Forgiveness is a major part of the creative process.
Specifically forgiving previous versions of ourselves who did not live up to our own expectations.
Finding a way to forgive that version of ourselves that started something full of excitement and potential, but eventually gave up and left the project unfinished and abandoned.
There are lessons from these “failed” projects, so there is value in looking at them and not running away from them.
But when that exploration is done and the lessons are gained, continuing to punish ourselves for past projects that didn’t go the way we had hoped, will never lead to more creatively.
I have started 5podcasts in the last 3 years. None of them took off the way I had hoped.
Some were abandoned too soon, and I feel bad about these.
Some I finished to the pre-determined end-date (podcast episode 365) and yet, apart of me feels disappointed that it only got 7000 downloads.
Some I will come back to in the future.
The point is, I feel like I am carrying much guilt about these projects.
Like all poison, this guilt can fester and rot away inside us.
It can weigh us down. It can block the flow of creativity and hope.
Yes, we can jump onto the next project and chase the high of starting something new.
I’ve done this way too often in my life.
But maybe before we move on to the next project, we take a moment to sincerely sit with that part of us that we are so mad at, and see if we can forgive them for the past projects.
Instead of constantly putting them down and punishing them, what would happen if we let go of the past and placed that punishment energy into supporting them. Believing in them, and also filling in the gaps on things they might have done in the past that were not productive.
For example, in the past, I almost never shared my podcasts on social media. How the hell is anything going to grow, if no one knows about it and I never promote it?!
All this to say… I have a new podcast. I am proud of this podcast. It’s new and I am a little shy about it. But I am taking the learnings from the past and bringing them to this new project.
It’s called the Artist Morning Podcast. It is obviously connected to the Artist Morning project I have started.
This is episode 001. I chose my homie Chris Assaad as our first guest.
Chris massively helped me blast through a dense creative block I had and so I personally experienced his talent in working with artists and creators to GET UNSTUCK. Dude knows his shit and is effective!
He also makes such beautiful music. I only discovered his music last fall, but I have easily spent hours and hours playing his music.
Okay… here we go…. The Artist Morning Podcast — -> Episode 001
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