How to Follow Through on Your Creative Ideas
Yes, you can actually follow through on your creative ideas!
Do flashes of inspiration come easy, but getting started seems impossible?
This is something I’ve also struggled with! After digging deep and really doing the self-work, I realized a lot of this stems from being too hard on ourselves, getting caught up in the trap of perfectionism, which all boils down to feeling unworthy.
Deep down, you might be feeling that your idea isn’t worth investing in, therefore you aren’t worth investing in! This is absolutely not true. You are worth investing in and the world NEEDS you to invest in yourself. There are so many people out there who need the harvest of the seeds you’re planting right now. But without taking the time to nurture those seeds, to feed and water them by developing your gifts and sharing them with the world, they’re going to remain dormant in the soil.
Here are 3 tips and new perspectives to help you get started and follow through on those creative ideas that the world needs.
Be mindful of where your mental energy is going in a given day.
It’s easy to believe there’s not enough time in a day or week to commit to a new idea, a creative practice, or learning a new skill, especially when there are so many distractions out there (including the platform you’re reading this from..haha!).
Social media can be a wonderful place to share and connect with people, but it can also get us caught up in comparing ourselves to others.
One minute you’re checking your notifications, and then the next, you’re on the profile of someone you simultaneously admire and envy, because they’ve finished the thing you’re trying to start. Does this sound familiar?
This comparison spiral is likely going to make you feel unworthy of achieving or even getting started on your dream and is taking you away from yourself.
Where are you investing your energy right now? Into the achievements of others or yourself?
The more you support yourself and your own growth, the more space you’ll find to focus on your creativity.
2. There’s no failure, there’s just giving up.
“But what if I put in all this effort into my creative idea and I don’t succeed?”
What if there’s no such thing as failure? What if giving up on your idea and yourself is the only real failure?
Everybody you look up to started somewhere, took action, and TRIED.
Their first attempt wasn’t perfect. They learned as they went along.
The bottom line is, you’re never going to get anywhere if you don’t try.
3. Let go a little and JUST DO IT without expectations.
How can you get started, try, and invest in yourself and your creativity?
Start small.
Set a timer for 20 minutes and see what happens.
Get sketching, get to your instrument, watch that tutorial, look up some recipes, gather inspiration, whatever it is you need to do. Commit to just 20 minutes and see what shifts.
Allow yourself to stay present. Release the need for the experience to be a certain way or yield certain results.
That beginning is no longer impossible, because you just did it.
Celebrate your first baby step and keep going.
