that project is waiting for you...

[Music] I believe creative projects come into our lives at certain times in order to push us to where we're meant to go but we are the ones who get in the way it might be making your first song a film a business idea that you have or maybe you got inspired by something you saw or maybe it's a long-held dream that you've never given yourself permission to pursue there's a fear or doubt so strong that you wait for weeks months and even years I feel that many of us wait because we're intimidated intimidated by all

of the work that will come with the project the new things we'll have to learn intimidated by ourselves and our own capability to Do It ultimately we don't think it's worth it but I want to show you why it's worth it why actually starting that project is the best move to make as an artist with many interests and different creative Endeavors I've had to get over the hurdle of what is sometimes the hardest part just starting so let me help you with that step first let's understand why you need to stop waiting you have to

stop waiting because now is the best time when a traffic light turns green you don't go in 5 seconds or 10 seconds you go right when it turns green and just like a traffic light is a signal that we have to perceive you have to perceive the signals from your soul sometimes we use waiting as an excuse an excuse to wait until things get better until circumstances change or when we have more time it's the I'll wait until X happens mental it but ultimately that kind of waiting game is an illusion it's an illusion that

you're escaping something but really you're just kicking the can down the road and so we distract ourselves or we put other things in substitution for that thing that our soul is calling us towards and the problem is while we're waiting for something to change the reality is that the project is waiting for us and we are the thing that has to change our active decision that we're making towards the project has to change the reason why we don't listen to that green signal from the soul is because we're afraid but the fear the amount of

fear is an indicator as to what lies on the other side the greater the challenge the greater the Triumph and the greater the hero and really what's on the other side is a journey it is a journey of building your body and when I say body I don't mean the physical body although physical body physical health that is also important for the artist's Journey but when I say building body I mean building your body of work a lot of us feel like we're meant for something more like we're meant to be doing something that's why

we have this calling for this project we feel like we're meant to be doing something even if it's not necessarily happening we're feeling the magnitude of what will be the Journey of building our body of work and it takes a lot of work it takes hours it takes weeks months years and again the longer you wait the longer you postpone this progress the progress that you need to make in order to build your body of work having your own body of work as an an artist is important for many reasons first of all it is

extremely empowering this is something that you can call your own it is under your name different from having an interest or hobby or helping others with their projects you can bring this out into the world and say this is me this is what I achieved this is what I made now I always talk about creativity and making art you never want to do it just for other people you need to make things that you love make things for yourself and that is important and if you make something from the authentic soul from the authentic heart

then you can proudly bring that out into the world have something that authentically represents you and your creativity who you are as an artist and you can show that to others others can experience that others can see who you are and so you have physical work that represents you as an artist another thing is the achievement that having your own body of work says you have to lead something of your own your own project no one's going to be over your shoulder making sure that you get your project done I mean unless it's me I'm

over your shoulder right now but that's up to you someone can have the most amount of physical trainers in the world but not a single one of them is going to be able to lift that weight for them I want you to look at your favorite artists and look at their bodies of work and what you'll see is that their work changes over time and you see how they evolve as an artist but in order for that Evolution to happen you need time time with the projects time to create the projects but that won't happen

unless you allow it unless you start that first project and so you have to build your body of work one project at a time and with each project throughout your body of work you will change as an artist and that leads me into my next Point your skill set you have to improve your craft over time and by this I don't mean on a technical level I don't necessarily mean studying all the rules within your medium your craft I mean working on your craft as in the evolution of your relationship with your creative spirit this

means getting closer to your own soul working on your craft is learning how to better bring out the infinite creative genius that is already within you it's not something that you have to build the only thing you have to build is your relationship to it and this happens as you do more work as you do the projects throughout time and I personally believe that experience is the best form of Education and so again you can have an interest you can have a hobby you can help others in this particular medium of work but unless you

do your own project unless you lead your own project and learn what it means to make a piece of art that is authentic of you then you won't have access to specific artistic lessons that are waited to be learned by you I believe that there are some things that you can only learn in the Journey of actually committing to a creative project cuz they all call to us it's our soul calling us somewhere that wants to go somewhere to experience something to learn something when I was in film school after every film that I completed

I would reflect back and see okay what were the lessons that I was meant to learn and then I Incorporated those into my next film into my next project I would be aware of something that happened in one film and then take it to the next and I would notice myself evolve as an artist but this can't happen for you unless you actually do the project unless you actually start the project and move forward you need this time for this artistic Evolution to take place there are lessons that you are meant to learn and this

brings me into my next point this project is going to bring you where you're meant to go you don't need to wait for that certainty of knowing how everything's going to play out in in terms of knowing that starting this project is going to bring me this specific thing you don't need to wait for that in fact that could be what's stopping you right now from starting and committing let me ask you something what if you're imagining something that you think this project will grant you but in reality that thing will actually come to you

in three to four projects down the line but this first project is integral to how you'll get there but you never start because you're not certain of how things are going to play out and this is all to say that you don't know we don't know only God does but that faith and that trust in the timing of this project is what we ultimately need to have trust in the sign signal the green light signal of your soul with this project You Free Yourself of the need to be certain of how the details will play

out and instead you can use that mental energy towards the project itself towards your performance with the project your soul is not calling you towards that project for no reason that feeling that green light signal should be enough not the certainty and the details like I said now is the time that light is green and now is the time to go down the road even if you don't know where that road will necessarily lead you don't know the good that will come of it the feeling from your soul should give you enough confidence to commit

to it which makes this project a reliable Outlet a reliable Outlet of your Creative Energy of your time of your presence of your focus and your engagement because this is again something that is yours like a plant if you allow this the water the sunlight the soil to grow then you will reap the fruits of your labor because of the things we've gone through so far this is a reliable Outlet a reliable source of your time and commitment in a world in a maze that we find ourselves in as an artist with all the questions

do I apply for this internship what do I do for money where do I move all of these existential questions these questions that can feel existential having your own creative project that you commit your time to is ultimately something that is guarant guaranteed in the journey and that is part of what makes it reliable the fact that we know we have to confront this we have to confront doing our own work going through this journey of building our own body if you like what I'm talking about right now consider subscribing to my newsletter Link in

the description where I write free blogs for you and having this as an outlet for your time is going to help you in terms of where you distribute that time and energy cuz let's be real we live in a world full of distractions I think for a lot of us we've lost the sense of what it means to have a hobby what it means to have an interest something that we can be excited to come home to something that we can be excited to pursue something like video games something that Sparks that magic in our

life something that our soul genuinely has fun doing I think many of us have lost that but if you commit to that project that you know is waiting for you then many of us will ReDiscover that magic and instead of doing the things the activities that maybe are nice in the the meantime but afterwards we're not spiritually fulfilled and maybe we even know we shouldn't be doing those things or engaging in those activities we can replace it with this true meaningful Venture that we know has been calling to us our souls have desires and urges

pointing us towards things that are ultimately good for us but we don't always listen we don't always listen to those green light signals but if we listen for this project this project that is waiting for you this project that your soul is calling you towards then we will have something new in our lives that we can proudly and in an in a very exciting manner pursue and confront again like I said before sometimes the hardest part is just starting if you're able to carve out that time and not even carve out time just replace it

with other things that you're doing we will find more excitement and fulfillment from it in our lives and ultimately this project is going to bring a great progress to our life I think a lot of us don't commit and confront this project that is waiting for us because we have perfectionism within us something that we don't feel confident in ourselves in our performance with this project to make it worth it and so we think that by avoiding this project by waiting we think that's just going to go away that we don't have to confront that

but the reality is it doesn't go away that perfectionism is always going to be there but this project is an opportunity to confront that and again many of us maybe have been putting it off for weeks months and years but by committing to this project we are allow we allow ourselves the progress in that journey of that perfectionism again we make excuses we don't have enough resources we don't have enough time we don't have enough skill but the root of those excuses does not go away if anything it becomes stronger the more that we feed

into that idea into that voice but by committing to and starting this project we allow ow ourselves the progress to become the person who we're meant to become from this project and from this journey let me tell you something very important momentum does a lot momentum within this journey of this artist Journey this journey of building your work and so if you're questioning whether or not it's worth it to embark on this project that your soul is calling you towards if you're not sure if it's worth it just for this one project then try to

reframe it try try to look at it at a bigger picture because again just like the fear and resistance is an indicator with this project as to what's on the other side it's also an indicator as to the magnitude of this journey that is on the other side and so think of it in those terms what is that worth to you is it not worth overcoming that resistance that you have with this one project the momentum that is created by that will help you and carry you into working on the project after that and the

one after that and all of the projects that are going to make up your beautiful body of work the reason it's calling to us is because the soul wants to do this thing and everything else that's after it and I think that many of you guys watching right now are struggling with that Journey with confronting that journey and I will leave you with this that desire that you have in your heart that vision that dream that idea again whether it's been there for weeks or months or years or even decades rather than it just being

a simple desire look at it as a promise from your soul a promise that if you embark on this it will lead you to good things genuinely good things and I say good because good things for the soul if they weren't good things for the soul then your soul wouldn't be calling you there it is a promise of a path of a journey full of excitement full of fulfillment and again sometimes the hardest part is just starting just starting that first project but look at it at the bigger picture look at it as you confront

in that Journey that you know is meant for you that project isn't calling you for no reason you're not watching this video for no reason this video is just air for yourself for your soul showing you where it's trying to guide you and just because we ignore those signals just because we try to avoid the greenl signals from the soul doesn't change the truth doesn't change that they're coming doesn't change the direction that our soul wants to bring us and until we confront that until we actually go there's always going to be that unrest and

so I ask you to start that project because it's waiting for you it has been so stop waiting for it you are the thing that must change and as you advance in this artist Journey you transform as a human as well because being an artist is so much more than creativity so much more than the art it's wisdom it's courage it's discipline it's being a warrior and so this project has so much more behind it than just the project itself so go confront the project build your body of work and dream on I'm doing a

Q&A video pretty soon so ask me some questions in the comments that you'd like me to answer subscribe to this channel to watch more content like this check out my patreon for exclusive content and I will see you in the next video dream on God bless peace out [Music]