Today has been a day of groundbreaking revelation, and an overwhelming emotional journey. As I sit here listening to the waves crash against the beach, I feel an profound need to start simply DOING.
To stop following the masses, and be unequivocally, authentically, and unapologetically… ME.
This newfound understanding and self-connection is thanks to the wildly talented Ginny Au during todays session at the Bliss & Bokeh Retreat. Because of her incredible speech I finally feel like I can connect the internal “dots” of how I feel, what I do, and why I do it. I have followed and loved her work for quite some time, but it opened up an entirely new level of understanding to her why and how…. and as I sat there inching my way to the edge of my seat, in awe over the words pouring out of her mouth, it was like I heard the loudest internal CLICK of my entire life.
For the longest time I have felt like a minnow swimming in a plethora of sharks, narrowly avoiding death by hiding within the smallest, darkest of spaces… because honestly the Wedding industry can be a deep, dark, scary place if you let it be. You can become so consumed with what and who is getting published or exposure, that sometimes the real reason behind what we do is lost.
I saw all of these wildly talented women around me constantly being published, recognized, and becoming “known” for the work they were creating, which lead to an endless amount of self comparison and doubt… Despite my very firm belief that we as creatives should be a community not competition. I’m sad to say that it has been exactly that for me for a bit, and I’ll admit that I have unintentionally “followed the masses”, trying to stay on trend, or just for that matter keep up with the curve until now.
I’m so excited to see what the rest of the Bliss & Bokeh Retreat has to hold… and as head to bed, I’m thinking of something I often remind my daughter of; that tomorrow the sun will rise and a new day will begin, and with it comes a new canvas to paint the world on, and a new opportunity to be boldly you.
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