I want to create something that lasts...

I was listening to a little music last night…

• and that paired with

  Bianca Lea Morra
  ’s phrase "over consumption leads to under creating"

• + my friend

  Elin Petronella
  ’s phrasing of "your creative practice starts with doing something you want to do no matter what- it's infused in your day"

culminated in being smacked with a gripping feeling of "I NEED to create something that lasts- now."

It was one of those gasping for air type of feelings!?

I was super tired so I told myself to remember this concept for the morning but sleep to take the anxiety out of the feeling. And I remembered it with less edge when I woke up.

So I finished my monthly magazine…

and felt like:

I need to be able to touch this stuff I'm creating.

So I printed it through canva so I'll have a physical copy of it.

But I want to take it deeper.

I’m not sure what that looks like yet but I feel ready for a bigger project. Thinking about working on my ‘Curating Your Creative Space mini-course’ as a starter today.

But then, interestingly enough, the other conversation that's been swirling in my head has been the concept of helping others have deeper conversations.

When my friends and I talk we just get into the good stuff not the fake blehhhhh.

I was doing one of my thesis interviews with Kelly Sinclair and she said she wished she had deeper conversations like this with the people in her world. Reminding me how special it is that women like us want to really talk when we’re together.

So I've been noticing when being in conversations has invited the people around me to speak their truth and just show up with what’s really happening.

Which is why I re-named our monthly community meetup to: Deeper Discussions. And that resonance shown through with a handful of immediate sign ups.

And then I wrote this post… scheduled it… and afterwards saw this sign:

It’s in the bathroom of Bean’s coffee shop and I’ve literally never read it before… until today (of course.)

And it feels like it brings this whole swirl together for me

Maybe…. creating something that lasts isn’t (just) about these major projects and points of impact but (more) about how we show up and spend each day. What we create out of the limited time we trade our 24 hours for. A step by step approach if you will…

(and now as I type that a car drove by with the license plate 444✨)

That's going to be my focus and takeaway from this 24 hour swirl…

Asking myself: how can I make a lasting impact TODAY?

Noticing the nudges and synchronicities as a new drive/deeper connection/experience with my creative work unfolds.

I’m curious- How do you approach your days and impact on the world? What’s been swirling for you?