Thoughts of the Day

My one brave thing for today.

The Task. The reason I started an art Instagram account and this Substack blog is to practice sharing my creative projects. The goal was to practice being brave, to learn to handle vulnerability hangovers, and also to create accountability for making progress. However, Carmen, my inner perfectionist, pressures me that I need to share something that others will find worthy of their attention. The problem with this is that I make a lot of stuff and hesitate from sharing anything.

The Rule. The deliverable for this blog, however, was that I post once a month(-ish). And I gave this job to Friday, my inner intern. While Carmen’s harsh judgement has kept me from sharing most of my work from this past month, Friday simply picked up my notebook and started scanning.

The Work. Here are a couple of comics that sum up life in the art lab recently:

The Question. Last month I asked the question: Which parts of me get the chance to drive these days now that Fear and Anxiety are relegated to the back seat? I want Jane, my inner intuition, to be driving most of the time. But I’ve been asking Jing-Jing, my inner wellness coach, to practice driving more. Sleep Hygiene is our destination. Unfortunately, she’s not vocal enough to stop the back-seat drivers from taking over. Who are these mean voices? That’s the question for next month…