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Sunday, March 3, 2013
Friday, March 1, 2013
The Jump.
Hello Fabulous Blog Readers,
I have so many things to share with you.
First off I have a secret that I kept from you all and I am sorry.
I wrote a blog entry that was about priorities and how I felt that my priorities were jumbled and stretched thin. I really felt the heat in the saying, "there are only so many hours in a day." I made a list for you all to see that was something like this:
My Life:
Working my Part-Time Job
School (statistics class)
Sarah Creates (my art business)
Health and Wellness (healthy food preparation and exercise)
This list mind you, does not include relationships with family and/or friends, relaxation, art time, house cleaning...the day to day life activities that make like fun and a bit unpredictable.
I told you all that I was doing excellent in some of these things (school and health and wellness) and half assing the rest...(work and Sarah Creates). I was so honest with you when I made the confession that ONE OF THESE THINGS NEEDED TO GO. But I cringed when I thought about letting any one of these things go out of my life.
I publically proclaimed that the one that needed to go was my part time job...
Let me share with you a bit of back ground here.
I have been working in a bead store in Humboldt County. I like the ladies that I work with and I like most of the customers. In a way, this job was perfect for me by having jewelry (my art medium) shoved in my face in all manners of ways 4 days a week. I made custom jewelry with people every day. This was my job. This kept me on my toes, and saturated my life with my art.
It was great.
But when I thought about: if I could work this hard for myself, I could make more money than I do now, be happier, make my own schedule, be independent, be a full time artist...
I realized which one of the "priorities" needed to go.
Once this happened I pressed the delete button.
I guess I thought that it was too scary to acknowledge my feelings in that moment. It was scary to share them.
I mourned. I was scarred. I was afraid of disappointing my coworkers. I was afraid of failure.
Then
I jumped.
Instead of criticism I received congratulations, recognition of my talent, the confidence of my co-workers, a premier party in LA, a new consignment relationship in LA, an online sale of a 216. dollar necklace. All in the few days after I took that jump.
Now I recognize how valuable it would be to share with you my whole process. The sorting of priorities, the weeding out of painful pseudo necessaries, the fear of failure and the jump.
Sorry for the delay in relating to you.
I am still falling, but I feel safe and the wind against my face feels so liberating.
I have so many things to share with you.
First off I have a secret that I kept from you all and I am sorry.
I wrote a blog entry that was about priorities and how I felt that my priorities were jumbled and stretched thin. I really felt the heat in the saying, "there are only so many hours in a day." I made a list for you all to see that was something like this:
My Life:
Working my Part-Time Job
School (statistics class)
Sarah Creates (my art business)
Health and Wellness (healthy food preparation and exercise)
This list mind you, does not include relationships with family and/or friends, relaxation, art time, house cleaning...the day to day life activities that make like fun and a bit unpredictable.
I told you all that I was doing excellent in some of these things (school and health and wellness) and half assing the rest...(work and Sarah Creates). I was so honest with you when I made the confession that ONE OF THESE THINGS NEEDED TO GO. But I cringed when I thought about letting any one of these things go out of my life.
I publically proclaimed that the one that needed to go was my part time job...
Let me share with you a bit of back ground here.
I have been working in a bead store in Humboldt County. I like the ladies that I work with and I like most of the customers. In a way, this job was perfect for me by having jewelry (my art medium) shoved in my face in all manners of ways 4 days a week. I made custom jewelry with people every day. This was my job. This kept me on my toes, and saturated my life with my art.
It was great.
But when I thought about: if I could work this hard for myself, I could make more money than I do now, be happier, make my own schedule, be independent, be a full time artist...
I realized which one of the "priorities" needed to go.
Once this happened I pressed the delete button.
I guess I thought that it was too scary to acknowledge my feelings in that moment. It was scary to share them.
I mourned. I was scarred. I was afraid of disappointing my coworkers. I was afraid of failure.
Then
I jumped.
Instead of criticism I received congratulations, recognition of my talent, the confidence of my co-workers, a premier party in LA, a new consignment relationship in LA, an online sale of a 216. dollar necklace. All in the few days after I took that jump.
Now I recognize how valuable it would be to share with you my whole process. The sorting of priorities, the weeding out of painful pseudo necessaries, the fear of failure and the jump.
Sorry for the delay in relating to you.
I am still falling, but I feel safe and the wind against my face feels so liberating.
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