
Where did that year go….I just realised I did not do a single blog in 2024….to be honest it was a busy year with so many new projects and ideas coming out it was really full on.
I’m not sure yet what 2025 will bring creativity wise as my mind goes 10 to the dozen most of the time ....always thinking….so many things I want to do or seem like a good idea. I can obviously think faster than I can do and sometimes this can be overwhelming and then I don’t do anything which can then be frustrating and disappointing.
I don’t know if you ever overthink or feel overwhelmed by things you need or want to do…over the years of being an over thinker I have tried to manage my own expectations and I don’t think this has helped. I think by managing my own expectations I have talked myself out of brilliant ideas and even put myself down which is never good for my self esteem. I have also tried the daft thing of asking other peoples opinions….and that really doesn’t help anyone.

Sometimes your ideas are bigger than other folks can think of or imagine or handle and so before you have got to the end of what you are thinking they are already saying ….yes dear …which means here she goes again, her and her imagination….they used to say to me …’your imagination will run away with you one day’ I never understood this expression…well why the hell not….I love my imagination.
I googled the saying…it means ….’if you let your imagination or your emotions run away with you, you fail to control them and cannot think sensibly. You're letting your imagination run away with you’…… This is just nuts your imagination and your emotions are you ….the person you are, you dont need to be sensible all of the time ....you need to be free to think and be the person your really are.
I have always had what has been called in the past a 'vivid' or 'over active' imagination but I always tried to keep it limited to practical things …for instance I was a Project Manager in a corporate world and I was very good at it and I loved it….I loved explaining things and always got complimented on my ability to turn a rather dry subject into something interesting and fun….or if we had issues, I never got upset I worked it out and came at things a different way to avoid or fix what they said could not work….I couldn’t have done any of this without my imagination.

Having a vivid imagination can also be isolating, I am sure folks can be jealous or think you are making stuff up or trying to out do them but its not any of that it is just you are so excited to share and bring joy it all comes out a little to fast for some people to handle.
I also know an imagination can be detrimental as it can mean you can imagine things that aren’t good.....like no one likes you or people are talking about you in a negative way…..this I believe is because you think everyone thinks like you and they over think too.....but what I have failed to understand over the years of dealing with these thoughts is ..... in most cases other people aren’t even thinking of you at all they are thinking about themselves and you are not even in their thoughts, you are just imagining it. There it goes running away with you…yes thats when that saying works ….but not for the fun, exciting stuff.
So after 50 plus years of holding my imagination in check I feel I am now letting it run away with me, bless it I can imagine my imagination is so happy to be free ….painting, ceramics, writing ….the list is growing and I love it….I want it to run away with me but I don’t want to miss anything.
I have to be careful not to overwhelm myself, never mind everyone else, but by writing it down I can remember it and go back to it…..it doesn’t all have to happen today but that maybe tomorrows fun…I love a ‘To Do List’….it seems less overpowering and more like just things I want to do, including the boring stuff.

So if you have an idea you want to try and you think you will be laughed at just do it ......don’t overthink and overwhelm yourself with the what if it doesn’t work routine just go ahead and have a go….if it doesn’t work then it doesn’t matter you tried and it wasn’t for you but if it works it maybe the best thing you ever did….and that would be amazing.
Be amazing and shine …..let your imagination run away with you ….let it have fun.
Please visit my website and take a look at my art....this was all done because I tried something I had never tried before and I loved it .....its not always perfect but it is always 100% authentically me........never let anyone steal the joy from your imagination.....you are wonderful just the way you are.
