Oh don’t get too excited…I don’t mean engaged in that way (I’m barely dating)!
But that is the word that is on the tip of my tongue for the last few days. You’d think it was even my word of the year.
Or YES. Yes is what this year feels like so far. Open. Hopeful.
I feel like I’m falling deeper in love with my work right now. You know that stage where you’ve been together for a while and you know you love each other but then you get to a place where you shift to a deeper, less fearful kind of love? Thats what right now feels like.
Neither YES nor ENGAGED are my words of the year (I’m writing a post coming this week that will share what it is) but this years word of the year came to me totally from intuition and I feel like it was the right choice.
One of the things that is helping me feel so beautifully engaged with my work right now is the wonderful Jennifer Lee‘s workshop this past weekend on CreativeLIVE. It was a 3 day Right Brain Business Plan workshop and though I’ve done lots of RBBP
An incredible thing that happened too which was I was invited to join in for a skype call live with Jennifer during the workshop. I shared some of what I had done in the activities and then what unfolded was a beautiful conversation with Jenn and the online audience. They asked some wonderful questions and I felt comfortable just being me and sharing a bit about my business and the vulnerabilities and adventures that happened along the way. I felt so seen, heard and that what I had to say was helpful to other creative entrepreneurs. Thank you so much to Jennifer and CreativeLIVE for having me.
I’m actually kind of head over heels for CreativeLIVE now. Their format for workshops is that it is free as you watch it live (and then you can purchase a download of the course which you very much might want to to)! What I found extra special was the way they have moderators who help bring forward the online audience’s questions so you really feel like you are a part of the workshop, even if you are sitting at home in your p.j’s!
I’m crossing my fingers this deeply engaged feeling sticks around as it doesn’t leave a lot of room for the self-doubt gremlins to get ahold of me and I think last year contained a bit too much of that for my liking. I’m mighty happy for the respite from it and this newfound space to just create, write, photograph and dream in a deeply engaged, YES provoking, heart-filled kind of way.
I always try to make my days productive, but the last few days have had me taking leaps and bounds into projects I had a lot of fear around getting started (the resisting a big dream kind of fear) and I’m excited to keep this momentum going.
I so truly wish the same for you on your creative journey too…