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I was a starving artist and now I’m a creator that gets paid to be herself.
What changed?
Nothing big.
Only how I valued myself.
You see, when you’re a starving artist, your value is completely dictated by the struggle. How much can you suffer? How little can you manage to survive on?
When you’re a starving artist, whether you know it consciously or not, your identity is inextricably linked to your state of lack. Now where the fuck is the fun in that?
Where the fuck is the opportunity to change the world? When you play small, the ability to make an impact with your work is also small.
What if taking money for your work would allow you to reach more people?
What if making a huge income and living an entirely new caliber of lifestyle would actually allow you to share your gifts in a bigger way?
What if you had the time and space to write more, to serve more, to help more change occur and shed more light on more people?
What if growth is actually exactly what you were born to do?
What if being a “starving artist” is actually an unconscious excuse for contributing less than you’re meant to contribute to this world?
Marianne Williamson says that we are far more afraid of our light than our darkness, more afraid of success than failure.
It’s time to give that up. It’s time to feed yourself so you can feed the world. It’s time to stop figuring it out and get to work.
Stop getting ready and do it.
Stop preparing and step into empowered action.
Alignment is a process. It’s a living breathing animal that you can ride and slip off, and then catch and ride again. Even though it’s hard to stay aligned with your vision, or your business or your goals all the time, your perfect path will always reach back out for you as it shape-shifts into it’s next perfect iteration.
What’s right for you now will not be right for you in 5 years. That does not mean you should wait 5 years for the next thing. It means begin where you are, choose growth as the destination and get used to the wiggle-dance (read as: pick-up-from-bootstraps) that’s needed to stay in alignment with what you’re doing in this moment.
As one starving artist that decided to make a bigger splash, I’d like to invite you to dive in, the waters just fine.
