You "Abandoned" a Creative Project and You Have FEELINGS About That...

Your Creative & Magical Life

This first shorter episode is for Creative Spirits who've abandoned, ghosted, or otherwise fallen out with a creative project they used to love. What's often standing in the way of a reunion with an abandoned project isn't just time, space, and a long to-do list. Usually, there's FEELINGS involved, and this tends to perpetuate avoidance. But all those feelings are NORMAL, and we're gonna normalize them! I share theories on why this happens, questions you can use to explore what's creating the distance, and how you might reconnect with your project, or determine if you want to!
Here are questions I pose in the episode, should you want to journal or explore:

1. What's the project? Give it a cute name and a little description.
2. What felt good about the project? Why were you interested in it?
3. Are you still interested in those things now? What are you into these days?
4. What good came from working on this project to the extent you did? What did you learn or gain by starting?
5. What thoughts or stories do you have about not working on the project? Be really honest here. (Write down all the ugly, outlandish things!)
6. Read over what you've written for #5 and see what you notice. Are you sure these thoughts and stories are true?
7. Is there a way to revise your stories around this "separation," and relieve any harsh feelings you're holding towards yourself? What would it be like to be gentle with yourself around all this?
8. Sit and "commune" with the project (whether physically or in your own imagination). Revisit the experience of getting started on the project... Then imagine yourself working on the project now. Notice how your body and spirit respond to visiting the past and and the future. After reconnecting, what do you think: Do you want to reconnect with this project? Possibly later? Or bring it closure?
9. You could write a letter to your project, sharing your enthusiasm and gratitude, and stating what you'd like to do going forward.

Got a project you're torn about? Reach out to [email protected], and share a little bit about what's going on... Maybe I can answer your question — and pull some cards — to explore your situation on a future quickie-sode!
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