Hi Everyone,
I'm back from vacation and back to reality. I've been working on my painting. I'm always open for title suggestions, my creativity seems to come to a screeching halt when it comes to the title:)
I've been thinking a lot about his artistic journey that we're on and have noticed that we end up being our own worst critic. Every time I put brush to paper I can't help but have doubting thoughts come bubbling up. Why is that?
I have to admit being an artist is like riding a roller coaster. It has it's highs and lows. That building anticipation, the sheer adrenaline high and then those gut wrenching scary lows. My husband is currently training for a deployment to Afghanistan. They are putting him through simulations that prepare him for the worst situations in combat. The thought behind it is that if you already know how bad it could be you it will lessen your fears and prepare you to deal with anything that comes your way.
I started thinking about this and realized that the adage the only thing to fear is fear itself, is so true! We hold ourselves back because we are afraid of the unknown and the worst possible result. Why can't we envision our worst case scenarios, those obstacles that are holding us back as artist?. Envision those situations face them and move on, move over inner critic, I'm taking back control!
I heard a life coach on the radio today, Tara Mohr, she was addressing how to deal with our inner critic. She had some great tools that we can use to tackle that nagging voice.
5 Ways to Manage you Inner Critic!
1. Recognize your inner critic's voice. This can also be a version of an outer critic that is internalized. Recognize that voice and label it!!
To be able to gain control of our inner critic we have to be aware of that voice. Spend some time really paying attention to your thoughts. Become aware of just how many negative thoughts creep in during the day!
2. Find the humor in your inner critic. It's time to listen to what that inner critic is saying, really hear it and realize the absurdity of what it is saying!
3. Don't try to argue with your inner critic. Instead write down what your inner critic is saying, question and analyze it, what are we really fearing?
4. Give you inner critic the day off. Tell your inner critic to take a hike for the day. Write a thanks but no thanks letter to your inner critic.
5. Kill you inner critic with kindness. For every negative thought that creeps in there you have to counteract this with 10 positive thoughts.
Let's face it we're never going to graduate from our inner critic, but we can hear that voice and take a different direction. How do you deal with your inner critic?
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| watercolor on paper 14 x 16 work in progress |
I've been thinking a lot about his artistic journey that we're on and have noticed that we end up being our own worst critic. Every time I put brush to paper I can't help but have doubting thoughts come bubbling up. Why is that?
I have to admit being an artist is like riding a roller coaster. It has it's highs and lows. That building anticipation, the sheer adrenaline high and then those gut wrenching scary lows. My husband is currently training for a deployment to Afghanistan. They are putting him through simulations that prepare him for the worst situations in combat. The thought behind it is that if you already know how bad it could be you it will lessen your fears and prepare you to deal with anything that comes your way.
I started thinking about this and realized that the adage the only thing to fear is fear itself, is so true! We hold ourselves back because we are afraid of the unknown and the worst possible result. Why can't we envision our worst case scenarios, those obstacles that are holding us back as artist?. Envision those situations face them and move on, move over inner critic, I'm taking back control!
I heard a life coach on the radio today, Tara Mohr, she was addressing how to deal with our inner critic. She had some great tools that we can use to tackle that nagging voice.
5 Ways to Manage you Inner Critic!
1. Recognize your inner critic's voice. This can also be a version of an outer critic that is internalized. Recognize that voice and label it!!
To be able to gain control of our inner critic we have to be aware of that voice. Spend some time really paying attention to your thoughts. Become aware of just how many negative thoughts creep in during the day!
2. Find the humor in your inner critic. It's time to listen to what that inner critic is saying, really hear it and realize the absurdity of what it is saying!
3. Don't try to argue with your inner critic. Instead write down what your inner critic is saying, question and analyze it, what are we really fearing?
4. Give you inner critic the day off. Tell your inner critic to take a hike for the day. Write a thanks but no thanks letter to your inner critic.
5. Kill you inner critic with kindness. For every negative thought that creeps in there you have to counteract this with 10 positive thoughts.
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| I saw this on MONACO Interiors blog post today, how perfect!! |
