The Calypso project is slowly under ways. I keep thinking that I'm doing something wrong, that little feeling of insecurity about your work and whether or not it's going to look nice.
I'm sure we've all had that feeling sometimes with a project we're doing. It can't be helped: part of our upbringing is to question the quality of our creations. To bad we aren't taught to think that no matter what I create, "It will be perfect and beautiful. Even if I make mistakes and it doesn't please everyone's eyes, I have created something with my power and abilities. And it is GOOD."
Shoot, if I thought like that all the time I would rolling in some cash :D
But I don't, I have my insecurities, I have my doubts, I have my weaknesses even in the things I love to do. I can only shape my thoughts and actions in ways to better help me understand that what I am creating isn't for quality sake: it's to help me express myself, even when it DOES get messy.
So my pep talk is this: "I don't think I'm doing this right....wait, let me check the directions. This doesn't make any sense! Darn it, I think I made a mistake....well, can't go back now. I'm defiantly not unraveling all of that! It won't be so bad, maybe no one will notice....but I will know. Arrrgggh, okay! Just keep going, it doesn't really matter. I'm learning as I go. I can do this, I can finish this. Like a BOSS!! .....it doesn't look so bad actually, I really do like it. It'll be fine in the end. Yeah, everything will be fine."
This conversation frequently crosses my mind in some shape or form whenever I do a project because I want it to be perfect and I want it to look perfect. However, I REALLY must remind myself.
Everything I already create through my mind and hands will be perfect already, and any judgments that follow are of personal preference.
Tally ho I say, tally HO!
I'm sure we've all had that feeling sometimes with a project we're doing. It can't be helped: part of our upbringing is to question the quality of our creations. To bad we aren't taught to think that no matter what I create, "It will be perfect and beautiful. Even if I make mistakes and it doesn't please everyone's eyes, I have created something with my power and abilities. And it is GOOD."
Shoot, if I thought like that all the time I would rolling in some cash :D
But I don't, I have my insecurities, I have my doubts, I have my weaknesses even in the things I love to do. I can only shape my thoughts and actions in ways to better help me understand that what I am creating isn't for quality sake: it's to help me express myself, even when it DOES get messy.
So my pep talk is this: "I don't think I'm doing this right....wait, let me check the directions. This doesn't make any sense! Darn it, I think I made a mistake....well, can't go back now. I'm defiantly not unraveling all of that! It won't be so bad, maybe no one will notice....but I will know. Arrrgggh, okay! Just keep going, it doesn't really matter. I'm learning as I go. I can do this, I can finish this. Like a BOSS!! .....it doesn't look so bad actually, I really do like it. It'll be fine in the end. Yeah, everything will be fine."
This conversation frequently crosses my mind in some shape or form whenever I do a project because I want it to be perfect and I want it to look perfect. However, I REALLY must remind myself.
Everything I already create through my mind and hands will be perfect already, and any judgments that follow are of personal preference.
Tally ho I say, tally HO!