As a child, you followed the fun.

You loved to create, to perform, to imagine an adventure beyond your wildest dreams. Then, year by year, the passion and fun and creativity become an indulgence, a frivolous activity, a silly thing - and before you know it, you've been talked out of your creative spark.

You've been taught that creativity is only beneficial if it is useful, productive, monetized.

You scroll Etsy and see countless beautiful creations, thinking, "I miss making earrings," or "I'd love to get back to knitting, but I don't want to take commissions."

When the message is "don't be creative unless you can make money," DUH, you're not spending time on your passions and hobbies, because they feel like they're not "worth the time."

Creativity isn't about forcing another side hustle into your life.

That child inside you still wants to play, to color, to dance, to create.

You can find your way back again.

Your passion never left.