Hey there!

Over the last couple of weeks, I've been sharing a couple of discoveries of unexpected benefits of the new product that I'm working on for our audience, CreatorOS.

I've talked about...

• Creating solutions (rather than products),
• how a lack of awareness does NOT mean a lack of commitment,
• and how to rethink about the work that you cannot see (and therefore the progress you are making).

Today, I want to share my third and final discovery with you!

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Favorite Discovery #3: "You didn't do a bad thing by not doing a great thing--especially if your definition of "great" is "perfection in disguise."

I'm not sure what type of person you are, but I'm sure if you're the type of person who wants to run your own business, maybe you...

• Are ambitious,
• Have big dreams,
• Are just a creative who wants independence,
• Or maybe you want to change the world...

Who knows. I certainly don't, but I do know one thing.

You're not "bad" if you don't do those things.

At the start of building this product, I would spend WEEKS on simple and meaningless things because they weren't "great" and if they weren't great, they weren't "perfect." And if they weren't perfect, then I wasn't "great" at running this new company I just dove into.

I can be hard on myself, I know.

But an introduction to the concept of Wabi Sabi did wonders for me in letting this go as well as using this system effectively over an extended period of time.

First, here is an image in case you've never heard of it this concept.

Wabi Sabi is more of a "philosophy" or approach I take to my work.

Some notes wither away and never get used, some projects never get finished, and I damn sure haven't found a single thing in my vault that's perfect or ever "finalized."

It's a reminder that everything pales in comparison to perfection. I was being unfair to myself.

When I go back and look at my work, I realize how much I like it and that it's better than I thought at the time. I often find I'm almost always disappointed in the moment of the big reveal.

The more I connect with other creators and people like us, I find we all fall short in bringing what is limitless in our minds to fruition in the constraints of our current situation (budget, network, education, potential, gap between taste and ability, etc.), and that's okay.

It's not perfect... and it never will be.

Nor will I.

Nothing I make will last forever.

Nor will I.

Nothing I make will ever be finished.

Nor will I.

And I think I like it better that way.

It leaves a little room for some more discoveries.

Updates on the launch of this new product coming soon!

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