The creative process is the key to build the future you desire.

Hi,

There is so much I want to share with you that I am learning! As I am writing this newsletter, I ask myself these questions.

What do I want to share with you?

Is it sharing with you about life, work, tools?

What about sharing with you the importance of the creative process?

Whether you are building a new campaign, your messaging, a new vision for yourself in the future, your posts.

All need a creative process.

And the creative process is key.

Imagine that we can create a mechanical process like a baked cake that comes out in 1 to 3 steps like pancakes or one that has our OWN secret ingredients.

A while ago my friend’s husband made us a cheesecake, it took him 3 hours to create, it is such an incredible cheesecake.

It reminds me of the creative process and how important it is to get things done.

I think we have forgotten the beauty of the creative process, the mystery, the becoming, it is metaphorically like the gestation process of a baby, hearing their heartbeat, then seeing them grow, and bringing them to life. I will give examples of how you can build a relationship with your creative process for different aspects of your life and business.

Imagine you are creating a post or newsletter, ask yourself what your intention is. What do I truly want to share? Instead of the “formula of sharing”

I intend to invite you into my world and share what has worked for me to write books, write successful campaigns, and in life.

Sitting with your message in silence, with the blank canvas of your pen and pencil, in the mystery is one of the most beautiful and immersive experiences you can have. People want to connect with you and hear your unique voice. The people you are here to serve.

So instead of connecting with a formula, create your own, find a coffee or tea or water, find a cozy blanket, bring your pen and paper or computer, imagine yourself in a beautiful conversation, and write your message.

What do you want to be known for? How do you want to serve another?        

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Are you in the process of stepping into your next version of yourself or your next level of impact?

You and you in the future is a creative process.

• Are you meeting your future self and connecting with the hints… It is like going to a trail and leaving behind candy wraps to remember the trail that you left behind. It is a co-creative process with your current self and the future you desire.
• And there you meet you and your future in today’s world in the mini decisions that you make today from how you dress, who you hang out with, where you go and how you live, how you show up.
• You are creating your future today.

When you become aware of this creative process it is so beautiful, almost magical.

It is like coming in front of a seed and watering and building it.

The creative process is the nourishment of our lives, our souls, our minds, bodies, and hearts.

So how do strategies come to life, how do we bring our visions to life, our voice to life, our authenticity, our unique contribution?

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We build it through the creative process, and it all starts with transforming how we relate to it and how we find that the creative process is the giver of life of what we want to build.

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I think many of us want to skip the creative process, whether it is simplifying steps and accidentally losing the essence or finding the formula, and in this skipping, we skip something magical, we skip what the creative process does, which is who we become through the process.

Imagine dating and someone asks a girl and does it again and again, it is this creative process that allows this person to gain clarity of what they are looking for, and confidence, it isn’t only in the girl saying yes, it is who the person is becoming in the process. Putting your message on the page is you becoming 1 with your message, if you put a stand on the page, it is you owning your message. Words are a tool for what you are standing for, yet it is the energy, the confidence, and those unseen aspects that build your message too.

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Next time that you are working towards your message, your vision or something else, take a moment to ask yourself.

1)????? What is my intention

2)????? What is my natural creative process

3)????? What is this learning process teaching me about myself, about my relationship with the world?

4)????? What is the gift in between the final outcome I am looking for (message, campaign, vision of myself, etc) and what am I becoming?

5)????? How can I acknowledge the person who I am becoming through this process?

In the example of the baby in the womb, I believe motherhood starts in the pregnancy process, the relationship, the process of becoming. Just as the baby is growing the mom is too.

I also find a writer is becoming an author as is writing before publishing the book.

An artist is becoming an artist through their connection with themselves and art and having the courage to bring it into the canvas.

It is a sacred process.

Next time you feel like you are burn-out, uninspired, or the opposite you are super inspired, ready to take the world.

To find a blank canvas!

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Share with me, do you feel inspired? What is your blank canvas?

Feel free to connect!

Wishing you to create the future you want for yourself and your community,

Virginia Nava Hieger