I have never considered myself as a “naturally” creative or “artsy” person. It doesn’t come easy to me like other things do (lol). Ideas come naturally to me, I’m full of them. But when it comes to making something of those ideas, I have to work REALLY long and hard to come up with something. It rarely comes out the way I want because I expect perfection from whatever I do, and when something turns out different from what I planned or pictured in my mind, it automatically registers as a failure to me.
You see, I am extremely OCD (obsessive compulsive), have been ever since I can remember and it works well for me in some areas of my life and makes others more difficult.. OCD, ADD and Perfectionism together = A MESS! lol That’s lil’ ole me 
I was writing to my Grandfather and whining about being frustrated with this whole scrap room project and I said something that came out of nowhere, and I need to plaster it everywhere so I can remind myself when I start getting stressed out about things.
“Being creative is learning to let go of your expectations and just “create”.
What do you know? Wisdom and my own quote! lol See? Came out of nowhere!
Practicing this idea is much harder than it sounds for someone with my personality but I really, truly believe if I work hard enough at it, I can LEARN to be creative (lol). I realize that’s a contradiction but hey, I’m a work in progress!
I honestly believe that if I can STOP working at it, I may actually be creative, possibly, maybe…
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