Some Supporters Were Never Going to Stay.
and that's #ok
Put a finger down if your loudest supporters went quiet the moment you leveled up.
Now that we're all on the same baseline for this article and we have our shared experience distilled down to 15 words, we can start talking about this magnificent thing called leveling your game up while others choose not to move on with you as you face your new agency in your creative work, or embracing a new style you are working on.
Maybe you decide to wear something else and change your wardrobe, or decide to try a whole new way to paint, and suddenly; those that were supporting your work until that moment slowly drifted away, quietly but not quietly, because if only one thing changed and they are not there - it’s not hard to point at the thing that evolved (not changed, evolved).
Assuming you are more than 18 years old and reading this right now; how many people went through your life within your friends circle who are not here anymore? Just last year? It happens so fast, and the only viable part of it is that you evolved too. Maybe it’s that old saying, the one about every person you meet having a season in your life. So let’s apply it to our creative life and work as well, because it obviously happens there too - people just choose not to talk about it, at least not publicly.
That PR manager you had, the designer you used to work with; they are all part of this chess game we choose to play every day, in our practice as we strive to proceed and advance in our ventures. So why do we sometimes get offended when those people are not moving on with us onto our next stage, and instead choose to watch from the bleachers? no answers.
If we choose to be offended by it, it will mean that we will stay in place; maybe not externally through our work, which will evolve, but mentally, deep inside we will always look back at those moments and those people, which philosophically speaking will limit us from opening new space for new relationships to form or flourish. We are going to move into those new relationships carrying the weight of the old ones, so even the new people won’t get the treatment they deserve; which in return will hurt our work after all.
So yes, maybe it’s best to get past those feelings and look forward into new relationships that have yet to be formed. The ones that will advance your work to a whole new level and will match your curiosity as it should, advancing everyone involved, with no hard feelings and no ego at all.
Now that we see what it entails to look back; and not turn into salt like in the Bible, but be salty for sure - we know that everything is temporary, and once we conquer that as well, we can move onto a better creative future.
We become ready to accept the gifts that the future holds with open hands, be it people, projects, or any other venture that might emerge from within what we are doing. We also regain control over our creative decisions, freeing them and allowing them to live in almost a creative open field, ensuring that every act from now on is not biased by former thoughts or things that happened - enforcing the method of looking forward only.
Connecting to our article from two days ago! (Below) the door is open, we knocked on it, now it’s about seeing what lays inside this conversation, so what do you see over there? Let us know!
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