On Consistency
The Cloverview, On the Wonder-Led Life. Also— 100 Days of Wonder | Prompts for Weeks 13-15
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This week felt like it blew in creative fits and squalls. I was either living inside my thoughts or chasing them like a Texas tumbleweed in a spring storm.
I’ve been thinking a lot about consistency this week. Maybe it’s because we are nearing the end of our 100-Day Project. Perhaps it’s because I’m working on a longform writing project that is both feeding my soul and demanding I feed my soul more so I have what I need to write.
I can’t give what I do not have. The words that hold weight are the words that become real in me.
I am constantly fighting my way through the noise of this season. It is a difficult thing to maintain focus when the very system you escaped is now shaping public life around you in profound ways that keep every last nerve cell you have on perpetual high alert.
So I’ve been thinking of consistency. A lot. Primarily my lack of it.
Our Week 13-15 Prompts ⬇️
Because May is so busy leading into summer, I went ahead and added the rest of the 100 Days of Wonder prompts so you have them when you are ready.
This is what has caught my imagination ⬇️
What if the consistency of repetition matters far less than the consistency of the kind of substance that makes up the soul and story of our creative work?
When I hear the word consistency, I immediately think of streaks. How many days did you read? How many times a week did you walk? Did you show up every day? And I’m not saying there is no value there.
We absolutely need to show up for ourselves and our creative dreams.
But what if it is less about flawless repetition and more about focused composition, less about activity and more about authenticity?
What might happen if we shifted the way we defined consistency in our creative practice from the quantity of our execution to the quality of what winds up being executed?
You don’t need to optimize everything. Your creativity isn’t a machine. It’s a work of heart.
I think there is something powerful waiting to be explored here. Keep an eye out because I plan to do just that.
Love from the bottom of my heart,
