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Daily Dose—FIND YOUR FOCUS
Out of flow? Make some space! As life expands and grows it can become overgrown with chaos and clutter and dysfunction until you can no longer see straight! Not only is your garage full of crap but also your relationships, your emotions, your body. It’s time to take inventory of everything in your life, your business, your relationships, your goals, your mental attitudes. Where are you out of flow? What’s cluttering up your life? It’s time to make some space! Clear the brush. Trim the broken branches. Mend the wounded roots. Cut out the diseased portions. Clean up your life. Find your focus. Create a healthy...
Read MoreDaily Dose—THE POWER OF YES
Are you ready for a YES?! Give it to yourself. “No” is one of the toughest things to hear in life. No, I don’t love you. No, you didn’t get in. No, you didn’t get the job. No, you lost. No, you can’t have that, do that, be that. It takes away your power. The culture of “no” keeps the power in the hands of someone else. Waiting for a “yes” sucks but is a part of life that every human being on the planet has to deal with. “No” is a part of reality. But what if you stopped giving the no’s so much power—to crush you, to stop you, to keep you insecure and small? What if you...
Read MoreDaily Dose—BE AUTHENTIC
What are you going to do? Do it genuinely…as you! No matter what you set out to do this year—work, play, create, build, help, change—do it as you! Cut the crap. Cut the pretense. Cut the pretending. Cut the posturing. Step into all of who you are and love it! Don’t fall victim to fashion or trends or herd mentality or mean people who want to make you feel less than or put you down or tell you that you’ll never succeed because of who you are. Don’t fall victim to your own insecurities, fears, or doubts. Be loud and proud of your voice, your face, your body, your age, your ideas, your inventions, your work, and your creativity—they are your unique...
Read More2016 Musings – Take One
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! I’m shaking things up in 2016!!! I couldn’t pick just one so here are my THREE themes for 2016: Fearlessly Authentic Self-Expression Prolific & Playful Creativity Bold Visibility I’m also going to play with more video posts this year! I presume they and I will evolve as I play and create and grow but this one was spontaneous, stream of conscious, and random. I laughed my ass off doing it and I also cried and got excited and felt silly and bold… Here’s to another amazing year of ‘thinking outside the box inside the box’ and creating from what we have! Until tomorrow, create from what you...
Read MoreCreating 2015—Day 344: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOTHER!
Happy Birthday to the best mom in the whole world!!!!! I can’t wait to see you and celebrate our asses off. I love you to the moon and back…and then some. http://thinkoutsidetheboxinsidethebox.com/tobib/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/happy-bday-mom.mp4 Until tomorrow, create from what you have…awesome mothers. Kelli Joan Bennett is a filmmaker, actress, writer, entrepreneur, advocate for creative thinking and Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Think Outside The Box Inside The Box Media. Follow...
Read MoreCreating 2015—Day 336 to Day 338: HAPPY ‘thankful to be alive’ FRIDAY DANCE
As all of us are still reeling from the horrific mass shooting in San Bernardino on Wednesday, my thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families and, I am giving HUGE thanks for this day, for my life, my family, my friends, my country, and YOU this morning. Thank you for being a part of my journey. Stay safe. Hug your loved ones. Keep your heart open. Choose hope instead of fear. Choose gratitude instead of anger. Choose love instead of hate. Choose to start creating your dreams today. And… CHOOSE TO DANCE…right now!...
Read MoreDaily Dose—FIND YOUR PASSION AGAIN
What do you want? Fight for it! When all seems lost—you fail the test, you lose the investor, you eat the cake—don’t throw up your hands in despair and give up. Reassess, regroup and fight harder instead! Go back to what made you start in the first place. Why do you want to write? Why do you want to get healthy? Why do you want to run a marathon? Why do you want to build a business? Why do you want to go to school? Why do you want to learn how to fly a plane? Why do you want to get your masters degree? Why do you want to get the job? Why do you want to lose weight? Why do you want to make your movie? Why do you want to change? Remember your why and...
Read MoreCreating 2015—Day 329 to Day 335: HO, HO, HO!
Happy December! How was your Thanksgiving vacation? Mine was awesome and delicious and drunken and fun and Christmas tree decorating filled. We’ve officially shifted into holiday mode! Woo hoo! So, that means there are only 31 days left of 2015. How did that happen?! Cray. 2016 is rapidly approaching. I can’t wait! I have a bad habit of considering the year basically over after my birthday in November. I give up on the current year and start dreaming about the one to come. I go into holiday mode and start seriously slacking off…biding my time until a fresh start. The only exception I can think of was in 2012 when I went into pre-production on...
Read MoreDaily Dose—GIVE THANKS
Worry taking up too much space? Give thanks instead! When the worry monster takes over—about money, about relationships, about work, about holiday guests—acknowledge it, note it and then replace it with giving thanks instead! Replace worry by thinking about who and what you are actually grateful for and give thanks for it and for them. Replace worry by feeling thankful. Replace worry by saying thank you. Replace worry by taking action to assuage that worry and get to a place of thankfulness. Be aware when worry takes up too much space so you can shift and take action or release and let go. Let worry motivate you to be thankful and take action! Think thanks. Feel...
Read MoreCreating 2015—Day 324 to Day 328: GIVING THANKS
I’m in a thankful state of mind this morning. Not very original considering tomorrow is Thanksgiving. But hey, I’m thankful for feeling thankful and thankful Thanksgiving is tomorrow to shift me into a state of gratitude. It’s such a beautiful place to exist. I’m thankful for the wonderful creative meeting I had this past weekend with Screenwriter Cindy on our film project, The Botox Party. She recently moved into a new home and its energy and hers are grounded and expansive and I love being there with her creating! I’m thankful for the awesome slumber party I had Monday night with my best friend and actress, writer, producer extraordinaire, Finnerty Steeves....
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