Let’s FLIP THE SCRIPT!
CHANGE YOUR WORDS, CHANGE YOUR MINDSET, CHANGE YOUR LIFE!
Do you call yourself a “Worrywart” or a “Worry Warrior”?
It’s all in the eye of the beholder!
Remember, the words we choose to label ourselves matters tremendously.
In a way, I use my worry to be an Attorney. Worrying is another name for identifying potential issues and strategies for overcoming them. And not only in an adversarial context, but also in negotiations where everyone can win in some way.
What’s more, my worries have absolutely saved our family thousands of dollars when I hire the right people and negotiate contracts for house repairs/renovations/insurance, etc.
I don’t think I could do it without “worrying.”
When it’s in a proper healthy amount, I just call it good “preparation.”
Plan in advance and there’s no headache, I say!
And avoid the sting of calling yourself the wrong thing. There’s no need. You know what’s true for you.
Worry Warriors, UNITE!
Now, take a Mindful Minute to reflect on your life:
⭐️ When your mind ponders the “what-ifs” of life, do you subconsciously label yourself a “Worrywart” or a “Worry Warrior”?
⭐️ Do you ever take time to elevate your mindset, by choosing better words to define yourself?
⭐️ Do you have a Limiting Belief about “worrying”?
⭐️ Do you tend to “worry” an unhealthy amount? Or, do you stay within a healthy amount of “preparation”?
⭐️ Can you FLIP your words, to ELEVATE your mindset, to IMPROVE your life?
⭐️ This week, experiment with using better words to Flip the Script & feel better now.
The Worry Warrior in me honors & respects the Worry Warrior in each of you,
Marisa
⭐️ Remember, we don’t have to figure everything out, all alone. ⭐️
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From Tuesday 2025–10–14:
It’s WEEK #7 of The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron: Recovering a Sense of Connection.
Come join us in the STUDY, SAVOR, & SUPPORT Each Other CHAT! ☕️🍵 for WEEK #7 of The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron: Recovering a Sense of Connection.
In Chapter 7, JC asks us to recover a sense of connection by focusing on:
(1) our receptive ability (how open we are to listening for & receiving help, direction, and guidance from the Universe); and,
(2) our active skills (the actions we take to do the creative work itself, that may be helped or hindered based on our perfectionism and/or willingness to take risks).
Many of us focus a lot on (2) and less on (1).
Personally, I find it fascinating that Julia Cameron defines art as “not about thinking something up. It is about the opposite: getting something down.”
JC makes it sound like art is something that the artist downloads from the ether, from the greater universe, from “the stratosphere….” And, when artists do this, “there is no strain. We’re not doing; we’re getting.”
So much so, the art itself “has its own plan. When a painter is painting he or she may begin with a plan, but that plan as soon surrendered to the painting’s own plan.”
⭐️ Does this this concept of Receiving come naturally to you?
⭐️ Is this an accurate depiction of your own creative process?
Please share your thoughts in the comments.
⭐️ On a scale of 1 to 10, rate if you agree with JC’s opinion or not (where 10 means that you agree with JC’s opinion 100%).
🤔 Do you believe that your current rating is helping you in your creative work?
⭐️ Or, do you want to change your rating?
🤔 Do you want to be more open to Receiving?
🤔 Do you want to take more Active steps?
⭐️ If you want to change your ratings, how do you plan to change them?
Please share your thoughts in the Chat!
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Let’s celebrate the Messy Middle with “WEDNESDAY WIPs”! Post a Note featuring a Work In Progress — to intentionally celebrate what we are in the process of creating, so we can SAVOR & CELEBRATE the Messy Middle before it’s finished!
It’s a fun way for us to see what we’ve been up to, cheer each other on, & Like/Comment/Restack, so we can all GROW!🙌
Like the Sketch I included in the CHAT (above). It’s a sketch that represents my willingness to listen more & enter a state of Receivership, as JC recommends in The Artist’s Way.
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The Creative in me honors & respects the Creative in each of you,
Marisa
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