noun: authorization granted to do something; formal consent. In her online class, The Gifts of Imperfection, Dr Brene` Brown talks about experiencing fear and anxious feelings about an upcoming experience and deciding to give herself permission to relax and enjoy the time, to be excited and playful. She has sense used permission slips in moments when she experienced fear, often putting it on a post-it note in her pocket.
She gave two assignments regarding making permission slips. Once at the beginning of the class and once towards the end. Here are mine:
"Permission to: make mistakes, be honest, be imperfect, be temporary, try & fail,
experiment, take time for this, share as needed."
"I have permission to: mess up, try something new, to be authentic."
I was amazed at the impact simply writing these down had on my frame of mind and emotional state. I was also struck my a common theme...trying something new/experiment/try and risk messing up/making mistakes/being imperfect. This led me to ask, how often do I hold back, not try something, say no to an idea, an experiment, an opportunity simply because I am afraid of failing, falling, looking stupid or silly and imperfect?
I need to keep journalling and digging into this, but I would love to know, if you gave yourself permission...what would it be?
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