perhaps the hardest thing for me to be is patient. i guess a close second would have to be trying to be grateful for the "process" of things while i'm trying to be patient. i've spent the last 8 years having 4 kids, working full time out and in the home for 5 of the 8 years, and now i REALLY want to go full steam with my art. creating something new at least every other day (allowing for some days off has let me refuel and gain some more inspiration and perspective on projects i sometimes leave unfinished until i come back a day or two later), has become my goal, and so far i've been pretty successful, as long as you count working until 1 or 2 a.m. and little sleep an acceptable sacrifice. i do. in fact, it's sometimes hard for me to sleep with so much creative energy stirring, so i have to purge it before i go to bed as a kind of cleansing. anyway, some goals that i have for 2009 are to follow and apply to any DT calls/contests from manufacturers who i adore, like american crafts, martha stewart, hambly, prima, pink paislee, october afternoon, and unity . . . oh, yeah, and to be published by some mags. another file in my "dream" folder would be to someday be a two peas garden girl, and have a line of product and fabric out that i design. oh, and did i mention that i LOVE to teach?!? so, teaching others art would also top my list. back to being grateful . . . i am grateful for all i have, for art, for design, for the ability to combine both . . . and, for the possibility of a dream come true.
(pictured: my personal 2009 gratitude journal, other versions available at my etsy store http://www.thebetterwifeco.etsy.com/ )
