An Experiment

In my world, I like to try new things. And also, I don’t… It sort of depends on what it is.

Variables

Right now I’m learning a few new healthy hobbies. I’m revisiting rollerskating from my middle school days. I’m learning to hula hoop. (The right hoop totally matters!!) I’m trying my hand at longboarding.

And, this entrepreneurship thing is also an experiment. Back in May I did an official relaunch of Living Daringly as a business!! Huzzah! And since then, I offered a fun virtual creative workshop that folks thought was a great experience! I also launched a print and greeting card sale. Since the creative workshop and the print sale launch, it’s been a little bit of crickets churping. And I feel lost, and I’m not sure what next step I should take.

With rollerskating, I fall, get back up and keep rolling. With hula hooping, I drop the hoop, pick it back up, and go again until I drop it again. Longboarding, see the same as rollerskating.

With the Living Daringly (LD) business, I’m not sure what that next step is. Or it takes me a really long time to develop an idea of what to try next.

The vibe

With the fitness hobbies I’ve adopted, there’s a playful vibe. There’s an “I get to do this” vibe. When I mess up, I laugh at myself for a second and then I stand up or lift that hoop up and start moving again. Even if I take a hard fall while rollerskating, I quickly assess if I’m hurt, then I laugh at myself for a second, then I get my ass up again and start rolling.

I’m realizing the business is harder to rebound or from, because I’m putting high stakes on it. My brain tells me that I want to sell all of those prints I put for sale. **Now.** And that not selling them means there’s something wrong with me. Versus about a million other variables that could keep me from connecting with those who are moved by my art.

Next steps

So, I’m working on reframing things. Life, all of it, is an experiment. *I get to do this!!* That’s the lens I want to put on growing Living Daringly, in the same fashion as when I fall while roller skating.

Back on the horse

With that, here’s a couple of new iterations of the experiment that I’m offering. I’ll be offering two online creative workshops in early December. The winter holidays can be a hard time for a lot of folks. Whether you love the season, or your struggle, I hope you’ll join me for reflection about the end of the year, journaling and brainstorming, and creating a piece of visual art. Let’s have fun and create art together!!

Closing out

I’m curious, have you struggled with something like this? How did you manage it? How did you manage to get unstuck?

Thank you for being a part of the Living Daringly community. One of my answers to the above question is to post more. To help keep the flow going through words and sharing my art. If there’s every a blog topic you’d like me to cover, please send it my way!!