Creativity takes courage

Being a creative person takes courage. You may think “oh its not hard to be creative what’s so scary about it?”. Well day after day I have to continue pushing myself to not be afraid. Because you can put out a piece of work and have no idea of what your audience is going to think. You also may have gotten caught up in the followers and likes game.

Followers and likes do not show you being creative and whatever else you may think. One thing to think about daily is that what you are doing there is someone that is going to be doing exactly what you are doing but they will be better. Just think of the days when you continued to dream about what you wanted to do versus taking action.

You cannot be scared of other peoples opinion in regards to your creativity. People are going to have an opinion so what its not that big of a deal. A great example is people who are not confident fully in themselves and think of everything negative that could happen. I will be honest with you all I still have days when I do not feel like doing a calligraphy piece or working on a logo.

But you know what I made a personal commitment to myself that I am not going to quit or just give up. More and more seeking information is what I have focused on doing. The podcasts and books I have been reading helped me a lot. You know investing in yourself helps you to become a more confident person and to strengthen your belief of your work. I want you to personally know your work may be shit right now but your willingness to not give up is what will separate you from those who want the easy way out.

Get up and believe in yourself you are not a loser and your work is not crap it will get to the level you want it to be. The only way for it to improve is to fully dedicate yourself to improving. Those who lack courage tend to just live a life of what if’s. For example you may say what if I did this to this piece or what if I told people I planned on selling my artwork or what if I tried this.

Stop questioning every little thing and just go and do it. Being a creative individual requires trust, courage and belief in yourself and you can do it. If things are not happening as fast as you’d like them to be keep working and improving your belief and courage. Because being a creative person we can be pretty hard on ourselves for no reason.

Chase the Vision Not the Money

This is something that I see taking effect in my current life. Because I have been interviewing for a graphic design position and I actually will be working freelance for an agency. When you first start out your career or Journey in life you have many people who are just short sighted. They right away want to tell you make sure your career pays good.

Well that is not the correct way to go about doing something. This may seem a mystical and unreliable way to live your life. Well if you notice many of the successful people who make a lot of money they do what they are doing because they love it. You can start working at mcdonalds and then you will want to even own your own Mcdonalds some day. You could be working at a fashion store and want to start your own fashion line.

The point is if you have a vision follow that and not the money. Because if you are chasing the money eventually it will do as a wild animal would and that is run away from you. You have to develop your belief to be stronger than those around you. The reason is you will have people telling you that they do not believe in your dreams. Then after you go out and make it happen they will want it from you. Then ask you how you did it.

If you have a vision follow it

Whenever we have a vision I know that it can be hard for some people to take action. Then a month or so later they still have not made any change. The same thing can be said for someone wanting to be a freelancer and never contacting clients. When honestly its easy and also easy not to do.

You may sit at work or in class and have ideas for products to create. The question I’m wondering is why have you not made them? Now this day in age its so easy to start a business or learn something you do not know quickly. There is also no problem that you are having that someone else has not had. Stop being a consumer and start being a producer.

There may be at times people that want you to do the normal thing. Which is getting a Job and then live a normal life. Not saying doing so is bad but you have to be honest with yourself. This is not for everyone to do because honestly not everyone could deal with what comes of this.

So from now on if you have a vision of something that you want to create stop wishful thinking and take action. Taking action simply starts with setting goals that will push you in the direction you want to go. You can do it if you believe.