You Need to Romanticize Your Process

[Music] what would your life look like if you loved the process of working on your craft your project your art if it was something that you looked forward to not something that you avoided not something that you procrastinated on but something that you were eager to get to every day what if you did this not because you felt like you had to but because you wanted to it was as easy as playing video games what if it was addicting imagine what would be possible think of the work that you could achieve now let me show

you [Music] something what do you see here I'll tell you what I see I see artists in the zone in their process maybe you don't have the same resources as them and maybe that's your excuse Well yeah if I had a huge Decked Out studio with this equipment and this camera and audio and this microphone then yeah it would be easy I look forward to working on my craft every day but those things Stripped Away what we're looking at at its Essence is an artist engaging with their craft and that's possible for you right now

you can do that the levels of success that many of us may want to achieve is going to take a lot of work a lot of hours and we can't afford things like procrastination hesitancy avoidance overun and fear we just can't let those things win it's going to take many hours and I believe that the trick to putting in those hours is by absolutely loving the process because if we love the process then the hours will feel less like work and the hours will feel like minutes now how do we love the process well we

need to romanticize the process and how do we do that let's start with this framework romanticizing the process is necessary it is necessary because you have to have fun your creative Spirit thrives in the zone of having fun having fun is the key to finding your creative spirit this is the zone of creativity similar to Flow State this is where you are just completely lost in your craft the best Arc comes from this Zone because you are getting out of your own way you are allowing your creative Spirit to take over and when you truly

do that when you surrender to that you allow new levels of art to be made now this is why having fun is important and necessary having fun is an indicator that your creative Spirit likes what is happening and if your creative Spirit likes what's happening that means that it's at work and that's what we're trying to do here we're trying to get the creative Spirit to be at work so this is about finding your creative genius through having fun and you're having fun through loving what you're doing and this brings us to our first major

Point love what you make make what you love so you'll have fun through loving what you make but you're not going to love what you make unless you make what you love unless you make things things from your heart make things from you authentic you you cannot let expectations of what you need to make or expectations of what others will think or rules some kind of rule that you read in a book you can't let those exterior things bog you down in this process those things are going to absolutely kill the creative Spirit the creative

Spirit once you contain once you try to contain and limit it by those things that's when you push it away and you start to numb out the process so you cannot make art for others you cannot make art for rules you cannot make art for expectations you have to make art from the heart and you have to make art that you like and you enjoy so lean into what you like lean into your Inspirations Inspirations and the art that you like are great indicators of the type of art that you want to make so just

ask yourself what is your favorite piece of art in the craft that you're working on what's your favorite movie your favorite book your favorite song your favorite poem your favorite painting any and all of the above look at your Inspirations the art that you like and think about how that can inform your style what that means about the type of art that you want to make what that means about what you like again the idea that you having fun being an indicator that your creative spirit is at work it's the same thing with your favorite

art when you like art that is an indicator that your creative spirit is talking to you you have to listen to that be conscious of the things that you like be conscious about enjoying the process enjoying what you're making and very important next Point your environment where are you working where's the actual physical space where you do your craft or you do your process and how can you make it better for the process how can you make it more fun how can you make this environment a place that promotes your creativity you have to craft

your dream space for your creative process again having fun enjoyment creative Spirit things that you like have all of these things guide the way that you craft this space your environment has huge impacts conscious and subconscious on your state your emotional state your physical state your spiritual State all of these things so you have to be very aware of the place that you're in in during the process during the craft because they will affect you and that is a positive thing because you can use that to your advantage put up things that Inspire your creative

Spirit put up visuals and images that you resonate with print out pictures put up posters of Inspirations artwork that you like just things that you like things that you enjoy and I'll tell you a space right now that's already made for you that is perfect for the creative spirit and that's outside the outside world nature I cannot emphasize this more but work outside work outside try to find every opportunity that you can to do your work outside like I said the environment has huge effects on your mental state your emotional state your spiritual State and

being outside in nature in a wide open space or just with trees with bushes with flowers with the air that you smell these things are going to impact your state if you can find that Serenity it's going to allow your creative Spirit to feel safe to come out and go to work you know for me in my own process I have to do a lot of work at my life laptop specifically you know when I'm producing music when I'm mixing or when I'm editing but if I have to conceptualize or brainstorm for some kind of

script then I'll just do that outside if I have to write a song I'll bring my guitar outside and I can take advantage of that outside world and the tremendous impacts that it has on my state when I'm in the creative process next thing routine if you can prove to yourself that this is much more than just a hobby but it's a way of being it's a way of living your creative spirit is going to notice that and it's going to come out more this is training your creative Spirit to work it's like training your

muscle it's like exercising your muscle growing your muscles it's it's frequency it's all about frequency if you don't have frequency it's not going to grow and it's not your creative Spirit that's growing your creative spirit is already there and it's infinite it's within you but your relationship to your creative Spirit that's the thing that grows with frequency so you have to show and prove to your creative spirit this is not something that we're going to do once a month or once a year do when we feel like and then shy away from it for a

long time no no no no this is serious this is a way of being creativity is much more than just a hobby creativity is a way of life you need to commit to this if you want your art to benefit from it but you have to commit to this routine and this frequency if you want to see results now this can seem hard but again going back to what we talked about enjoyment fun easy going effortless like video games this routine this commitment to this routine should be a result of you loving what you're doing

by making things enjoyable first your process your environment the work that you're actually doing by making those things enjoyable you're making it easier for you to want to actually come back and return here make your work your environment and your routine enjoyable what is the best time to work what's the best time in the day for you to do your work your craft your creative process for me personally I like the morning just because I feel more relaxed I feel like I have the whole day ahead of me I feel like I can be more

chill during the process but also at night time if an idea strikes me if inspiration strikes I'm not going to suppress that I will create if I feel called to which leads me into my next Point grow the inner artist this is like any other relationship in your life if you want it to grow you have to feed it so if an idea comes you have to take it and run with it you to trust the things that your creative spirit is sending you the more you harness that relationship and those ideas that come to

you the more that it's going to come out the stronger it's going to become the more your creative spirit is going to be expressed into this world and the more that happens the more that it's going to actually take over you and as it takes over it's going to draw you to the process it's going to bring you to the space to the work it's going to bring you to the studio so if an idea comes up write it down record it it's coming to you for for a reason you might not know what it

means now but you will later anything the creative Spirit wants to give you you have to grow that inner artist by exercising those muscles that act on those ideas that act on the inspiration that act on anything that your creative Spirit wants to give you the magic found in the process the magic that's responsible for the genius art that you have created and that you will create is not found in these physical things like the camera or the microphone or this pen when you write when you Journal it's not found in those physical things it's

right here it's the soul it's the creative spirit and that is why it is the most important relationship that you work on that you develop in this entire process a great way to feed this relationship is by practicing Stillness practice Stillness every single day get quiet find a Time find multiple times throughout the day where you're just quiet with your own mind where you can get out of your own way go outside be with yourself and just listen just tune in don't feel like you have to force a thought don't feel like you have to

ponder that's not your job your job is just to be quiet and listen you might not be getting ideas because you're always filling the Silence with noise don't fill in the silence don't play music or a YouTube video every time you do anything like washing the dishes or taking a shower going to the bathroom or folding laundry literally doing any other human task during some of those moments during those pockets of time just let the silence be there maybe you don't want to work on your craft because you don't have fun ideas to act on

well here you go here's an opportunity to actually get ideas it's right there in front of you the silence the allowance for these ideas to come in but you're just filling it with noise so get serious and harness this relationship I know that it can be hard to just be there in the silence because of a lot of our habits and a lot of our Tendencies and the way that we currently live but but the reason why it's hard is because it is very very rewarding and I promise that if you just sit in the

silence if you give your mind some quiet time the soul is going to send you messages the creative spirit is going to give you ideas again it's right in front of you it's right there you don't have to go out and Chase it you don't have to create it all you have to do is receive it and lastly the power of perspective we don't see the beauty that is constantly around us because of fear because of false beliefs because of limiting beliefs but if we can again get out of our own way then we can

see this beauty and we can see how much of a gift all of this actually is the opportunity to be able to do something that we love to be able to engage with our soul in such a magical manner through this craft through this art we can experience the magic of our own Souls so sometimes you just have to shift your perspective to see that and I promise that if you don't find a way to see it now if you don't find a way to enjoy and be grateful for the process right now you're not

going to be able to do that later you're not going to be you're not going to be able to do that later at the point where you think you'll be able to do it when you reach that comfort and level of success that level that you're really trying to get to and then you'll be happy then you'll be satisfied then you'll enjoy the process that it's not going to happen unless you find a way to tune into that truth right now and romanticizing the process may sound like you're making this seem like something it's not

but it's the opposite by romanticizing the process you're getting closer to the truth you're getting closer to the true magic and true gift that is in front of all of us right now and we should enjoy this because that is ultimately the whole point of all of this we should enjoying this process this is what we want to do this is our Dream now I'm not saying that there's not going to be struggle and and you have to be disciplined and there's going to be problems and issues and it's going to be hard those are

all beautiful things those are all great things those are good signs because we're getting stronger but we should learn to love those things as well we should learn to love the entire process with all of its ups and downs this is all a gift if there's a part of you that's pushing you away from the work you have to find you have to ReDiscover the part within you that's going to push you back towards the work romanticize the process find the fun and remember the magic that's there I hope you resonate with this message thank

you for watching thank you so much for watching thank you for your time go check out my patreon for exclusive content and access to the Discord go check out my newsletter blogs on my website all these links are in the bio and subscribe to this YouTube channel for more videos like these I hope all of you are doing great on your projects dreaming on having fun go spend some quiet time today if you haven't already tune into to your soul tune into to your heart listen to what it wants you to do follow God trust

the plan trust the process and I will see you guys very very soon peace out