Anxiety is experiencing failure in advance
Be honest. Be okay with saying no. Serve others. Get outside more. Be humble, we can all use therapy. Take classes. Remind yourself to be grateful.
About the speaker
Jennifer Ament is a printmaker and painter. Her work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions in New York at The National Arts Club, and on the West Coast in Out of Sight, the Frye Art Museum, the Gage Academy of Art, and The Vera Project.
Her commercial clients include Starbucks, The Derschang Group, Frankie & Jos, JuiceBox, and The Runaway. She has been commissioned for large-scale public murals by Urban Artworks and Starbucks.
Her work has been featured in numerous art and style publications, including Architectural Digest, Huffington Post, Elle Décor, The Jealous Curator, Sunset Magazine, House Beautiful, Seattle Met Magazine, Seattle Magazine, GRAY Magazine, Seattle Homes & Lifestyles Magazine, and Luxe Magazine.
She received a BFA from the San Francisco Academy of Art in 1995, and has since studied at the Gage Academy of Arts and the Pratt Fine Arts Center. She is the founder of Artists For Progress. She lives and works in Seattle, WA.
Jennifer Ament: www.jenniferament.com.
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Anxiety is experiencing failure in advance
It was only when I was ready to fail on a consistent, continual basis that I actually became okay with failure.
Nothing will make you feel more alive than to think that you might die. Everything [is] put in perspective.
Life is a constant state of ups and downs, change and growth.
Most of us will never fully be released from anxiety…but we can keep it in check.
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