Required funny anecdote: I once "failed" a personality test in high school. After an hour of answering questions, at the end it told me it "could not find a result" and
asked me to "take it again."
asked me to "take it again."
It takes a special kind of person to fail a personality test.
For the most part, that is all true. I found it easier to deal with absolutes rather than theories, and I was better with following instructions than coming up with something on my own.
I was always that kid who would stare at the white blank page of my sketch book for the whole art class not knowing what to draw.
Yet, I was also always the kid who desperately wanted to be able to draw, write, build,
and create something!
For the last few months, I have had an incredibly strong desire to strike the match of my creative potential, toss it in the fireplace, and hopefully nurse the fire to life.
I have had many aspirations, ideas and experimental thoughts during this time period:
-photography
-journalism
-writing
-crafting
-design, etc.
While skimming the internet today, as I find myself doing far too often, I stumbled
upon a quote that I loved.
"The worst enemy
to creativity
is self-doubt."
-sylvia plath
As I look at my life, I realized that at times I did come up with things to draw or create. But I would shove that idea out of my mind because I thought it would be too difficult or it was a stupid idea.
This action hindered my progress!
How often do we all doubt our capabilities from time to time? How has this affected our lives?
Moral of this post is to never doubt yourself. Enhance your skills, do not fear attempting to build new ones, and don't lock yourself into a label.
Because you just don't know what you may be missing out on.