I don’t need more boxes or labels… I need more mirrors

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I’m laying in bed typing this after a good old spiraling out session…

One of those ones I put myself through when I get wrapped up in the outside. In the:

• Frameworks

• Structures

• Strategy

• The next “smart” move

I read a well intentioned, meant-to-be-helpful email about how to succeed on YouTube…. Saying: “Naming your niche is key. It’s as simple as how you help them.”

Which turned into an hour of me researching SEO keywords, scouring Pinterest and YouTube for signs that the “succinct one word” (to encapsulate the essence of my whole being… 🤔) is in fact exactly what others are looking for…

And as I hit the pinnacle of my psychosis- I turned to Collin and word vomited everything I was spiraling with at him. 🤦🏼‍♀️

To which he calmly and caringly said: “Why don’t you focus on showing the doing versus thinking and telling.”

I immediately felt a release.

Not because his words were permission- but because they were remembrance.

Remembrance of:

• A thought that I had been circling by like a round about, the entire time of my freak out.

• A thought that I had actually committed myself to recently… blame it on the mom-brain that I forgot this very important detail?

The second he verbalized what I knew in my gut to be my truth- all of the spinning stopped.

And also had me questioning:

• Why do we put ourselves in boxes?

• Why do we limit ourselves with frameworks and structures?

I get so caught up in the frameworks and structures and “smart moves” and things that “work”, that I drive myself towards anxiety (and insanity) too often.

When… if I just paused, released, tuned out the exterior and tuned into myself… I’d have my answer. Because my blueprint is inside me.

• I don’t need more boxes or labels… I need more mirrors.

More reflection back to my way and my truth.

I hope my words can offer a mirror (instead of a box or a label) for you too 💕

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P.S. Mark Your Calendars 🗓️

Our Seasonal Connect + Co-Work Session is on January 8th at 10am EST.

This is a time where our paid community members get together to brainstorm, chat with each other or just have dedicated accountable time to work on their next creative project.

I plan to use this session as a space for a mini self-led retreat. A space to Slow Down and Create and I plan to share that with our community members too.

Any questions about our group?