for a several sweeeet prizes – all for free!

The actual event will begin on Monday, May 25th and go to Sunday, May 31st. We will be smack dab in the middle of this upcoming Mercury Retrograde! (OMG, do we dare!?!)

In this 7 day Mercury Retrograde Challenge, we’re going to look at it in a new way, while in the middle of it.

Plan to have a fun, relaxing and exploratory time during this retrograde.

This challenge will help you learn to USE it in a new way that can be very beneficial to your Creative work!

What I hope you get from this, besides a new perspective, is a way to use a MerRx as a time to expand, increase and super-charge your manifesting and creativity.

On Day 1 – You’re going to learn about your personal Mercury (how you think and communicate) tendencies and how retrogrades might affect you. No more freaked out feelings of dread – YOU get to say how it will go for you from now on! AND Discover How “Your” Mercury Can Reveal Your Demons or Diamonds and how to use it in your Creative work to empower you!

On Day 2 – Use the Mercury Retrogrades in each year to PLAN Your Financial Goals! (But, wait, we shouldn’t plan during a retrograde!  Oh, sneaky me – I’ve got a juicy secret to show you!)

On day 3 – Learn How to Use a Mercury Retrograde to Open You To New Perspectives and Greater Truths and how to use that to expand your Creativity!

On day 4 – Learn How to use a Mercury Retrograde to Expand and Ensure the Success of your Creative Business

On Day 5 – Use a Mercury Retrograde to Tap into Your Intuition for Answers

On Day 6  & 7– You’ll use what you’ve learned to create some wonderful new work!

Ready to see Mercury Retrogrades in a new way and use it to awesomesize your creativity?

Be sure to join us for the free 7 day YAY For Mercury Retrograde Challenge.

All you need to do is sign up below and I’ll see you there!

*Once you hit the Submit button, be sure to check your email, as one will be coming to you from me – a “confirm subscription” email – maybe even check the Spam box. If you use Gmail, it will show up in your Promotions Tab. You can then move it to your Primary box so you won’t miss anything!

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Written by Ashley · Categorized: Uncategorized · Tagged: artists, create the leap, creative business, creativity, free challenges, Mercury Retrograde, MerRx

Apr 20 2015

Start Using The Power of Your Imagination

How would it feel if you were living as a working artist making the money you want and feeling blissed out each day?

It amazes me each time I ask a client this question. I get the deer in headlights response.

So many old crappy beliefs rush into their heads, they can’t even sort them enough to answer at all.

Brain freeze.

There is a well-known phrase I’m going to toss out at you right now.

Get your hopes up!

How did you react to it?

Some of us were taught NOT to get our hopes up regarding something we wanted. It was a safety measure, so if it didn’t come true, we wouldn’t be so hurt. (Wow, is that ever an ego maneuver!)

Here’s the kicker and reason that’s the worst advice (however protective and good intentioned it might be).

We are always transmitting an energy signal to the Universe. That signal is transmitted by how we FEEL about a topic. In turn, the Universe matches that signal and its match shows up in your life via your friends, job, home, experiences and things.

 If you hold back your excitement about what you desire for your life, believing that will keep you safe, those same non-excitement, safety feelings is what the Universe will deliver.

 

It’s like standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon and shouting in a shrill voice, “LIFE SUCKS!”

What echo comes back? A hearty, LIFE IS GRAND!

No. You get back what you sent out.

It’s all energy. It all works in the same way.

Not getting your hopes up is very counter-productive to what is innately your source of power.

All of your desires allow the Universe to be everything that it is wanting to be.

Part of its unfolding is realized through what you wish to do and be. The Universe is relying on you to make your desires come true.  And, it is wanting to actively help you make them come true.

You carry within your being an aspect of the Universe that wants to be expressed.

Read that a few times and let it sink into your body. Feeeeeeeeeel it. Pretty cool huh?

Our source of power, our divine birthright, comes from our ability to express the Universe!

Why not send out the excitement, passionate bliss and thrill of your desire? Because in doing that, the Universe will match it.

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We are made from what made the Universe. We are made from what made time. We have been given the ability to express what needs to be expressed.

 

Are you ready to fully accept and step into that power?

This is why you have an imagination. This is how you use that power!

 

As a Creative you imagine all kinds of things for your work, right? idea-152213_640

Your ability to imagine things that seem so real, you can feel like you’re right there in it.

Take that same power you use for your work and use it to envision what you want as an artist.

Pretend you’re creating a new character. This character is very talented in whatever medium you work in. This character has been given a HUGE grant to do her work.

So huge, she can set up a studio that is perfect.

So huge, it pays all her bills.

So huge, she can even have some fun with it.

So huge, she can take some classes and learn new techniques within her medium.

Do you see her life? See how it looks and what she is doing?

Now, replace her with YOU.

See yourself THERE.

See YOU with what you want to have/do/be as an artist.

FEEL it, feel the spine tingling, school girl giggling, rush through your body thrill of having it.

Get your hopes UP!

Skip, whistle, sing, smile, giggle….cheer to it with your wine at dinner…visualize it as you fall to sleep. Buy a bouquet of flowers as a Congrats! for it. Make a special dinner in celebration of it.

 

Do this as often as you can, because the Universe doesn’t operate in time as we know it, it just responds to energy.

 

Become one of those people who took hold of this awareness, accepted it, used it and allowed the Universe to expand!

 

I’d say that does indeed call for a celebration!!

Take action:

Pretend that you just got a letter in the mail. It announced that you were the recipient of a HUGE monetary gift. You got this gift because your creative work needs to be shared.

This gift will allow you to work as an artist fulltime.

It will cover your bills, buy your supplies and support your creativity.

But, you must make a list of what you’ll do with the money.

Make that list now.

How will your life change?

How do you spend it?

What will you buy?

How does it make you feel?

Each night before you go to sleep, pick something on the list you wrote out and imagine having it.

Start using the power of your imagination to manifest the lifestyle you desire to have as a Creative!

 

 

Written by Ashley · Categorized: Dreams & Desires · Tagged: creativity, desires, dreams, empowerment, imagination, power

Apr 13 2015

3 Ways to Catch Your Dreams

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It’s spring time, which always makes me think about new beginnings and things being born.

That includes new dreams being born.

New dreams that go from being a vague thought or wish to actually happening!

That is what the art of manifesting is all about.

I want to share with you 3 ways to catch your dreams and take them from wishes to reality.

  1. Time 146H

Time can be the #1 killer of a dream. We think we’ll work on making it happen once we have time. Guess what? Seldom does the time ever appear. We end up living with Time Scarcity, struggling just to get the stuff of our daily lives done before we fall into bed at night. Suddenly, years have gone by. Where did that time go?

 How to use Time to make your dream a reality?

Time is a man-made thing we use to navigate our physical world. But, time is an illusion.

The “time” we have each day can change with our perception of the time we have each day.

Time changes with our priorities.

Time changes with our focus.

 What are you giving all of your time focus to that isn’t allowing you to catch your dream and make it a reality?

Even if you have a very long to-do list each day due to your job, kids or other obligations, when you ONLY focus on that, THAT is all that is in your time focus.

 

When you start a new focus, your time will shift into allowing in that new focus.

Try it:  Start focusing on some element of your dream…starting a novel, taking painting classes, finding a writing mentor, etc.

As you’re falling asleep at night,  see yourself doing it. Don’t get caught up in the fact that you don’t have it – just feel the fun, excitement and joy of seeing yourself doing it.

Take note of what happens next in your life, because I guarantee that something will change and show up.

 

  1. Ask and Receive 160H

Have you ever asked the Universe (or whatever label you use to represent the Highest Power you believe in) for something you want, but then when something came along that was part of giving it to you, you blocked it?

It amazes me at how often we all do this.

We politely say NO if someone offers us something because we don’t want to seem needy, or incapable or it was what our Moms taught us to do.

The thing is, the Universe uses others to deliver what we’ve asked for!

When we have a dream…that desire acts like a magnet and it sends stuff our way. The stuff is part of the path we need to get there.

So, we must not block that stuff if we want that dream!

Try it:  Practice receiving

What do you do when someone compliments you?

What do you do when someone offers to do something for you?

Buy you something?

Give you something?

Practice receiving and you’ll start to see MORE showing up!

Think about how you can INCREASE your experiences of receiving your dreams.

 

  1. Embracing Our Mistakes 145H

Why do mistakes and failures get such a bad rap?

The truth is, they are our best allies. They give us such rich material to work from and they help us to always be upping our game.

A failure can lead us in a new direction.

In the act of creativity, mistakes lead to new ideas and can even launch a new work of art for us.

But, too often, folks allow mistakes to STOP their dreams.

They think on that one big mistake as something that defines them as “not good enough.”

It hangs over their head, growing each time they think back on it.

“Not going to make that mistake again!” is a phrase that inhibits creativity!

 

Try this: Write down the dream you’ve been wanting and then write a whole list of the mistakes you could look forward to making in it!

That will shift your perspective to one that is empowering and allow your dream to START, not stop!

Please enjoy my free gift to you and get started on creating the Creative Gifts Life you WANT!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Written by Ashley · Categorized: Dreams & Desires · Tagged: creativity, desires, dreams, how to

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