Recently, one of my creative mentoring clients had a huge breakthrough during one of our calls – where she turned around and said “I’ve actually created a life I love”. She’d gone from seeing herself as a passive participant in her life to the creator of her dream life. She’d started to see creativity as a tool, not just an activity.
She may not be in active creating mode all the time and her creative business may not yet be where she wants it to be, but being able to expand her understanding of creativity to see her life as her greatest creation felt like one of those sunbeams-breaking-through-the-clouds-on-a-grey-day moments.
It was glorious.
It’s also a lesson that I believe applies to all of us. We all have the potential to create lemonade in our lives; to see creativity as a tool. Maybe some of us are already living a life in tune with our creative potential, but like her, we just haven’t seen it like that before. We’re all active creators in – and of – our lives. We are the artists, the architects, the writers, and potters creating our dream lives. Every single day, we have the potential to make our dreams a reality.
The issue is that most of us don’t see ourselves as creatives – but that’s only because our definition and understanding of creativity is skewed.
When you say the word creativity, people seem to associate it with an active creative practice. E.g. if you’re not drawing, painting, photographing, making, stitching, sewing, writing, playing music, dancing, cooking, designing, etc, (fill in the blanks), you’re not creative.
It isn’t that simple.
Creativity is in our genes. It’s in our DNA. In the stardust in our veins and the sparks that fly through our minds, 24/7, conjuring up dreams and bringing them to life.
We are all creatives. We all have the potential to use creativity as a tool to help us live better, happier, more exciting, and aligned lives.
We were born creative. We all think in a creative way every day. We’re constantly creating our own lives – just like my mentoring client. Sometimes we just need a reframe of how we look at things; a way to remind us that we’re in the driver’s seat, or the ones holding the paintbrush or sitting at the typewriter, creating the masterpiece of our lives.
If you feel like you could benefit from a creative pep-talk, check out my creative mentoring page. I offer free strategy calls and one-off creative chats, where we can talk through all your blocks and come up with some great solutions to help you create – and live – the life of your dreams.
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