We’re worth it.

What do I need right now? What is my body saying? What does my creative slef need to feel…safe and protected…strong enough to venture further than I have before? Is it possible to hope for this much when I am not litte miss perfect, ready, wonderful? Is it too much to think that I, that we can all create a life which is so damn supportive to our essence and sense of self?

Every time I declare the qualities that I am inviting into my life. I am met with friends or loved ones who tell me that I am asking for too much. That life is not that way. And a little part of me fears that they are right. Since I have feel I have so far, failed, with life in a material way at least, they must surely know more than I could. Right? Yep I fear that I must indeed somehow toughen up, numb out and change, in order to live in this world and BE ‘successful’.

But I take comfort in the idea that I am not at least entirely convinced that there argument is the gospel truth. That perhaps this is just their stuff being recycled as something resembling fact. And I am comforted by the notion, that even if I am very far off from this, that you and others can at least walk a little further towards creating a work, a business, a life which is supported by those qualities which we need to do more than survive. And that I hope to swiftly follow in your footsteps – in my own little way one day!

So yep if we start with a sketch, with a doodle, with an idea that we can indeed ask for what we need then it maybe indeed make it so.

Thanks for such a groovy, clear and insightful post & thanks for reminding me to ask the ‘right’ questions! Marvelous!
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I’ll answer them for my business this weekend.

What great inspiration and clarity! :)

And the course sounds amazing because the hard part for me is definitely taking those qualities and translating them into specific ideas and even action steps. I think I’m going to go play with this a little now. Yay! And thank you.
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I love the qualities that are on your no-brainer list for this year. And I especially love that you’ll be trimming your project list of anything that you’re not excited to do…It’s so easy to forget to ask ourselves whether we really want to do something before we start.

Thank you so much for sharing…and I can’t wait to read your newsletter!

And these No-Brainer questions? I love them. I find myself coming back to them when I’m in situations that feel kind of sticky. They’re like stuck-be-gone for life stuff!

So let me try to rock this thing:

What qualities would help you get that No-Brainer, “Hell yeah!” feeling about 2010?
Joy
Flow
Expansion
Expression
Connection

Of those qualities, which ones can your business help you with?
I feel like my biz could help me with all of these. Which is awesome!

Flow – I have a list of projects and stuff I want to share this year. I have this sense of one flowing into the next, all the way through 2010. That feels so good!

Expansion – I feel like I’m in growgrowgrow mode right now. Expanding what I’m doing. How I’m doing it. Where I’m doing it. That’s touching every aspect of my biz. New projects. New products. New ways of connecting with folks. Hanging out with more folks.

Expression – This year I’m doing the projects I want to do. Not the stuff I felt like I should do or have to do. But the stuff I want to do. So my biz is giving me room to express what I really love the most. Which leaves me feeling really excited.

Connection – I’m looking at ways of maintaining my connection with my existing folks and also looking at ways to make connections with new people. And, for me, connection is the key elements that really supports the expansion and the joy. Because it rocks to be able to share stuff I love with people I dig.

For the things you described above, what are some ideas for projects, activities or practices that you could explore to accomplish those things?

My list of projects – I could give some thought to structuring the flow of these projects in a way that feels natural and organic, where one project or product supports the next, creating a very cool connection between all the stuff I’m doing.

Doing stuff I love – I have already given my list of possible projects a pretty good once over. I’ll go through it again and cross off everything that doesn’t leave me feeling totally excited to do it.

Connection – I’m starting a newsletter, and plan to increase the frequency of my blog posts. I’m also finishing the details on a referral program. And I just go on Facebook yesterday. Twitter is, and probably will be, one of my favorite ways of connecting with people.

Are there any projects that give you more of the qualities than others?

One of the cool insights I had while doing this was that doing stuff I love can carry over to doing the newsletter. Which, to this point, has felt like more like an ughified should. But I can do what I love with the newsletter too, which means I could actually love doing it! Oh, that’s awesome!

Yay!

Thanks Victoria.

This No-Brainer stuff is like magic!
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