It was fun to watch the snow fall last night. Flakes were huge and falling furiously. Now I am ready to move on to Spring!
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I think about things. Sometimes they take days of my attention and others are fleeting. I've come to realize that moments make up your days. Which led me to think about this blog.
Last year I decided to try going bigger. I upgraded my site, purchased a domain name thinking I could sell my balm, oils, and hand sewn journals in one place online. It seemed like a good idea but the few hundred dollars I spent did not help in advancing my small business nor get much traffic. I let it expire. Maybe there will come the day and time that what I have to share/offer will thrive online,. I'll hire an experienced website designer and rebrand if this comes to pass. Meanwhile, I'm good. I have a product that has an abundance of health and healing benefits. I will continue to provide it to my small circle of clients. Dinner at our favorite Mexican restaurant . It's been a long while since we've gone out. Drinks were still strong, diners were fewer, food was better than ever. It felt good to be out! Afterwards, instead of jumping on the interstate we wound our way through downtown which was extremely quiet. One side street had concrete barrier and rubble blocking the way. Stores and restaurants boarded up. Prepping for the coming week I guess. We continued through other towns, noting how many Christmas lights were still up in neighborhoods. People trying to retain some glitter in their days.
What you enjoy doing doesn't have to be your career. Your talents don't have to produce anything except the joy in the doing. If you want to write, write. If you want to draw, draw. I want to write and illustrate a childrens book. That does not mean I have to publish it, though my intention lies in that direction. I want to write a memoir and that I don't feel compelled to get published. At least not at this juncture.
I bought books to learn cartooning and animation to develop drawing skills that will bring my characters to life. I set a goal for myself to draw one thing everyday. I look forward to sitting in the evening and drawing while we watch (I listen) tv. I expect a tremendous amount of bad work before good comes through. I still bounce around a lot on technique but putting in the time sets the precedence for routine and routine will bring a balance at some point where I focus attention to an area at a time and my ability to draw will improve. I hit a dead space in writing. Probably because I kept thinking it had to be current subjects of interest to other people. That made me put to much pressure on myself to write at all with the exception of journaling. I'm not a fan of social media. It's too disruptive for me to keep focused on my own work and projects. If I'm going to be disrupted let be by a friend who calls or stops by, or changes in the weather that make me want to grab my camera and go outdoors. Real interaction. This is a decision to author my own life. Fall happily into storytelling. I can take that anywhere, anytime. |
AuthorHello, I'm Kim Hitzges. I am a writer, photographer, and mixed media artist who is following the magic that guides my life. Archives
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