Clarity and knowing...
I've been thinking a lot about this today! When I start feeling overwhelmed and stressed, it's usually a sign that I have lost clarity. I typically start feeling this way when I get side tracked and lose site of my path. For my life, for my business, for my art, for parenting, for my child, for the month, week, day!! Lol, The list goes on!! They all blend together for me. My mind is busy all the time; maybe it's part of being a highly sensitive person or my ADHD? Or a combo of both!!
I've done a lot of inner work with EBT and learning about things that trigger me and how to re-wire my brain and all that good stuff. It's still a learning process, and I've recently learned that for me, when I forget the purpose, in business or my personal life, I start to feel untethered, lost, and overwhelmed! I get confused. I forget I'm capable and that I can do hard things! It can take a minute. Sometimes it takes longer then I’d like! But I'm getting better at recognizing when this is happening. Bringing awareness to this is the first step, checking in and acknowledging my feelings helps me to clarify my direction! Especially as a creative entrepreneur and an artist! If you don't have a clear goal in mind for where you want to be or what you want to do, you can't take actionable steps to get there. You can't identify if you are on the right path or not. I need clear actionable items to keep me on the right path, otherwise I get distracted. If you are feeling lost or overwhelmed or think you can't do it, whatever it is. Checking in with yourself helps to get the clarity you need to know where you are and why you are doing the things you are doing to get your creative business going.