May 9, 2018:  Finding the balance.

I read a book last year regarding good business practices and the one thing I carried away with it was that you have to have a balance in everything. That is a struggle I deal with daily. Doesn’t everyone? A balance between work, mommy duties, wife duties, house duties, yard duties, normal upkeep duties, second job duties and then my art goals. While it is a great idea, I have found that something will ultimately be sacrificed on any given day. It is up to me what that will be.

I have a massive planner that I have work goals, deadlines and reminders written it. It also contains my second job duties and family appts. etc. That planner has helped me with my balance, but also helps me sacrifice something every day so that I can get it all done. I used to try and get everything done. That burned me out. So I do prioritize everything I need to do each day and each week. Sometimes I’ll solely work on one project and push everything else to the side. As long as I keep what is important first, like family, then it will all fall into place...eventually.

This week is one of those weeks. I’ve pushed my art and other things to the side to get another job done. It is a necessity and one that I’ve allotted about 12 days to complete. I’m on day 5 of it. It is weather dependent and so when it rains I’ll be indoors and working on my art. Tomorrow it is supposed to rain. Fingers crossed that it does so that I can work on my “Keeper”. I have been working on him in my mind while I am at my other job. I have loads of detail ideas about him and have some research to do to finish creating him, but I have a good idea in my head the direction I want to take him.

So that is where I’m at this week. Until the next rainy day, hopefully tomorrow,

ta ta.

H