Isn\u2019t it amazing how we try and control every bit of our lives? We micromanage and get so overly frustrated when things don\u2019t go our way. As a result of The Bead Movement I\u2019ve started to more actively work on letting go of things in order to live a more, from my perspective, fulfilled and happy everyday life. This week was no different from any other week, but this month\u2019s theme of \u201dLetting go\u201d was so suitable.<\/p>\n
Right now I\u2019m working on a tv show for a Swedish network. The deadlines are tight and we are working against the clock. The other day we needed to make some big changes in an episode and there wasn\u2019t that much time to do it. In those circumstances when the critique hits you it\u2019s easy to get caught up in why we need to change this or that, or take it personally or get stuck on a million thoughts that in that instant of stress just leads you to freeze and as a result loose a lot of invaluable time. Flexibility comes in handy, cause all I could think about in that moment was to let it go. Let go of all that was preplanned, because none of those thoughts would help me to move forward and get the work done.<\/p>\n
What I in that moment needed was a fresh template so I as fast as possible could start over. Every single thought of why this had happened, or what was behind the notes we got would only stop me. I guess people can be more or less flexible, but what I have noticed is that we definitely can train this skill. It\u2019s just a matter of changing one\u2019s mindset, and of course one\u2019s willingness to do so.<\/p>\n
I am so utterly grateful that I nowadays (most of the days) can ride that wave to \u00a0quickly get to the shore and get going. The ticking clock in combination with my let go mentality made me work through it in a very fruitful way. And what I noticed afterwards was that the halt or setback turned into my creative force.<\/p>\n
Being a writer I push myself through fear of failure quite a lot. We put ourselves on the line, and we work diligently towards a result we hope will come out the way we pictured it. Writing and living the freelance life is a constant \u2019Get up on your feet\u2019-scenario. We try and try again. We fail, but we can never let it hinder us. It\u2019s through the mistakes and failures we grow. It\u2019s as simple as that. Failures are the necessities for success. And when you look at it like that it\u2019s not as scary as one first would have thought. You just know you have to push through it. Because life is after all a trial and error kind of a thing, and what we are here to do is to just find our way.<\/p>\n
Love, Johanna<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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