Note: This is the flip side to my recent post ‘Don’t take things personally’ I have a wish. It is for all of us to judge less, or even better, not at all. We are all on our own path, and we can’t possibly understand everyone else’s. Blimey, we can’t even navigate our own road …read more
“Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know they can do it.” – Amy Poehler I have heard this a lot. Heard about really awesome people who have…… doubts! Yet all we ever see is the end result. The successes. We don’t see all the toil that came before, because …read more
Ah, such wonderful advice. But how do we go about achieving this? As a performer, this is advice that would have changed my experience in the dance and theatre world, had I learned to implement it. I didn’t however. I spent my auditions taking everything very personally. Sometimes I would win the job, sometimes I …read more
Will power (or lack of…) I don’t know how you are with will power, but I don’t think I have very much. So I try to find other ways of helping myself. In or Out If someone offers me a plate of biscuits, I am likely to eat some. But I don’t stock my cupboards with …read more
I have been very absent in blog land of late. I have continued to write but I haven’t published anything or really shared any creative work in a while. And I have missed it. Continue what I Started I want to write. And I do. But I mostly write drafts, for myself. But that is …read more
Congratulations! Level Unlocked! Reaching a new level of ability can be exciting, scary and intimidating, but really it’s just plain great. It means you’ve unlocked a new level to conquer – like unlocking a new level of Super Mario. It means you are ready to face the challenge ahead, whereas perhaps it wasn’t the right time for …read more
It is said so often and by so many people that it is really easy to believe that it’s true. That talent exists. But I disagree. I believe the story behind every ‘talented’ person is that they have worked hard to gain their skill. That it took so much dedication, commitment and love for the …read more
De-cluttering, Again After my enormous kon-mari de-clutter, it was time to put my focus on organising my notebook messiness. I had a book on the go at all times. But my book was like my mind; all over the place, full of ideas that I scribbled down and then forgot. This behaviour was never going to turn my ideas …read more
I have already written about the joy of dancing like no one is watching. And now I want to add ourselves into the equation. No Judgement There is no doubt that I dance my best, and enjoy myself the most, when I am not watching myself. When we don’t watch ourselves we are much more …read more
Gain, gain, gain. Whether it be learning to paint, picking up a new instrument or starting adult ballet class, when we know little or nothing about a subject, we have nothing to lose, only plenty to gain. But much more than that, being a beginner can fill us with wonder and awe. What better way to …read more