Things I learnt in March
There’s a flame burning deep inside
01.
‘Should’ is a cage.
You should do this.
You shouldn’t do that.
You should prioritise this, post that, stop that.
Should I?
More and more, I think not.
‘Should’ distracts me from what feels true.
02.
When I feel myself getting fiery, it’s a sign.
It’s the sound of a flame inside me that’s been ignored.
The more I abandon myself, the louder it burns.
What I need is to listen to the flame, trust it, trust myself.
03.
If something is hard and keeps being hard—like trudging through mud for months—maybe it’s not what you really want to be doing.
Let ease be your cue.
Ease leads you back to what feels aligned and natural.
What feels like you.
04.
Anxiety lives in the future.
It lives in the left brain, driven by fear and control.
But when we create—when we make something—we shift into the right brain, led by curiosity, creativity, and intuition.
The act of making pulls us into the present.
Anxiety cannot exist in the present.
05.
Julia Cameron’s ‘Artist Date’ is a weekly, one-hour date with yourself.
One hour to feed inspiration.
To nourish your inner artist.
Visiting an art gallery.
Walking through an antique market.
Drawing tulips at your kitchen table.
One hour a week can make you feel alive.
06.
To be an artist is to catch ideas, bring them to life, and let them go.
Not to cling to what worked before.
Not to please or play it safe.
But to follow the flame.
To look forward with bravery.
07.
When someone comes to you with a problem, it’s tempting to try and fix it.
But maybe what they need is to feel seen.
To be met with curiosity, not answers.
Don’t listen to respond.
Listen to understand.
08.
No one knows your vision but you.
As my sisters said to me recently,
Listen to yourself.
Trust yourself.
Love yourself.
JYK 🤍