The One Hundred Day Creative Challenge Day 15
Being free from fear of being wrong is essential to the creative process.
Too often our perfectionism turns into fear which turns into procrastination which morphs into atrophy.
I have a book I finished writing a few months ago now and I’ve begun editing it AGAIN as I felt like I could do better. And I can!
But, at some point I will have to say ENOUGH and send it off for publishing.
At school I was forever afraid of asking questions in case I was wrong. In case someone laughed at me. In case someone thought I was stupid.
As a teacher I loved kids who asked questions and were brave enough to risk ridicule and overcome the fear of being wrong. They were the smart ones in my book.
When it comes to creativity we learn by mistakes. We learn by doing. We learn by doing something that breaks the rules—even if others consider it to be ‘wrong’.
Today I choose to be brave, live a creative life and make mistakes. That’s where the fun begins!
