Oh, and another lovely and valuable notelet, Sarah! ✨ It’s such a journey to leave the ‘someone is already doing it better’ and stop the creativity before it even started. Until we see the value of doing it different, instead of better.
When you write ‘tap, tap, tapping’, I hear the sound of a old typewriter and a head full of stories to tell. Keep tapping into the magic 🤍
Oh love both of your magic together here. Celebrating you connecting back to your memoir Sarah! And love all your insights Laura... always adore the create before you consume sentiment! X
Thanks, Lauren. The voices of comparison and criticism can be so loud at times! I think acknowledging them helps to drown them out though. I already feel much better 💛
Love this collab and reminders on how to hold the inner critic so she feels safe and free to create. I totally agree, I need to have my own cup filled first before service others. And still, I can’t stop wondering what life would look like if I only created and not consumed. I stopped holding space for others in circles, workshops, somatic moment classes etc because I needed the time for myself for a long time and it was the best decision. With writing though, I’m splitting my energy 50/50 with creating and consuming as I currently feel like my creations get stuck in isolation and “consuming” is in a way to nourish the village that also nourished me in return. So I’m not making creating a priority over consuming. For the moment it seems to be what I need and I can see how this will likely shift as we enter the darkest time of the year. Not sure if this loud thinking process here even made sense? Xx
Hey Carmen! What I learn from your thoughtful comment is how reflective and self-aware you are. You seem to be living seasonally and are attuned to what you need right now: this thinking aloud made total sense to me, and I love the way you've described your process right now xx
Makes complete sense to me too. While I’m avoiding certain types of content at the moment (because it either pulls me off my own path or it’s like a fun day out for my inner critic) I continue still consume others because it helps with creation. It’s about finding a balance, I think! I’m writing about seasons of input and output on IG tomorrow so this feels relevant to that 💛
Sage and timeless advice from Laura – thank you for this, Sarah. It's incredibly soothing to realise just how universal these feelings of comparison and doubt are. If we can be honest that we all experience it, and can be triggered in myriad ways, then surely we connect more fully with one another and ease those feelings in the process.
I am delighted that you are returning to your memoir and cannot wait for it to meet its readers.x
Lindsay that's exactly what I was hoping for with this piece - thank you so much for your comment. And yes, I'm so excited for Sarah about her memoir! x
I definitely thrive on accountability but am slightly regretting being more open about my writing. 'Memoir' suddenly feels like such a big word again so I think I'll revert to 'my wee writing project' 😅
Oh, and another lovely and valuable notelet, Sarah! ✨ It’s such a journey to leave the ‘someone is already doing it better’ and stop the creativity before it even started. Until we see the value of doing it different, instead of better.
When you write ‘tap, tap, tapping’, I hear the sound of a old typewriter and a head full of stories to tell. Keep tapping into the magic 🤍
Thank you, Nadja. Indeed, letting go of comparison and criticism is a practice! And I’m trying my best to hold onto the magic in the process 🥰
Oh love both of your magic together here. Celebrating you connecting back to your memoir Sarah! And love all your insights Laura... always adore the create before you consume sentiment! X
Thanks, Lauren. The voices of comparison and criticism can be so loud at times! I think acknowledging them helps to drown them out though. I already feel much better 💛
Thanks so much darling I love love LOVE writing about this stuff xxx and Sarah is so inspirational, a real treat
Thank you for sharing this week’s notelet, Laura. It was the one I needed 🥰
Love this collab and reminders on how to hold the inner critic so she feels safe and free to create. I totally agree, I need to have my own cup filled first before service others. And still, I can’t stop wondering what life would look like if I only created and not consumed. I stopped holding space for others in circles, workshops, somatic moment classes etc because I needed the time for myself for a long time and it was the best decision. With writing though, I’m splitting my energy 50/50 with creating and consuming as I currently feel like my creations get stuck in isolation and “consuming” is in a way to nourish the village that also nourished me in return. So I’m not making creating a priority over consuming. For the moment it seems to be what I need and I can see how this will likely shift as we enter the darkest time of the year. Not sure if this loud thinking process here even made sense? Xx
Hey Carmen! What I learn from your thoughtful comment is how reflective and self-aware you are. You seem to be living seasonally and are attuned to what you need right now: this thinking aloud made total sense to me, and I love the way you've described your process right now xx
Makes complete sense to me too. While I’m avoiding certain types of content at the moment (because it either pulls me off my own path or it’s like a fun day out for my inner critic) I continue still consume others because it helps with creation. It’s about finding a balance, I think! I’m writing about seasons of input and output on IG tomorrow so this feels relevant to that 💛
Sage and timeless advice from Laura – thank you for this, Sarah. It's incredibly soothing to realise just how universal these feelings of comparison and doubt are. If we can be honest that we all experience it, and can be triggered in myriad ways, then surely we connect more fully with one another and ease those feelings in the process.
I am delighted that you are returning to your memoir and cannot wait for it to meet its readers.x
Lindsay that's exactly what I was hoping for with this piece - thank you so much for your comment. And yes, I'm so excited for Sarah about her memoir! x
I definitely thrive on accountability but am slightly regretting being more open about my writing. 'Memoir' suddenly feels like such a big word again so I think I'll revert to 'my wee writing project' 😅
Thanks, Lindsay. I agree! Sharing these feelings definitely normalises them and makes it easier to recover from them 🤗