I’m going to let you in on a secret. Somedays being a Carnival Ninja is hard.

Like the days I don’t want to get out of bed. Or the days where I spill coffee all over myself. Or the days I forget my lunch. Or the days I just feel plain ole uninspired.

Like today when ALL of those things happened.

Being a badass purveyor of art and love is tough on those days.

All of that stuff left me feeling stuck stuck stuck. And then I told myself:

Because it is. A terrible, horrible, nasty, no good trap.

And even worse? It’s an EXCUSE.

And I am strongly opposed to excuses. Excuses just stand in the way of unleashing my unbridled awesome on the world. And that’s the complete opposite of what I’m about.

So I told myself, “Don’t get stuck. Take a walk, doodle it out, make someone smile. Take a deep breath and find five amazing things that are where you are. It’s not hard, they are all around you.

And more than that, they are inside of you.”

When I took my own good advice, I found I wasn’t so stuck anymore. Which meant a happier me. Which meant more Carnival Ninjary.

And that’s really what it’s all about.