You know that thing you’ve been sitting on?
The song you’ve been fine tuning for years…
The book you’ve been “editing” into eternity…
The idea you’ve been telling yourself isn’t ready yet?
Do it. Now.
Because here’s the truth, the longer you try to make it perfect, the more time you waste not learning how to make it better. You rob yourself of the journey, the highs, the lows, the bruises, the breakthroughs.
And if you’re really being honest with yourself, part of why you even want to do that thing in the first place is because you want it to outlive you. You want to be remembered for it. Tell me I’m wrong.
(Go ahead, pretend you told me I’m wrong. I’ll pretend to believe you. But we both know I’m right, and I have a blog to write, so let’s move on.
Everyone wants to be remembered…at least for something.
It might be tiny, like being the person who always wore pink. Or massive, like creating something that changes the way people see the world. But at some level, everybody wants to leave a mark.
And if you don’t? If you really don’t want to be remembered for anything, not even something bad, then… damn. I’m sorry for that. But the people I’m talking to, my fellow creators, my tribe, they do want that. Good, bad, unforgettable… it doesn’t matter. They just want the work to live beyond them.
If you want to be remembered, you have to say what you think.
Not just with your mouth. Not just in a caption. You have to put it in your art.
You have to say it so clearly, so boldly, that people feel it before they even understand it.
Let your words guide their ears.
Let their ears guide their eyes.
Let their eyes guide their hearts.
When you do that, when you make it tangible, it stops being an idea. It becomes something that exists in the world. And if it exists, it can’t be forgotten. Let that marinate.
Stop waiting for perfect.
Write the book. Shoot the film. Record the song. Start the business. Whatever it is, stop overthinking it. The worst case scenario? It doesn’t go how you planned. You learn something. You try again, smarter!.
Think back to learning to ride a bike. Even after the hundredth time, you might’ve fallen, scraped a knee, maybe even broken something. But if you really wanted to ride, you got back on.
I feel life works the same way. The falls are part of the ride. The bruises are part of the art, it gives the story depth.
So yes, say what you think.
The world needs your art. And if you never put it out there, how could you ever be remembered for it?
Get it together. Create it. Release it. Let it live forever.
Because I’m always looking for artists who inspire me, maybe you’re one of them.
Hopes this helps
– B
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