The significance of small steps to bringing your words to the world

The dominant culture narrative is one that lauds big steps, bold leaps. When so-called successful people tell their stories, they often distill their narrative down to a single significant moment. They shine their attention on the thunderous, the flashy.

As a result, they tend to gloss over the myriad of often seemingly boring or minute ways in which they continued to move toward that which they were creating - every day.

“A word after a word after a word is power.” Margaret Atwood

Small acts repeated over and over again are what move you forward. Showing up for your writing or your creative work in the world, even in little ways, generates an energy. It’s a commitment to the relationship you have with your work and with yourself.

It is sacred. It is empowering.

As we move into this time nearing the end of the calendar year, I invite you to spend some time with your work and ask the following:

Is there a small act that will help you bring your words or creative work into the world? Can you commit to doing it today and tomorrow and the next day?

Wishing you a year-full of small, brave steps toward that which you love.

PS – if one of your intentions is to spend more time with your writing, please consider joining next Thursday’s solstice writing workshop or to signing up for some of my free writing coworking sessions.