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I need to start making art again.
I'm feeling the itch - spending most of my time supporting other artists only gets me so far and now I need to create something for me.
It's 10x easier to create things for others. In my life or my art - external motivators are always the most potent.
What type of work should I make? What thoughts do I want to surface above the rest? Not really questions anyone else can answer - but I'm officially accepting suggestions!
Sunday, November 21, 2010
New Years check in
The end of the calendar year is always a time for reflection. For this moment, I’m looking back on the beginning of this blog and where we’ve come since our new years commitment. We wanted to write stories about what it means to take time for ourselves. Reclaiming the word selfish and taking pride in decisions that follow our gut while treating Me time as an almost sacred practice.
I can’t say I’ve stayed true to the original mission of this blog - - what it has been is an opportunity to reflect on the things that affect my life and the reality which is being a late 20 something woman.
Lots of entries have been focused on men, relationships and the difference between our connection to others and the connection to ourselves. The priorities we set for our time and the relationships we choose to cultivate. But the question that comes to mind for me now is – Am I really consciously focused on honoring my Me time?
Alone time and Me time aren’t necessarily interchangeable. I’ve spent more time on my own these past few months but I haven’t exactly been indulging myself in any special way. Things get so wrapped up with work and the new business I’m trying to launch, it’s easy to get wrapped up in external stuff. This is the stuff that’s easy focus on because it’s tangible and immediate. Me time is letting yourself take a step back from the easy time commitments.
So now, I’m going to raise my glass to myself! Cheers to my blog reading friends locally, nationally and internationally, people of all ages, genders and realities – cheers to you & cheers to remembering the importance of becoming a better person and raise our standards of quality!
I can’t say I’ve stayed true to the original mission of this blog - - what it has been is an opportunity to reflect on the things that affect my life and the reality which is being a late 20 something woman.
Lots of entries have been focused on men, relationships and the difference between our connection to others and the connection to ourselves. The priorities we set for our time and the relationships we choose to cultivate. But the question that comes to mind for me now is – Am I really consciously focused on honoring my Me time?
Alone time and Me time aren’t necessarily interchangeable. I’ve spent more time on my own these past few months but I haven’t exactly been indulging myself in any special way. Things get so wrapped up with work and the new business I’m trying to launch, it’s easy to get wrapped up in external stuff. This is the stuff that’s easy focus on because it’s tangible and immediate. Me time is letting yourself take a step back from the easy time commitments.
So now, I’m going to raise my glass to myself! Cheers to my blog reading friends locally, nationally and internationally, people of all ages, genders and realities – cheers to you & cheers to remembering the importance of becoming a better person and raise our standards of quality!
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