Challenging Expectations, Defining Success, and Letting Joy Lead (in art and life).

Episode 4 February 7, 2022 - Challenging Expectations, Defining Success and Letting Joy Lead (in art and life).
Off the Canvas with Jenn Van de Vooren

Today I'm taking things in a different direction! As a beginner podcaster I'm learning new technology and work flows as well as what I like and don't like about this process. I was finding that I love sharing the messages from my art experiences but I wasn't loving the editing and intros and outros and music overlays etc. I'm not a technical wizard and that part was just bringing me down. So, in this episode I decided to do things differently. I took a look at what success means for me and what contributes to that and what takes away from it. (This is relevant as we make art and in life in general! See how that works!). I want to share with you the journey I'm on and not give the impression I've got it all figured out and it's smooth sailing from start to finish in every way. Nope! Life (and art) don't work like that so I'm definitely not going to pretend that my workflow is like that either. 

I tried making one video recording with audio that I'm not editing. It's all real and was much easier than striving for the perfect radio show. Instead of using stock music I'm inviting aspiring musicians and singers who want to share their music to contact me and we'll see if it's a good fit for the show. I want to share the abundance that art provides and lift others as much as I can. No one is competition! We're all in it together and we're all connected. :)

So, the takeaways from this episode are:

1. Identify what success means to you.
2. Start having awareness of when you're doing things on autopilot because of expectations and conditioning.
3. Have awareness of how you're feeling and do more of what feels good.
4. Things don't have to be so hard! It's OK to let them be easy and successful.
5. Expect things to not happen in one straight, short line from start to goal. It's OK to change your mind and do things differently.
6. Success is showing up! Celebrate that often!
7. Persistence over consistency still makes progress.

Links mentioned:

Music for Young Children Program

Onward beautiful soul!
Create your own success by your own definition - on and off the canvas.

xoxo Jenn

Jennifer Van de Vooren
www.jvandevooren.com
Instagram: @jennvandevooren
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