Every so often, I join in with Jamie at http://www.jamieridlerstudios.ca for Wishcasting Wednesday. This helps me to focus on where I want my life to go and what dreams, goals, and passions I have. This week Jamie asks: "What do you wish to work on?".
I could answer this in so many ways. The way I am going to answer this week is: I want to work on making time to do the things I love to do!
I want to try to continue to get more organized to be able to have more free time to do the things I love to do. I want to feel free to go fun places with my kids. I want to budget my money better so that I have money to do things with the kids. I want to make time to work on the different creative things that I want to do; sew, embroider, knit, paper crafts, jewelry, learning new crafts, etc. I want to work on making time to spend more special time with my husband like having a date night more often (hopefully the warmer weather will help with what to do). I want to work on making things to sell. I want to work on getting healthy and staying healthy. I have a herniated disc that pretty much makes me not want to do anything for the last couple of months. I miss running, even though I never really ran a lot. Now that I can't run, it's all I want to do. I'm hoping that after my back gets better, I can work on my running and get to enjoy it again like I was before I stopped!
I guess there are a lot of things that I want to work on, but unless I work on making more time and getting organized, none of it will happen.
I just read a couple of fellow wishcasting posts and it reminded me of another goal that I guess I should put down in writing. I want to work on utilizing my love of creativity in my social work profession and I want to work on figuring out how to have a brick and mortar studio and gallery for my community. I want to have a gallery that people can show off what they create and not worry about it being good enough; the fact that they created it makes it good enough!
What do you wish to work on?
Amy
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Dreaming
Sometimes, I feel like a broken record. Sometimes, I hope that if I repeat myself enough, maybe I'll actually follow through with my dreams. Sometimes, I think if I repeat myself, my fear of failure, my fear of people making fun of me, my fear of anything negative will go away. Sometimes, I think that I should just give up and just keep going as a hobby crafter. Sometimes I feel like if I remain a hobby crafter, I will not be being true to myself.
I keep having this dream of, one day, making some money off my love of crafting. If it a pipe dream, maybe. Do I realize that I will probably need to continue being a social worker, yup! Do I realize that the likelihood that it will be a success, may be slim to none, yup. Do I realize with that statement, I am being very negative, yup! Do I realize that there may be some truth in it though, absolutely.
What I keep dreaming about, is owning a studio and gallery where people can create, learn, and exhibit their work. I would love for there to be a cafe with healthy food too. I love to create and I would love to share that passion with others. I would love to offer a place to create for people who can't afford to go to a regular studio as well as for those that can. I would love for it to be a place where anyone can feel like an artist or that they are creative! I would love for them to feel comfortable and mot judged. I would love for children to have a place to come and create. I would love to offer a place for those with mental health issues. I would love to offer a place where people can come and create and leave a legacy for those they leave behind (that's the social worker in me). I actually did a major paper in grad school on scrapbooking and social work. I would love for this to be a way to have my career and my dreams meld together.
Maybe if I keep talking about it, it will happen. I should am going to stop saying maybe and I am going to start saying, "When I have my own gallery and studio, it will be a place where both young and old and everyone in between can come and create. It will be a place where people can come and create something, that can be given to those they love, wether it be a scrapbook of photos or an object that they have created. It will be a place where I can share my love of creativity and my social work career. I will love my job and be able to make a living at it. I will use my education and my passion to create the life I love."
From this point on, I will continue to pursue my dreams. I will continue to create and I will continue to try to make some money by creating. I will continue to be positive and not focus on the negative. I will stop feeling like I'm going to feel or be laughed at. I will remain positive!
Amy
I keep having this dream of, one day, making some money off my love of crafting. If it a pipe dream, maybe. Do I realize that I will probably need to continue being a social worker, yup! Do I realize that the likelihood that it will be a success, may be slim to none, yup. Do I realize with that statement, I am being very negative, yup! Do I realize that there may be some truth in it though, absolutely.
What I keep dreaming about, is owning a studio and gallery where people can create, learn, and exhibit their work. I would love for there to be a cafe with healthy food too. I love to create and I would love to share that passion with others. I would love to offer a place to create for people who can't afford to go to a regular studio as well as for those that can. I would love for it to be a place where anyone can feel like an artist or that they are creative! I would love for them to feel comfortable and mot judged. I would love for children to have a place to come and create. I would love to offer a place for those with mental health issues. I would love to offer a place where people can come and create and leave a legacy for those they leave behind (that's the social worker in me). I actually did a major paper in grad school on scrapbooking and social work. I would love for this to be a way to have my career and my dreams meld together.
From this point on, I will continue to pursue my dreams. I will continue to create and I will continue to try to make some money by creating. I will continue to be positive and not focus on the negative. I will stop feeling like I'm going to feel or be laughed at. I will remain positive!
Amy
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