I had this episode in my ears as I walked up to the top of a tor with a beautiful view which is a great analogy for how I felt listening to this. I kept stopping to make notes and it made me realise how low my creative self esteem had fallen. The best is still to come - always guilty of looking back and this has blown it away and not jus…
I had this episode in my ears as I walked up to the top of a tor with a beautiful view which is a great analogy for how I felt listening to this. I kept stopping to make notes and it made me realise how low my creative self esteem had fallen. The best is still to come - always guilty of looking back and this has blown it away and not just in a few inspiring broad brush sayings but digging deeper with reasoned argument and relatable examples.
Only one thing I must take issue with. As someone who has just turned 60 I don’t want to be thought of as a sage! Being called a girl still suits me and inside I still feel like one!
Why is it so hard for us all to believe ‘the best is still to come’? Half the time my brain struggles to even remember it is a possibility! I think I might need it tattooing on the inside of my eyelids or something.
And I hear you on ‘sage’ and apologise if we were clumsy in our language there. I always get a bit snarled up around these labels and any time I talk about ages and stages not least because none of the language does any of us justice (probably by design). Also, it’s so easy to look ahead and think “oh I’ll be wise and grounded in another 10 years” and then every time I get there I realise, nope, still feel about 23 in my head 😂
Absolutely! No offence taken with 'sage' - it's hard to navigate terms and in lots of ways 'sage should be positive. I just associate it with a wrinkled old woman who lives in a cottage or a guru that's cross legged and meditates. Another way that's been drip-fed to us over the I guess! All fired up though and setting up my Substack. I've got the same thrilled feeling I had in 2010 when I first set up my blog. My shoulders feel like they've released kilos of tension - a weight of expectation has been lifted. In fact that's my first article in my publication. Writing this here to keep me accountable so I don't get bogged down in having it 'perfect' (fonts, layout, images, bio etc) before I go live. Thanks as always Sara. I'm great at dishing out good, effective advice to my clients but absolutely rubbish at seeing things clearly or being brave enough to do things for myself. Appreciate you taking the time to reply. Take care
So honoured we got to join you on your walk today, Sally. I'm so sorry you've been navigating of slow creative self esteem and I really hope this has encouraged you to keep going and trusting that the best is yet to come! :)
I had this episode in my ears as I walked up to the top of a tor with a beautiful view which is a great analogy for how I felt listening to this. I kept stopping to make notes and it made me realise how low my creative self esteem had fallen. The best is still to come - always guilty of looking back and this has blown it away and not just in a few inspiring broad brush sayings but digging deeper with reasoned argument and relatable examples.
Only one thing I must take issue with. As someone who has just turned 60 I don’t want to be thought of as a sage! Being called a girl still suits me and inside I still feel like one!
Why is it so hard for us all to believe ‘the best is still to come’? Half the time my brain struggles to even remember it is a possibility! I think I might need it tattooing on the inside of my eyelids or something.
And I hear you on ‘sage’ and apologise if we were clumsy in our language there. I always get a bit snarled up around these labels and any time I talk about ages and stages not least because none of the language does any of us justice (probably by design). Also, it’s so easy to look ahead and think “oh I’ll be wise and grounded in another 10 years” and then every time I get there I realise, nope, still feel about 23 in my head 😂
Absolutely! No offence taken with 'sage' - it's hard to navigate terms and in lots of ways 'sage should be positive. I just associate it with a wrinkled old woman who lives in a cottage or a guru that's cross legged and meditates. Another way that's been drip-fed to us over the I guess! All fired up though and setting up my Substack. I've got the same thrilled feeling I had in 2010 when I first set up my blog. My shoulders feel like they've released kilos of tension - a weight of expectation has been lifted. In fact that's my first article in my publication. Writing this here to keep me accountable so I don't get bogged down in having it 'perfect' (fonts, layout, images, bio etc) before I go live. Thanks as always Sara. I'm great at dishing out good, effective advice to my clients but absolutely rubbish at seeing things clearly or being brave enough to do things for myself. Appreciate you taking the time to reply. Take care
So honoured we got to join you on your walk today, Sally. I'm so sorry you've been navigating of slow creative self esteem and I really hope this has encouraged you to keep going and trusting that the best is yet to come! :)
Thanks Jen 🙏🏻