As creators, we have a treasure trove of life skills that can be used to make a beautiful life. Through making art, we’ve learned to follow a feeling or vision, create safe space for it, stay in Beginner’s Mind, suspend judgement, and see it through to the end. Then, we we learn from the experience, hopefully laughing about it along the way! We understand that every artwork is a stepping stone to the next artwork. We don’t expect completion and if we’re wise, we don’t expect absolute perfection either, even though we might be chasing it.All these skills are exactly what you need to create a beautiful life. We have the whole toolkit. It’s just a matter of applying these same skills to life projects instead.For instance, what if you allowed yourself safe space to try out different tactics to improve your relationship with your partner? What if you didn’t take it too seriously, figuring that something would eventually work out?What if you allowed yourself safe space to build a business, starting it as a small experiment that you show to only a few people, then gradually build up from there?What if you were willing to take a new step in life just to see what happened - suspending judgement and not worrying about it?Beneath all of this is threaded a truth that children know deep down. When they play, when they jump into things because they know everything is supposed to work out for them.They fight things that are boring or aren’t fun because they know they deserve joy.When you step back and look at your life from a broader perspective, it’s easy to see when things that you thought were failures turn out be the best thing that could have happened.Everything is working out for you all the time. This is the most powerful truth to know. It is working out for you, whether it seems like it at the time or not.When you operate from this knowing, it opens the door to opportunity.If you enjoyed this episode, definitely tune in every Friday because I will be releasing a new episode each week. If you're interested in a conversation on how you can bring more abundance into your creative life, leave a review of this podcast, take a screenshot of it and email it to [email protected]. I'll invite you to a free group coaching class about exactly that!If you’re interested in deeper weekly support, email me at [email protected] to ask about the Creative Abundance Circle.

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