{"id":48750,"date":"2023-04-06T12:06:02","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T12:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/?p=48750"},"modified":"2023-04-06T12:06:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T12:06:05","slug":"the-day-i-created-manchester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/2023\/04\/06\/the-day-i-created-manchester\/","title":{"rendered":"The day I created Manchester."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s ironic that, as a very creative guy, I never truly realized its vast power.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sure, I was creative when it came to my advertising jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was creative in music while composing and writing songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was creative in the process of writing my books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And I am very creative as a transformative coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were no limits to the stuff I could produce, I never doubted that capacity (and was well-paid for that), and yet I didn\u2019t see how far my creativity actually extended, and how much of my life was painted by me, moment by moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s easy to see creativity in painters and their work, artists and their songs, or writers and their books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those are the results of creativity we\u2019ve collectively embraced and easily recognize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what most of us don\u2019t acknowledge is how we literally create everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right now it\u2019s raining in Amsterdam, the sky is quite gray, and I am having a blast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the past I blamed the rain for my mood, so what changed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is this happier rain?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No of course not, this is the delicious power of creation!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And since I’m mentioning rain: last year I visited Manchester for a couple of days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the first time I was there, I had the best time of my life, and so I just couldn\u2019t stop talking about my trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When people asked me \u2018What was it about Manchester you liked so much?\u2019, the only thing I could answer was \u2018Everything!\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I felt like a 5-year-old boy waking up early on a long Summer vacation day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that\u2019s what created my experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I brought all the joy and the fun and the curiosity with me, and used it generously to paint my little adventure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can do this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can do this all the time if we start stretching who we are being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first step in creating a life that is WAY more exciting and fulfilling than the one you\u2019re living right now, is realizing you\u2019re already the artist responsible for this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next step is to take matters into your own hand, open up your little boy\u2019s or little girl\u2019s box full of brightly colored crayons, and start imagining away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t forget that once upon a time you were an astronaut, a princess, a dragon, a world-famous soccer player, or a handsome vet working with animals in the rainforest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not too long ago you did this effortlessly, you WERE those things, and you never doubted them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It IS deliberate stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is totally real and incredibly exciting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And if this sounds challenging or too good to be true, if you believe you\u2019ve lost your magic color box somewhere in time, send me an email<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s how you create the best coach for your life right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

—<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(Photo by @jamesgenchi, for Unsplash)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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