I was reminded of something last night.
I was reminded of how in a world where we have information at our fingertips we can completely be lacking in wisdom.
I am not speaking on the collective level but on an individual one. I love research. I love finding out information and I love to be inspired by others and (hopefully) inspire others. I have remembered though that when our default is to check “out” rather than to check “in” we lose so very much wisdom.
It’s so easy to take an opinion poll or to research the correct way to do something. (Grow a blog, for example, create a flourishing coaching business etc.) You can go online and find a 10-step list for just about everything. There are formulas to success and there are ways in which you can do things and grow things. There are people you can hire and there are keywords you can use. I have found myself looking into all these things of late as I have been crafting my new coaching site.
I have been very intentional this time around. I wanted to make sure that when I create my practice it is something I love and look forward to doing each and every day. I want it to be filled with magic and sparkle and to be uniquely me. I am slowly realizing however that the practice I was creating was a little me and a lot of what I thought would be successful.
I was looking out.
When I stop and look within and think about what lights me up, what makes me unique and what allows me to share in a very tried and true way I am given a very different picture.
I have struggled for years with how to brand my blog and even wrote a bit about my thoughts on branding and how it just never felt right for me. A decision that later led to the Dreaming Dilettante being my new blog.
I have been crafting a new site for my coaching practice. One that I felt would be clear, concise and would allow visitors an easy experience when the arrived at my site.
The only problem is-I am not concise and if I am being perfectly honest for a more linear mind I am probably not that clear. I am intuitive, wild and creative. I move and flow with the rhythm that is my life and I create from there. It’s messy, all over the place and anything but neat and concise.
It’s paint splattered and watercolored.
It’s here and then *woosh* it’s over there.
It’s researching homemade cleaners one minute and Tibetan Prayers the next.
It’s cleaning a running nose or offering a 4 year-old snuggles and then back to a blog post about purpose (or anti-steps or whatever I titled this post).
It’s a mom, a wife, a woman, a wild creative, a person whose work could be described as a coach if only she didn’t really, really hate that word.
One of the blogging suggestions I read was about posts to include in your blog to help it gain traffic. It was talking about lists of 10. (10 ways to keep your house clean, 10 Ways to Raise Independent Thinkers, etc.) I liked the idea initially and in some ways, I am still using it-just with my own spin.
I am looking within myself and following the prompts and guidance from spirit, from my higher self and from a part of me that really doesn’t know why anyone would care about the stats on their blog if what they are creating is enjoyable to them. The part of me that knows that abundance and sustainability do not come from quantifying numbers or translating visits to purchases or whatever it is I should be doing. The part of me that knows if I trust and show up doing my thing every day that there is no limit to what I can do, be or experience.
The Life Artist will always, always, always be provided for.
What about you?
Are you someone who is tired of trying to do things the way
they “should” be done?
Are you realizing how often you ask or search out the opinions of others?
Are you ready to listen “in” and gather the tribe that is meant to support you?
The tribe that would never resonate with the cookie cutter version
of your brilliance?
The tribe that truly can support, cheer and bring about change in you without ever once feeling insecure about themselves?
Are you ready to be Your Life’s Artist?
Join me for the transformative workshop.
I want to mention that this post was inspired by Whitney Freya and her honest and sharing that takes place within the Life Artist Master Class. Thanks for the reminder! *smile*
Until next time…
-Michele, aka The Dreaming Dilettante