When Are You Most Inspired?
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Where do you find your greatest source of inspiration? When are you most inspired? When do creative “nuggets” drop into your head effortlessly?
For myself, the answer is: in my sleep.
Well, let me start over.
I’m 7 months pregnant, and if you know anything about pregnancy you know that, especially in the latter months, your sleep can beĀ interrupted. Ā Due to those interruptions, my mind has the opportunity to be more lucid and fresh thoughts form that I can usually recollect for, atleast, the beginning of the subsequent day. Ā It’s increased so much as my pregnancy has progressed that I often wonder if my body’s ability to create a human being has some how stimulated my mind’s ability to create a natal thought. Ā For example, it’s 6:30AM and I was awakened with a strong urge to try a new way of documenting the abundance of ideas that come to me in my dreams, so I am. Ā Most amazinglyĀ I was led to the answer to a question that I had just asked God for the day priorĀ in the form of family pictures buried in the bottom of my office closet. Wow.
As I’ve shared, I’m examining the possibility of repositioning myself to something that more aligns with my passions and purpose. Ā This quest of self-discovery requires raw truth on my part, more so to myself than to others. Ā I have to stop the learned lying (settling) about what I’m interested in or care about. One huge revelation is that because I’m good at something does not mean I have to pursue it, even though others may encourage me to do so … but that’s another post.
So, when are you most inpired and what are you doing to capture those innovative thoughts and put them into action?
Have a great day you guys & until next time Glam Fam I wish you
Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Nappyness,
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Roshini Cope
Roshini Cope, aka Glamazini, is a life coach and video creator who gained a following for her natural hair tutorials, which evolved into authentic personal stories of healing with a consistent dash of humor. She is a black woman healing helping other black women heal, expand their self-awareness, reclaim their joy, and create the life they want. Work with Roshini š¤āØš¤
4 Comments
BigTickles
I am encouraged in my sleep.
I pick up my phone by my bed, go to the recorder app, I record it and go back to sleep.
I put them into action by mainly researching them to see if they are feasible right now. Then I create a goal with a time limit to accomplish; if not done by time limit I let it go. Sometimes the thought comes back and sometimes it doesn’t.
BOOYAH! Shortest response ever…by me! (taking my bow now…thank you! thank you!)
glamazini
*applause* LOL
Recorder app? Fancy! Unfortunately my phone has been a tad unreliable of late so I’m using a good old hand held mini-tape recorder that I dug out of the draw in my office closet. I’m the queen of list making so that’s how I stay on top of my goals.
Erica
I am most inspired by expressions of creativity in others. Great ideas and great wisdom often come to me during live musical performances. In recent years I also find listening to and watching people speak inspiring. They could be talking about politics or science or twistouts! As long as they seem genuinely connected to what they are saying I feel inspired to do better or think differently about some aspect of my own life.
This inspiration has resulted in several (unpublished) poems and countless (unexplored) business ideas. I’m still working on finding the courage to transform the inspiration into action. (sigh)
glamazini
Your comment makes me think of when Oprah came onto the stage at Lifeclass. Just seeing her made me surprisingly emotional and want to do better.
About the courage comment … what are you waiting on? I say start now! You and me both gonna jump out the boat and see what this water-walking is like. š