When I was 13, I made a list of things I would do if I couldn’t fail. I can’t remember what was on that list. But I do remember it was more fantastical than reflective. The exact question I was answering was…
What would you do in success was gauranteed? (This question is your prompt for the day by the way)
I made a list of 15 things today, as a now 45 year old the list probably looked very different from that first list. I doesn’t lack ambition but there is nothing too outrageous either. As a 13 year old my list was speculation. At 45 it’s pretty clear what I would want to spend my time doing.
What’s stopping me?
Time really. I can’t do the list in a day. Not a week. Not even a year.
A decade. I could do it in a decade, in fact if I get a decade, it’s hard to imagine not doing the list.
Maybe the part of us that dreams dreams in decades, but the part of us that acts only has today… if that is true it’s so important to connect that vision and bring those dreams into today.
Into today’s attention, today’s intention and today’s action.
And the first step is to make a list.
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FREE ZOOM DRAW ALONG
On the 17th of November, I’m hosting a free zoom Draw Along.
We’ll be doing a Drawing P.A.C.T together, while I answer questions about what I learned that enabled me to become a picturebook illustrator at 40, the mistakes I made that held me back, and 1 idea I learned from working in startups that accelerated my career change. It is also a Q&A session for my Drawing Playful Picture Stories retreat in Portugal in March 2027. We’ll be joined by some familiar faces and also Sofia Ramos, the owner of the property and logistics organiser of the trip!
Join the Zoom if you’ve signed up for the retreat, if you’re curious, or if you just want to draw and ask questions.
