i tried the artist’s way week 2 - here’s what I learned about perfectionism

week 2 of my artist's way journey and this week is all about "recovering a sense of identity" and how it impacts how you express your creativity .

as someone who creates content online, i've been struggling with how much my creativity has become tied to metrics - views, likes, engagement. i started creating purely for the joy of it, but somewhere along the way i began measuring the worth of my ideas by how they performed. and that's exactly backwards - the process is supposed to be the whole point.

in this video:
✨ the difference between knowing who you are vs living as yourself
✨ how metrics and external validation mess with your creative identity
✨ why we suppress parts of ourselves that don't feel "acceptable"
✨ exploring how we spend our time
✨ 20 things you love doing (and when you last did them)
✨ internal family systems + embracing all parts of yourself
✨ watercolor bookmarks artist date

chapters:
00:00 intro - performing vs being yourself
00:53 week 2 theme: recovering identity
01:23 process vs product + metrics obsession
03:18 weekly creative challenges
04:18 how are you spending your time & avoidance
06:07 remembering what brings you joy, the little things
07:49 artist date: watercolor bookmarks
09:39 taking a life audit
11:43 the parts of you that feel hard to accept, productivity, IFS therapy
15:27 main takeaways, taking yourself seriously

resources mentioned:
📖 the artist's way by julia cameron https://amzn.to/3H2iH4G
🎨 watercolor supplies https://amzn.to/45t9avV
🎨 more artist date and hobby ideas https://tinyurl.com/hobbyideas
✨ more on internal family systems therapy - https://open.spotify.com/episode/7ytu...

see you next week for week 3: recovering a sense of power!

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