One Year From Now

You get to decide

Where will you be year from now?
Unknown, of course.
Because where will we be a year from now?
We each have our hopes, our fears.
Our searchlights and our blinders.

But where you will be
The next time Halloween is in your sights
And beach sand is still at the bottom of your bag
Is at least somewhat up to you.

Where you will be the next time
The heat of September
Feels left over and also predictive.
When the moon and the Jewish calendar and the trees whisper
Let go…
And at the same time
The school year beckons you to
Grab on to your future?
Make a schedule and a plan.
Letting go and grabbing on
All at once.
Because life is a pulse.
Not a line
Or even a circle.
A pulse.
And a spiral.
DNA, the galaxy, sunflowers… your moods.
And when this moment comes back around next year
You will be at a different place.
And, to some degree at least -
You get to decide what that place is.

I used to think of myself as a Type A free spirit.
Working hard to let the wind blow me where it will.
It was a joke, but also true.
And about 15 years ago, when I decided to change
One of the things that shifted was my relationship with decisions.
I decided to decide.

And while we can’t know exactly what will unfold
In the public realm
What we can know is that we will fight for our work.
That no matter what
We will write the book.
The script.
Paint the pictures.
Tell the stories.
Work on finding our audiences.
Enhancing beauty, joy, mystery.
Become the people we need to be to make the work
That is our true heart’s desire.
We can know it and we have to know it.
Because without the creative spark
Without you becoming the author of your own life
Your own authority
Without you claiming this for the world
One more piece of the grey fog descends.

But in order to do this, for ourselves and for the world
We have to decide on the project.
It sounds so mundane.
But we have to create the boundaries.
It’s one of the three requirements for momentum.
And because life now is decision overwhelm
And creative life is literally nothing but decisions
And your success depends on making this one decision
I created Pick Your Next Project to help.

Deciding is hard partly because it’s violent.
Decide is related to the other cides.
Homicide. Suicide. Etceteracide.
Cide is a cutting off.
Of the other options.
So it can be uncomfortable.

But we have to decide on projects.
Can you change your mind?
Yes, sure change your mind.
But not every day.
And plus, you can’t change your mind until you make up your mind.
And then you can’t change your mind just because the draft isn’t good enough.

Can you decide to experiment for a month and then decide decide?
Sure.
Can you talk to everyone you know first?
Not everyone. But three types of people, yes.
Is it natural to have an aversion to deciding?
Yes.

You are a creative person.

But the thing is, creativity comes from a word meaning to grow.
We think it means making stuff.
But the making is so we can grow.
And once we grow, we make different things.
More growth.
More evolved work.
That’s the process.
And it’s an infinity loop.

I learned a ton about decision making… by making decisions.
Haha.
And in some cases avoiding them.
By getting less attached to being right.

Then I learned more about decisions by helping other people make theirs.
Friends and students and clients.
Then I learned even more about making decisions
When I wrote So You Need To Decide.
And now I’m here to help you decide.

Next Wednesday, Sept 10, I’m going to help you Pick Your Next Project.
It’s a free 90 minute mini masterclass.
I’m going to go through the process which you’ll be able to use again and again.
And I’ll be answering questions as well.

This isn’t one of those webinars that’s really just a sales pitch for the thing.
This is the thing.

It helps you and it’s also is a great way for me to connect with creatives who are thinking that after making the decision they might like clarity, inspiration, insight and motivation- as well as community - for executing the decision over the next year.

That’s what I do in The Infinite Creator.

So there will be a special offer at the end of the session.
But the session itself, all content.

And if you’d like to skip the masterclass and get on a call to explore working with me here’s the link to my calendar, grab a time.

Thanks for all your hard work on behalf of the divine spark.
And for welcoming me into your process, through these emails.

Infinitely Yours…

xx

Beth