Here is some useful advice from Danielle LaPorte in the book The Desire Map.
( Find out more about this awesome book here: http://www.daniellelaporte.com/thedesiremap/)
Daniella says, "Just do something. Motion is better than stasis. When you take action, you learn, you build skills, you get freer. When you stay still because you're afraid to move, your self-worth wanes, you're doubts fester and breed more doubts, your courage atrophies. It's not pretty. Suit up and head out."
This is so true. Sometimes when the spell of inertia immobilizes me I break the spell by doing something, anything, to get the energy flowing again. Even if it's not art related yet. I take a shower, or do a crazy dance to some loud music, or the dishes, or clean my studio, run (okay...walk) around the block or anything that involves vigorous movement. Once the paralysis of doubt and fear (or simply laziness) is dispelled and the juices are flowing then I am usually able to translate this general feeling of aliveness into more focused art making.
Take some action this week towards that, for which you long. A thousand mile journey always starts with one, simple, tiny step. One step will create the necessary momentum to take the next, and the next. But be careful not to make your goals so extra-ordinary, so spectacular and awesome that you chicken out just thinking about them. Lower your expectations to doable, realistic goals and then go from there. My friend Gregg Levoy says in his book Vital Signs, "The only goals with any power are the little ones that you can put on tomorrow's to-do list." (learn more about this beautiful book here http://www.gregglevoy.com/vital-signs/index.html )
Have a wonderful, paradigm shifting, consciousness expanding and evolution propelling week everyone!
