Challenge yourself

Challenge yourself, stand out from the crowd. I don’t know about you but I often feel like I am competing with others when I should really be competing with myself. What do I mean when I say compete with myself? Challenge yourself to be better today than yesterday. Don’t dwell on tomorrow or yesterday. Focus on today. Yesterday is past and over with. It is history that can’t be changed. Tomorrow isn’t here yet and speculating too much on the future I may miss an opportunity today.

This mindset not only applies in life but also applies to our artwork. In our artwork, let us not worry about what others are capable of doing. Focus on what you can do. Challenge yourself to get out of your comfort zone, challenge your ability, push your limits of creativity to do better today. Do something to meet your daily goal towards greater goals.

When I started this blog, my intent was to challenge myself to become more active in creating new art. I set my goal to write something no matter how short each day. So far, I have managed to meet that goal. This has shown me I can do it, I can rise to the challenge I set for myself. Each day, I start off with a completed task. Having already completed a task makes it easier to take on and complete additional tasks and creative goals. If I can do it, so can you.