I was recently interviewed in Canvas Rebel magazine about creative risk, digital media and career lessons I wish I knew sooner. One of my answers is easily a writing prompt:
Culturally, we live in a space in which the idea of modesty lives at extremes, with one end of the spectrum being wild self-aggrandizement and the other being completely negating ourselves and our accomplishments, yet so few are talking about the rich and rewarding space right in the middle of just being straightforward about our accomplishments.
Today, write about that middle space, straightforwardly and clearly, describing your accomplishments objectively, and also write about what comes up for you as you do. If you feel like a braggart, write that down and follow that thread. If you feel good or “appropriately-in-habit” undermining yourself, name that too and follow it to its core. Unpack the things that might make you squirm about that middle space and see wht you can bust through. Let’s go.