Creating is action. It’s work. Sometimes insight smacks you in the face and it’s obvious and you get it. Other times you work and work and work and stare the problem in it’s face and it just stares right back. Neither of you budging or giving any hint of giving in. Those are the times when we need to let go.
Letting go isn’t easy. It seems like the opposite of progress. But letting go doesn’t mean giving up. It means giving yourself space to collect. Because when the struggle is the focus and the wilderness gets thick, we can lose sight of the bigger picture. The best thing to do in that moment of frustration and confusion is to forget about the work. Take a walk, watch a movie, have lunch. Forget about the work and allow brain to remove the clutter. The problem won’t go away but that moment of insight is more likely to come to you when you stop looking for it.
Let go.
Question: When was a time where you felt stuck and as soon as you stopped looking, you found the answer?
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Amy Cherry - Not sure if this is relevant but yesterday I felt so stuck. Didn’t necessarily have a problem, just couldn’t focus to save my life, just tons and tons of mind clutter. I finally gave up, took a kickboxing class and it was amazing how ready I was to conquer things after that. Time + space can be (and most of the time is) the most productive thing!