Several weeks ago I connected with a creative group on Meetup.com. Please understand that I am the type of person who only joins a group when I am confident that not only I want to commit to it but also that I have the time, energy, resources, etc. to jump right in. So after being an assistant organizer of a music-related Meetup group for close to a year, I joined the creative group. As I read the group’s description, a book that is on my to-read list was showcased. The book The Artist’s Way has come up three times in a matter of weeks, so I took that as a sign to join the group (and bump the book up to the top of my list). After filling out my bio in which I first said,
“While I love art, design, music, and specifically singing and playing the ukulele, my real passion is coaching & consulting creative people so they finally feel satisfied even when they have previously felt stuck,”
I found out that the organizer of the group is also a coach! Yesterday, we met for tea (for her) and coffee (for me) where we must have sounded like giggling teenagers with a crush (only we were discussing coaching, business, marketing, and creativity). Stories were spilling out of me almost faster than I could say the words, and I was absorbing her experiences as if I were watching a movie trailer. As with many times throughout this last year, the fact that career coaching is what I am meant to do was blindingly evident. Her passion for helping others find or reignite their creativity was refreshing, and I couldn’t help but think about the final line in my article, “When you claim your creativity, you are powerful.”
The more I focus on my career coaching business’s niche market of graphic designers and advertising creatives, the more creative my thinking around my business has become. It’s no coincidence that as I invited creativity to take center stage in one of my articles that it has begun to show up more and more in my work and life.
With that, I encourage you not only to claim your creativity but also invite it to be a part of every aspect of your life. If you’re like me, you’ll feel more fulfilled than you even thought possible.
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How I wish I was Twenty Years, younger, becsuae I have always been a Person that is very creative, I remember when before I retired for the night, back then I would start being creative in my thoughts as to how I was going to make my dress for my daughter's upcoming Wedding, and come Morning I would make a be-line to my sewing Machine and start sewing, and I had always been like that, but when I became Ill about five Months ago my enery has gone down the drain, and I find myself being angry at myself, since I cannot function like I used too.But I am not a wishful thinker, since I find ways to finish any task I started. I am a creative Person, when I get an idea in my Head I make sure I do it, or my name isn't, Ana.