Today, as I struggle to get my head back into work and the new year, I have been doing some thinking on what it is I want to focus on this coming year. I find that having a 'theme' helps me focus on my personal goals and aids in decision making when I start to feel overwhelmed. Last year, my focus was learning and creative development. Which yielded this blog and a year's worth of stories to tell about getting creative learning. I keep thinking that one of these years my theme is going to be 'rest' but it just doesn't seem to be presenting itself to me just yet.
There are a lot of big things going on in 2011 already and while I am thrilled, excited and challenged by the opportunities they hold, I get a little worried about being able to stay present and really being aware and keeping them meaningful. I am not here to check things off a list. I am here to live things. So, while I ponder this, and wade through my emails I will choose to focus today on small accomplishments.
I got my poster framed!! It is a small miracle that I actually have artwork up on the wall at all, which is odd for an artist, I realize… but that it is actually framed semi-professionally is just over the top. I like to think of it as a tiny act of follow through.
Take that indecision! Suck it procrastination! Commitment!? Don't make me come over there!
Ahhh. There. I feel terrific! I think the poster looks pretty darn cute too!
If you still want one we have a few left! Email Emily (emily@curlygirldesign.com) to get one! They were limited edition so are only available while supplies last.
Do you have any tiny acts of follow through under your belt? Share them! It feels awesome!!
xoxo
I have cleaned my kitchen, made my bed, met a friend for lunch and I will begin getting rid of the paper clutter in my living room. Tomorrow it’s my home office and corralling my books which seem to have taken over the room.
I also promised myself I would apply for 5 jobs daily to get out of the unemployment rut!!
This was a great idea. Sometimes it’s the small steps that lead to big accomplishments.
Happy New Year!!!!
I need to get myself out of the unemployment rut too but first on my list is to get my poster framed. I received it in the mail this week and I love it!
Ha! Rebecca! Priorities….naturally!
Yay Grace!! nice job!!
I graduated from college in 2000 and still have never framed my diploma. I even had a friend offer to do it as a gift and never got it done. I’m hoping to have a new job this year (a theme?) and I would like to have it hang in my new work space whether that be at home or in a real office. If I can do that one task I know it will lead to crossing other niggling things off my mental to-do list. Thanks for the inspiration ladies!
tiny acts of follow through that lead to big happiness…
lacylike herbal line.
making bread on Sunday for the week.
kisses every morning and night. it’s a 2011 goal too.
love this post and continue to love that your year of creative development lead to your blog.
It’s a bright spot. A big shiny lustrous bright spot!
So I moved into a new house a week before Halloween. I was so productive getting things put away and house decorated that I hosted a Halloween party. House looked great except for this great big wall – completely empty. No pictures, no sconces, zippo stuff. People asked “What are you going to put there?” My answer “Haven’t found it yet!” At Thanksgiving the wall was still empty and there I was hosting the big family gathering. Same question, same answer. I had shopped, looked, and hunted. Whoa – before I knew it, it was time to put up Christmas decorations – the wall still bare; taunting me, haunting me, seemed to be saying “I’m unfinished! I’m bare! I’m a bit naked here”. Finally, the inspiritation muse hit me between the eyes and I put up some shelves with the words “peace” “hope” “joy” framed on them. Good words for the new year and the wall is finally no longer naked.
I moved into my apartment in July and things are still untidy and not where I would like them to be. Maybe it’s fear of committing to the space, since I recently move from my family home where I lived for 23 years, and that was quite an emotional adjustment to pack most of life in a box and set up shop somewhere else. But I owe it to myself to get settled in and the biggest task of them all is my creative space. I need to make the most of my tiny desk against the living room wall and make it tidy and user+creative friendly. Thanks for the post…..I love checking the blog daily : )
i am so proud to see art on your walls! though really, you always had a little bit of art there 🙂 but none the less! im proud.
signed: the girl with every square inch of her apartment covered in art (in one form or another) and the rest of it stacked in a corner 🙂
I love seeing that I’m not the “only one”. I think often as busy business owners, the me time just doesn’t end up making it to the top of the to do list. Love reading your process Leigh, keep it up! See you in NY!
I’m finding that my focus is on the words ” I am making healthy choices..” It seems to be a natural flow of words that run through my head as I go about my day. Is this thing I’m doing productive, is this piece of food good for my body, is this feeling nurturing my growth? All good questions to consider as I make choices throughout the day. Maybe my word should be “awareness”. Being aware of what choices I make and where I want those choices to lead me.
Thanks for the post. I am hoping for clarity on what choices I am going to “chase” this year. Cheers to the possibilities that are uncovered and thanks for being in my life. Your cards, your blog and your presence inspire!