You live and learn. Or at least I do. I’ve realised a couple of things this month. And I’m just keeping it all up here so you can see, I’m not backtracking. I’m learning. And sometimes that’s the hard way lol. I often set pretty lofty goals for myself, and then start out decently only to fall off track of those goals pretty quickly. I made a post at the start of the month about creating something every day of February. Well…. that hasn’t happened. But I learned something tangibly this month and I wanted to share it.
Marathon > Sprint
This is a tough one. But a lot of times I try to just take off on a dead sprint without any preparation or buildup. That costs me oftentimes. But this is what I learned this month, is that life isn’t a sprint. It’s a marathon. And so if what you’re doing isn’t working, sometimes it’s because you’re trying to do sprint through it instead of pacing yourself so that you can actually finish the race (or whatever it is you’re chasing).
So I’m learning to build good habits that help reach my goals gradually. There’s always something to be said for pushing ourselves, but if we push ourselves too far, we can end up being far less productive in the long run than if we had trusted the process. I’m trying to embrace consistency.
Don’t make mountains out of molehills
Old me might have gotten upset at missing my goals. Me now isn’t going to sweat it. It’s okay to give yourself grace when it comes to stuff like this. At least that’s what I’ve been telling myself. It’s totally okay to readjust things on the fly and decide, this isn’t working, but it just needs reworked a little bit and it could. I don’t know if any of these makes sense to anyone but me. I’ve been fairly introspective today and when I do that I tend to sound super nerdy (and simultaneously not be clear about what I’m trying to say in the least. So if that is this post then well, I guess that’s where we’re at. But all that to say, the plan doesn’t end here. I’m going to be committing myself more and more to consistency and showing up, and finally not being so afraid to share my projects. We’ll see how that goes. But I don’t want to hide the things that I feel God has put on my heart for a reason.
If you’re a creative, I think one of the most important things that I’ve learned from others is to just press publish. Creating things whether you feel like they’re perfect or not. Never let the fear of imperfection stop you. Let the little things be little things.
Okay that’s all for right now. Toodles!
The Treehouse 