It's not that I haven't been thinking of you dear Blog, but somehow, I never quite get here. And it's not that I have not come across a zillion inspiring things to share with you. I have. But somehow clicking the link and signing in to actually post keeps escaping my daily to do list.
But finally, here I am. Thoughts escaping me.
I have been working on pulling together a talk for a breakfast club meeting of a design organization. It's called Beyond Design: Voice Lessons in Branding. And it's interesting to me to go through this process of pulling together a professional presentation. All sorts of fears come up. Do I really know what I'm talking about? Does my talk actually answer the expectation set by the title and its accompanying blurb?
And then I have to take a deep breath, and remember myself. Remember my way of being in the world. My deep belief to trust intuition. Not to work so hard for perfection. To enjoy the process and trust it like nobody's business.
I know I will be nervous. And to help deal with that I plan to read my typed out talk at least once a day out loud all the way through. With my talk 2 weeks away, I have plenty of time to get it thrumming in my mind, so I won't have to read from my notes verbatim.
I know it's always a great idea to open a presentation with some kind of joke. Just to put everyone, including oneself at ease.
Last night I went with a friend to Comix to see stand up comedians bear their souls on stage. That's essentially what they do up there. You can see and feel how personal so much of their work is. And you could see the varying degrees of nervousness. Some were so polished, and seamless. Others a bit shaky in the voice. But you know what? They were all wonderful. Every one of them had something unique, interesting and hysterical to share. One right after another, they reached out with their humor and touched us.
There's nothing like laughter to make everything right with the world.
I hope I can come up with something that at least gets a giggle.
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