So first thing I want to talk to you about having confidence in your creations. And this is something that is so important, not just in drawing, but in life in general. It's about having the confidence to move forward and about believing in yourself, and about quieting the stories that we have in our mind so that we can move forward and that we can do what we want to do. We often have a lot of stories, especially around creativity. And I think that often our education system or influences when we were growing up have a lot to do with this. So I know as a child and I see it happening, I have a child myself.
We started are out with so much confidence in our own abilities to draw. And we think every single creation that we do is wonderful. And our parents put it on the fridge and they give us lots of compliments about it. And then we go to school and we learn, oh, it's actually not that good. And we start comparing ourselves with other people. And we start to lose confidence in that process.
And part of the adult coloring in movement when I made some videos about that, a lot of the feedback that I got was that people were actually afraid to color in, they were afraid to put pen to paper, because somewhere along the line, they were told that they weren't good enough to do that. So it's about getting back that confidence in our own ability. And I think the most important thing to remember is it's only a piece of paper. Yeah, I'm going to say that again. It's only a piece of paper. So if you create Write something or draw something that you don't like, or that maybe is not at a really high standard.
First off, it doesn't matter. What we're doing here is we're going to be practicing. And everything that we do is just a practice run. And if it turns out great, great. If it doesn't, that's great, too, because we have learned from that. And we often become really critical of ourselves.
And we think to ourselves, this part's not good enough. And that part's not good enough. And when you look at all of the things on that page, that are not good enough. So that's what we're not going to do. What we're going to do is we're going to start looking at everything that we create, and we're going to find the parts that are good. We're going to find the parts that we do well.
And later we might learn to improve the parts that are maybe not so great. But most importantly, we're going to start to build the confidence in the things that we do well. So when we consciously choose to let go have our own expectations and our own self judgment, we then free up the mind and leave a lot more space to be able to create. And that's what's important here is letting go of expectations and letting go of our own judgments so that we can move forward with confidence. Earlier, I mentioned that having a visual diary is a great idea. So this is going to contradict myself a little bit because in one sentence, I say it's only a piece of paper.
And if you don't want to show anybody, you don't have to, if you want to throw it out when you're finished, that's okay too. You don't have to hold on to anything that you don't want to. However, in contrast to that, keeping a record of your process and of your drawing journey can be a really great way to gain confidence. So if you're inclined to I encourage you to work in a visual diary, I also encourage you today to work and to work from the front of the book to the back of the book. That way Two or three months time in two or three days time, you can look back on your creative journey, and you can reflect on how far you have actually come. And that alone will give you a lot of confidence.
I talked about having something called a 10 year rule in design. And sometimes I look back on things that I had done 10 years ago. And at the time, I was really self critical. And I really didn't like them. And I thought, Oh, goodness, that's no good. I look back in 10 years time, and I think, Wow, how amazing am I and how wonderful did i do back then considering where I was?
And look at how far I have come. So if you wish, keep a visual diary. If you never want to show anybody that's okay. If you want to send me pictures from it and things that you have created so that I can help give you feedback then that's great too. Please do so.