Creative Director: Continue

I Create: Creative Director of My Life.

This line I always start my blog with, the purpose of my blog, is a line I write out in my day planner each morning. I Create: Creative Director of my life. This has been a more purposeful direction of this blog since last summer.

We are all powerful beings, we can all choose to create a life we love. We have that power. Choosing the main things or ‘a’ main thing at least starts you off and gets you making decisions about what you would like your life experience to be. And going from there, which we’ve talked about.

This work can be ongoing, in fact when it comes to not just a goal, but creating your life, which is a lifetime of goals in succession, the work will never end. The nature of doing anything that will ultimately never end, can cause doubt along the way. Confusion. Make you second guess yourself. Make you wonder if you are making progress.

For me, it always helps to go back to asking: what is my main, ‘North Star’ goal? Do I need to re-assess anything? Am I off course doing or attempting to do things that will ultimately, take me off course? Am I doing too much that won’t really help further the main goal?

And when doubt or discouragement do creep in, and I’m left wondering, why am I so consistent and disciplined? Is that even helping me? I have a stack of art work to show for it, and I do see improvement in my work, but what else?

Then I think of Mel Robbins, her quote, I’ve definitely shared before: ‘You didn’t come this far to only come this far.’ And ultimately, I am doing what I love. So that’s what matters. I am making progress. I know of areas that I want to improve, and I have lots of ideas for doing so, which are exciting for me: more detailed paintings, multiplying my practice paintings of landscape and floral, I really want to see improvement on, also my character sketches and drawings I look forward to working on improving!

I think we all go through seasons of doubt, and questioning. We might have to alter course or pivot slightly. And that’s ok. Maybe a goal isn’t going as hoped. If I feel doubtful, I like to check in and look with perspective, is any area of my life improving? Yes: Great. And is it a ‘season’ to reflect, read, and chill? Or is it a season to light a fire under me and get clear on the goal and what I need to do?

And we’ve talked about comparing. There is no place for that with you choosing to create your own amazing life. Comparing to anything or anyone other than your younger self, will create doubt among other things.

Just continue. Continue down your own path. With the aim of creating that life that amazes you and fills your heart. That’s what I tell myself, anyway. Don’t worry about what others are doing. Continue onward.

Until next week,

Devon

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