Thursday, February 4, 2010

Change Your Life Thursday

So... I'm still working on figuring out what it is I should be doing with my life. This past week I had some very telling reactions to a couple of different events.

First: I was having a terrible day. I can't pinpoint any one thing that was irritating me. I was just in a bad mood. I went through most of the day in that mood. I knew I couldn't have been too much fun for ANYONE to be around. Finally, we got the kids to bed and I could think. I sat down, still in a foul mood, and began working on a birthday present for a friend. I was painting and gluing. Everything got better. I didn't become 'perky' by any means but I felt way better.

Second: My friend Jen is finishing up a degree in nursing. As a part of one of her classes she needs to work on a community development type project. She's thinking of setting up a story time for a group of families who are refugees from Burma. She asked for my help. The ideas for that have been flowing ever since. She still needs to get it approved but if she does we'll be on our way.

I guess that I have learned that, yes, I truly do love making things and that I have a real passion for sharing stories and art with others. Now I just have to figure out how to make all of that relatively lucrative for me. It still feels like a pretty big step for me. Like I may be narrowing in on a direction.

How are the rest of you doing?

2 comments:

Jim Gyuro said...

Same boat with graphic design/music. I'm still clinging to Mr. Mocos and will always do so since I never tire of creating music. I say we push on til we can't push no more.

Christina said...

yep, sounds like you are on your way to finding your passion! The perfect thing is that you enjoy those things and are GOOD at them. what a cool project you and Jen are working on!! Tell her hi for me. :o)