Forget Perfection, Just Start

Welcome to the Fire + Voice blog!

Starting a new blog, a Youtube channel, an Instagram account, and a Facebook page has been intimidating. We’ve been talking about launching Fire + Voice for years now, just sitting on so many ideas. And we’ve finally put it out into the world and are building from square one. Intimidating, yes, but also liberating. Getting started feels good. 

We held back for so long because we didn’t have it all fleshed out, we didn’t have all the kinks ironed out, we didn’t exactly know how to navigate all these different mediums in a way that is meaningful without feeling contrived, we didn’t know how to monetize the brand while staying focused on our intention of community. And guess what? We still don’t. We just decided to start moving-- screw perfection. Because the idea of perfection is death to creativity. And it’s not real anyways, so who needs it?

Whatever ideas you have in the works, let this be your push to just start. Even if it’s just for one hour a week, start putting your ideas into motion. See what happens. Maybe it grows into a full-fledged business, or maybe it’s something you learn from and that gets your creative wheels turning. Both are entirely legitimate reasons to create. Let go of the idea that something has to be perfect or monetizable in order to be worth pursuing. It’s worth it, period.

As far as this blog goes, we hope you find something refreshing here. Not a curated “influencer” feed, not feel good motivation without honesty, not pretty pastel colors and minimalistic design. There’s a lot of that on social media already, and it’s tired. And it’s not us. We want you to feel bold, honest, and colorful in this community. We want those concepts to become a part of your life.

So thank you for being here. Let’s create and grow together.