What you’ll discover in this episode about wondering if you’re creative or not creative in in midlife:
- A decades-long belief like you’re “creative, but not really creative,” can hide in plain sight and can feel true.
- Small creative projects (like making a decorative valence, staining a chessboard table, and doodling whale tails) are proof but unrecognized as such.
- Getting your creative groove back isn’t always motivated by inspiration; sometimes it’s necessity, grief, or a summer that needs to include something positive.
- Getting certified in a new skill isn’t always about mastery…sometimes it’s about giving yourself permission to take it seriously.
- You don’t have to be the most technically skilled or accomplished to be genuinely good at teaching something, modeling it or leading it either.
- One of the biggest regrets you can carry isn’t necessarily having a big failure. Instead, it’s commonly not allowing yourself to be happy
- The belief you’re carrying about yourself might just be an untested thought
Welcome to another episode of the Women in the Middle® Podcast!
Are you creative? Or not REALLY creative? For decades, I told myself I was creative. But not really creative. I could do lettering and calligraphy. But I couldn’t draw or paint. So being creative became something I did on the side of my life instead of something I let myself really own.
In this episode, I’m tracing that belief all the way back through a bathroom valance I made just because I wanted to, a plain Ikea table turned into a chessboard, and years of doodling whales I love so much I bought a domain for it. Then something happened. It felt like the summer that cracked creativity open. It centered around a cancelled Grand Canyon rafting trip, a friend’s art studio, and a decision to create something rather than have a summer with only sadness.
This isn’t a story about becoming an artist. It’s a story about giving yourself permission and about one of the most common regrets I hear from midlife women: not letting yourself be happy. Please enjoy!
Mentioned in this Episode:
- Midlife Doodle-Think™ Club →www.doodlethink.com
- Episode 446: Awe, Wonder & Joy in the Slow Lane (Costa Rica retreat)
- Museum of Modern Art Experience (MoMA): Blog: https://suzyrosenstein.com/blog/midlife-moma/
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