I spent some more time with myself after Sunday’s post, thinking about my resistance, working to get to the bottom of it.  Then I tried to dodge around the answer I kept getting to, but I kept ending up back there.  Setting the goals, getting them down right now feels restrictive.  I’m not ready for this yet.

I feel a little bit like this flower–crushed and flattened.

On the one hand I feel like I completely blew it, like this was a complete bomb.  On the other hand, I think it’s important to show the failures, setbacks, wrong turns, etc.  The more of us who share *all* aspects of our creative journeys the better.  It helps those of us creating on our own to see that other creatives go through all of these phases, too.  Your favorite artists, authors, musicians and other creative people go through this, too.  It’s normal. It happens.  It’s part of the process.

This absolutely doesn’t mean the R.E.A.L. G.O.A.L.S.™ system doesn’t work.  Just means it isn’t working for me, at least not right now.  It may be something I’ll want to revisit in future when I’m more ready for it.  For now, though, I’m going to set aside this experiment and move on to other things.

This week, I’m feeling the need for some easy, soft activities.  I’m going to take this week off from experimenting to play in my art journal, think about where I am and where I might be going and generally let my brain loosen up a bit.  So I’m not going to do an experiment this week, but if I get to a finished stage on any of my art journal pages, I might post a pic or two.

I’d still love to hear about your experiences if you’re working with R.E.A.L. G.O.A.L.S.™  Please leave a comment or drop me a note and let me know how it’s going.