It all starts with one decision, one step, one day…
Join me as I challenge myself to a 100-day posting challenge. I will be posting every day for the next 100-days (June 1st to September 8th) on my various media platforms.
I did not come up with the 100-day challenge. In fact, a graphic design professor at Yale University created “The 100 Day Project” and once it reached Instagram it became a phenom. There are 100s if not 1000s of different 100-day challenges/projects out there, but for my context, I’m doing this to break my crippling sense of perfectionism.
Dr. Brené Brown talks about “Life paralysis {referring} to all of the opportunities we miss because we’re too afraid to put anything out in the world that could be imperfect. It’s also all of the dreams that we don’t follow because of our deep fear of failing, making mistakes, and disappointing others.”
This has been me for years if not decades. I have been terrified of trying to put my creativity out into the world for fear of what others may think or say. I thought I was protecting myself, my inner child who was picked on and teased by others. Even though I’m no longer that little girl, she still lives within me, and I wanted to protect her, so I believed in the lies that the enemy continuously told to me about not being good enough or not having the right credentials to be taken seriously.
But today, I’m saying, “NOPE!”.
If I’m serious about seeing what God has in store for me then I need to get comfortable in the uncomfortable. To produce without knowing what the outcome is going to be. To trust in Him and His direction. I don’t know what this challenge will do for me or for my future, but I do know that He has laid on my heart for a reason and I might as well lean into that and find out.
To make this easier and more attainable for me, I’ve created themes for each day throughout the weeks. They are the following:
Sunday: Challenge Week Recap
Monday: The Artists Way Reflection
Tuesday: Job Search
Wednesday: Creative Outlet
Thursday: Learning to be still and enjoy presence
Friday: Flashback Fridays
Saturday: Healthy Habits Updates
I am hopeful that with each of these themed days that I will have a routine and consistency in my days/weeks but also provide you all with variety as you follow along with my 100-day challenge.
Come join me and walk with me as I embark on this grand new summer adventure and maybe hopefully I may inspire you to create your own 100-day challenge.
love and light,
Lisa Marie
2 Peter 3:8 “…with the Lord one day is a thousand years, and a thousand years is one day.”
