THE ONE WHERE SHE LOVED ART CLASS

First grade, I remember it well.  I don’t remember our art teacher’s name but I know she was blonde, had glasses and was totally quirky.  

We had a project to do.  We had to make little piggy puppets for a Three Little Pigs puppet performance. 

There were some in the class that just weren’t that into it.  They hurried through the project and then messed around in the room, playing and getting into things.  Man, bless the heart of all those art teachers out here.   

But me?  Heck no.  I was lost in the creation of it.  He had blue denim overalls with yellow buttons, a plaid shirt and the cutest swirly tail.  While the rest of the class was all done, I worked on that little project up until the second the bell rang. Details, details, details… I made that piggy the best in class. 

Looking back on this now I see two things that really stick out:
1 ) Being a perfectionist.  I had to make it perfect.  So often we look at being a perfectionist as bad, but what if instead it was something that just is.  It's a thing about us.  We love getting lost in the details.

2) I loved to create. When I create I don’t care what else is going on around me. It becomes my obsession.  

That’s how I’ve always been… I get lost in putting things together with my hands.  I love a good project. I love a messy process knowing I can clean it all up in the end.  It never mattered to me how it got done… but the fact that I was making something all mine. 

It’s no wonder looking back that this is something I carry with me today-- making things.  I love it.  This is me.  This is who I am.   I'm a perfectionist with some things, and a total mess in the process.  You can create amazing things AND be messy.  This is who I help as a coach. 

I see you creators out there.  You love to make things, you want to share things with the world and you also wonder “who would want this?”  Trust me.  The world wants your gifts and talents.  Put them on full display and do so proudly.  Not only does the world want your gifts they also want YOU fully, not a watered-down version of you, but Y.O.U.  When you do what you love, you shine.... aside from the creations you create they want you, the creator.​

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​Journal Prompt Questions

1. If you could wake up one day and have the whole darn day to yourself, what would you do? 
2. When you were little, what did you LOVE to do? 
3. What sort of things do you get so lost in that you forget to eat or HATE that you have to stop to pee? 

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**P.S. I'm here to help.  What is a mess you're hiding from? What is something you so badly want to be doing with your time, but feel pulled to be doing all the other things?  Let's talk.  Set up a free breakthrough session with me so we can help you start living fully alive once and for all! ​