Frog It
Permission to admit failure is so important for my mental health.
Last week I was showing a friend a shawl I was working on, and after she admired it etc she for some reason asked “do you like it?”
And I suddenly realized that I didn’t. I was dragging myself through making it.
My friend gave me an ‘I’ve been there,’ type hug and said, “frog it.”
And I felt this huge weight lift. I was allowed to give up! To declare the project a failure! I immediately pulled that thing undone, picked out a new design and in the last week I’ve been enjoying it so much I’ve already reworked all that unraveled yarn that took me a month on the old project.
Pushing yourself forward on a personal creative project that’s not making you happy is horrible and soul sucking. Whether it’s a scarf or a novel. I’m not talking about something that’s difficult or challenging. I mean something that you hate.
But sometimes it’s hard to give yourself permission to give up.
So here it is. You have permission. Frog that sweater, abandon that story. Scrap that novel. You’re allowed.
And go put your creative energies toward something fun.