This was beautiful, Aly. I needed to read this because I had such a similar experience- I was on such a creative high shortly after starting The Artist's Way and then had surgery and catapulted myself right into the holidays and the spark has worn off. Such great reminders to have self compassion and to keep showing up!
I was feeling so high at the beginning of the cohort and then life got in the way 😂 so glad this message was helpful and thanks, as always, for reading and encouraging me 💛
Aly I loved listening to this piece, hearing your voice reach each vignette was a treat. I especially loved your call at the end for self compassion and that is exactly the gentle reminder I needed as I pick up writing again after what feels like the longest year. Thank you
Thanks for listening, Jessica! Wishing you a gentle and compassionate holiday season and year end whatever it ends up looking like! You have made amazing writing strides this year, even if it didn’t feel ideal or enough 💛
So much good stuff here, Aly! And fun to read about and visualize how words and energy pulse through you. Grateful to bear witness to the highs and nos of creativity with you :)
Okay, WOW! I’m with Susan—so many wonderful nuggets and phrases to process! I already want to reread this. I love what you said about how being disappointed makes you human. (I loved everything.)
“or, the most worthy of bragging rights, exactly 69 times” made me LOL.
Thank you so much, Laura! I have you and the cohort to thank for reigniting that creative spark! Hehe. I giggled at the 69 reference. Can’t remember my email password, but I remember that 😉
*And later go back and link the foot note to the full post… I just had that thought on my recent foot note that I also want to do a stand-alone post on.
Oh, I hate that you got sick and it threw off your rhythm! But I love how you wrote about it and shared your learnings and journey through. Spirals for sure, friend 💛 joining you in the journey of finding and holding self-compassion and grace! Also loved those snowy pictures, and I want to watch Shrinking and haven’t yet.. adding that for my list for the new year!
This was beautiful, Aly. I needed to read this because I had such a similar experience- I was on such a creative high shortly after starting The Artist's Way and then had surgery and catapulted myself right into the holidays and the spark has worn off. Such great reminders to have self compassion and to keep showing up!
I was feeling so high at the beginning of the cohort and then life got in the way 😂 so glad this message was helpful and thanks, as always, for reading and encouraging me 💛
Aly I loved listening to this piece, hearing your voice reach each vignette was a treat. I especially loved your call at the end for self compassion and that is exactly the gentle reminder I needed as I pick up writing again after what feels like the longest year. Thank you
Thanks for listening, Jessica! Wishing you a gentle and compassionate holiday season and year end whatever it ends up looking like! You have made amazing writing strides this year, even if it didn’t feel ideal or enough 💛
“You can’t live on the zipper / but I can keep showing up” — so good, Aly! I loved reading this!!
Thanks, Laura! I am missing the creative cohort—can’t wait for the next one to start!
So much good stuff here, Aly! And fun to read about and visualize how words and energy pulse through you. Grateful to bear witness to the highs and nos of creativity with you :)
Thank you, Lisa. Grateful for you on this creativity and self-compassion journey as well!
Okay, WOW! I’m with Susan—so many wonderful nuggets and phrases to process! I already want to reread this. I love what you said about how being disappointed makes you human. (I loved everything.)
“or, the most worthy of bragging rights, exactly 69 times” made me LOL.
Shrinking!! Such a great show!
Thank you so much, Laura! I have you and the cohort to thank for reigniting that creative spark! Hehe. I giggled at the 69 reference. Can’t remember my email password, but I remember that 😉
So Good! I'll have to read it over and over to process all the wonderful nuggets and phrases!
Thank you ☺️
“Like gratitude or happiness, you can’t dictate or control your feelings, try as you might.”
Love the spotlight on emotional perfectionism!
I was also struck by this and appreciated the definition Aly gave in the footnote <3
After I made the footnote, I was thinking I could probably write a whole post just on emotional perfectionism—maybe for a future Glitch Fix!
Yes, please do!
*And later go back and link the foot note to the full post… I just had that thought on my recent foot note that I also want to do a stand-alone post on.
Yes, please!
Oh, I hate that you got sick and it threw off your rhythm! But I love how you wrote about it and shared your learnings and journey through. Spirals for sure, friend 💛 joining you in the journey of finding and holding self-compassion and grace! Also loved those snowy pictures, and I want to watch Shrinking and haven’t yet.. adding that for my list for the new year!