Let the Work Lead You

What if you don't need any more instructions?

I was watching a Margaret Atwood Masterclass on the writing process and somewhere between her dry wit and razor-sharp wisdom, I realized: the process she was describing — the way she listens, observes, allows the story to lead — it was something I was already doing.

Intuitively, quietly, and without instruction.

It felt less like learning, and more like remembering.

Like someone had just put words to something I already understood but hadn’t laid out in a series of repeatable steps.

That’s when it hit me:

What if you don’t need more lessons? What if you already know?

So often, we chase steps and systems. We look for the perfect process, the missing piece, the right ritual to unlock creativity. We want the easy way out and someone to tell us what to do so we can save energy. But what if there’s nothing missing? What if the creative process itself is the teacher? What if the easiest way of all is to just do what’s natural?

What if the muse isn’t waiting for you to be more prepared — just more open?

In that moment, I saw how often I’ve been guided by something deeper. A pull. A whisper. A sense of rhythm or resonance that doesn’t come from structure or strategy, but from somewhere much older and more instinctual. It’s not about forcing the work — it’s about following it.

The stories, the ideas, the visions — they arrive on their own time. And when they do, they already know the way.

You just have to trust them.

You just have to trust you.

So maybe you don’t need another class or another book.

Maybe you just need to listen.

Maybe you already know.

Allow yourself to be the vessel.