Let go of your fantasy self

Dear Creative Soul, For years I dreamed of being the kind of person carrying around notebooks everywhere. Sitting on a park bench staring at a tree, taking my time writing a poem, or lingering in beautful cafe’s and writing something profound while sipping a cup of tea. To sustain that dream I wrecked my back carrying big, fancy notebooks with me everywhere. And that’s silly because I’ve known for a long time that I’m most comfortable with pocket notebooks. That image I sketched in the start of the chapter, that is an ideal that doesn’t fit me. If I have something that needs jotted down, I write it down on my iPhone. If I do sit in a cafe, I write my poetry, journal etc in a pocket notebook, not in the fancy big notebook that makes my shoulder hurt. I’m letting that image of me go. Liberating myself from that image stuck in my head is making me truly happy with who I am. What image is stuck in your head? What ideal have you set for yourself that completely doesn’t fit with the real…