Yes I am back!
Happily refreshed by sunshine, holidays and lots of laughter and good times with friends and family.
While I have been silent out there in Social Media Land, my brain and heart have both been busily percolating lots of ideas. In, out, yes, no until yesterday, bobbing in the clear ocean waters at Balmoral Beach, I finally realized it doesn’t have to be perfect.
The swim was worth the traffic
Imperfect is okay, actually it is more than okay, kind of perfect really!
If I waited until I had the perfect newsletter or the perfect printable to gift you, then I would miss out on learning new skills, making new friendships and a whole lot of joy along the way.
I realized that the gorgeous souls of The Stamp Collective are far more interested in exploring new ideas, asking questions and being inspired than they are in perfection.
Danielle La Porte, Leonie Dawson and Chris Brogan amongst numerous others talk about having a guiding word for the year rather than a goal. Danielle writes how you should pick four words that describe how you want to feel in her book The Desire Map. Chris Brogan talks about four influencing words, for example Green might be your word and it would influence the food you ate, the way you considered your energy consumption or that you wanted to exercise outdoors that year.
Mine you ask?
ACTION and CHOICES.
I want the end of 2014 to look different to the end of 2013 so, for me, it comes down to those two words. Big scary, audacious words that mean embracing imperfection, just having a go, not worrying about what people will think and opening up to the surprises that I have no doubt will come along for the ride!
So The Stamp Collective blog will post weekly inspired by colour, travel, flowers, relationships, the choices we make, people being brave and sometimes even stamps. I will master MailChimp and Canva and there will newsletters and printables!
A fabulously imperfect place to talk, share or just be silent and listen.
So looking forward to being imperfect together!
Liska x
