When you hear the words Let It Go, does that damn FROZEN song just magically (and by magically I mean insidiously) get stuck in your head?
And then do you find yourself singing it, maybe even making up the words ‘on the fly’ because you don’t really know the lyrics (that’s me) other than the Let It Go part?
Be honest now!
(I bet you’ve even started humming it haven’t you?!)
It’s addictive, and annoying (to some), but it resonates. And it‘s some damn fine advice for different stages of your life or business. And even more so for your own creativity.
Whether or not you’re some princess stuck in an ice tower or you’re struggling with your own creativity – or perceived lack thereof – or even if you’re holding onto the way things were, there is a very fine art form that you should consider getting acquainted with.
The Art of Letting Go.
Now there is letting things go in the sense that you release that which no longer serves you, and there is the act of letting go within the process of creation.
There is letting yourself go, being free and allowing yourself to explore with wild abandon or without judgment – which is a surefire way of enabling your creativity to flow and strengthen, and there is letting go of the end result, of what others will think of your work, of what YOU may think of your work – or what society tells you is right or correct or wrong with you. Instead enjoy the processes, and much better results will follow.
Once you stop inhibiting yourself with the fear of what may or may not be, of whether what you’re creating is good or bad, then you will feel more confident in exploring things further, and pushing those limits and those boundaries that may hold you back right now.
Tyler Durden Quote. “No fear. No distractions. The ability to let that which does not matter truly slide.”
And in other news, how about letting go of that which binds you, that which no longer has any place in your life. I know sometimes comfort and familiarity may make this difficult, but letting things go also makes way for the new. And this is a good thing, even if it feels painful right now.
What is the worst thing that could happen if you truly just ‘let it go?’ What would happen to all that worry and stress and anxiety? How much could your life change, if you weren’t burdened by the things that don’t – in the great big scheme of things – matter?
What are you really afraid of losing? What are you holding onto or what is it that you are holding back from? Do you want to regret not taking those chances or not pursuing those dreams because you held onto things that may in actual fact, have been damaging?
Let expectations go. Let your perceptions, your assumptions go. Those about yourself, those about others and maybe even where you think you should be in your life.
Being tied to things that do not bring you happiness, that feeling of anxiety pressing down on your chest like a hag in the night, will kill you before the cancer does. So anytime you find yourself holding onto something you innately know doesn’t serve you, write it down. Let it all out. And move the fuck along.
Or, as Elsa would say (or sing) –
Let It Go! Let It Go!