If you’ve been following me for any time at all, you know that I’m a self-declared imperfectionist, and imperfectionism is a foundational concept when it comes to living a full-color, creative life.
But what does that mean, exactly?
It’s easy to think that imperfectionism means sloppiness. Settling for less than what we’re capable of.
But imperfectionism isn’t that at all, and I want to set the record straight about what imperfectionism is. [Read more…]
It’s another listener question episode today!
I love answering listener questions, and my favorite ways to get them is as voicemail messages at livecreativenow.com/questions, and in 5-star iTunes reviews.
I learned recently, though, that iTunes only shows me reviews from US-based iTunes users.
So if you live in any other country, I won’t ever see your review — or the question inside of it — unless you let me know you left it, and let me know what country you’re in!
The best way to do that is to leave your review, including your question, and then go to livecreativenow.com/questions and also record your question in a free voicemail, letting me know which country you’re calling from.
If for some reason you don’t want your voice on the podcast, then of course you can always email me instead.
Okay, now that that’s out of the way, let’s get on with today’s question from Maria, who left the following in a 5-star iTunes review. It starts with her review:
Melissa is my favorite because she is very not lecturey, and her podcasts are so easy and fun to listen to!
I thought I was creative, but after listening to Melissa, I felt like she was the honest voice in my heart, the voice that talks about all the things I’ve been afraid to face.
I didn’t even know there were other people out there “caring too much” to create! WOW!
I’m excited to hear more! I LOVE MELISSA!!!
[Thank you, Maria! That made my day! 🙂 ]
Melissa, if you’re reading this, could you please talk about: How to get permission to make crap when my parents/people are constantly watching to see if I can make a living as an artist?
I feel like I’m not allowed to make crap because crap won’t sell, and I’ll get lots of “I told you so!” ?
So right now I feel frozen and can’t make anything, any advice?
