Trust the process: "The Artist's Way" weeks 1-2
Reflecting on "The Artist's Way" weeks 1-2.
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I’m into my third week of The Artist’s Way, and I’m thinking about trusting the process.
My strengths are less going with the flow, and more setting goals and planning for the future. I’m a very fun, laid-back, relaxed person, as long as I have a five-year plan. So naturally, I find that one of the most difficult parts of The Artist’s Way is taking a leap of faith that this process will yield results, without having any direct evidence that it is “working.”
Most of us will have a natural urge NOT to trust the process because we are built to resist change. What is new is unknown, which our bodies and brains register as scary. So when we DO start to grow, it can feel unsafe. Our brain is like, whoa whoa whoa, this doesn’t feel right, go back to the old, suckier way of li…