I need to think outside of the box. I have been driving myself crazy trying to figure out what to do with my life to make a living. I keep asking myself why I can't think of anything. I want to put my creativity to use. Money earning use. This is where thinking outside of the box comes into play. Just because I would not buy something because I can make it myself, does not mean everyone feels that way. As my other sister once said, not everyone is "crafty". My dream is to think of a nitch that people with disposable income will be interested in purchasing on a regular basis.
I was talking to my sister today and we are both in the same boat. She is creative also and is having a hard time with depending on conventional work. We both decided it was our own insecurities that was holding us back. To explain this, we were not given any encouragement growing up to go for out dreams. Now it is time for us to break out of that rut and become successful women.
Alot of what is holding us back, second to the confidence, is money. It takes money to purchase materials to create products to sell online. And neither one of us want to make shabby products. So we need to get a small list of products developed and out there, then once there are some sales we can take that money and reinvest in more products and expanding mediums. Wish us luck!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Friday, January 15, 2010
It's Cold Here
I moved to the coastal area of North Carolina about 12 years ago now, searching for warm and sunny, lazy beach days. I lived in the northern part for Virginia in the mountains, where in the winter, it got cold. Well the cold is creeping southward. For the past three weeks, we have been experiencing lower than normal frigid temperatures. They have ranged anywhere from 25 to 38 degrees on average.
Venturing out on a windy day late last week, I came home with some interesting pictures of ice forming over the causeway leading from the barrier island to the little island I live on.
This is a photo of ice formations on the grass along the waters edge of the causeway.
This is a shot of the rocks lining the road that are covered with ice.
I thought it was so interesting that the water froze in a miniature of wave action.
Today was one of the first warm days since the temperature drop. I think it got all the way up to 48 degrees. Tomorrow will be warm also and then its back to scarves and gloves again. :-)
Venturing out on a windy day late last week, I came home with some interesting pictures of ice forming over the causeway leading from the barrier island to the little island I live on.
This is a photo of ice formations on the grass along the waters edge of the causeway.
This is a shot of the rocks lining the road that are covered with ice.
I thought it was so interesting that the water froze in a miniature of wave action.
Today was one of the first warm days since the temperature drop. I think it got all the way up to 48 degrees. Tomorrow will be warm also and then its back to scarves and gloves again. :-)
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
My Life Today
I have been having a very hard time getting any good rest at night lately. Actually it seems to be the norm. When I lay down for the night, even though my body is tired, my mind will not shut itself off. Thoughts continue to just tumble over themselves and fight for attention in a space that is trying to shut down. And my back keeps acting up and having spasms. Sometimes it will wake me up as I sleep.
I want to be doing so much right now. Work with crafts, write, take pictures, work on organizing my recipes, the list goes on. Plus, I need to figure out what to do with my life. I have to make some kind of life for myself now that I am unable to do so much of the physical things I used to do. At the age of 45, I do not want to live on Disability for the rest of my life. With this hanging over my head, I feel like I am on some kind of deadline. I think about it everyday.
The problem with my back seems to nag at me all the time. Today for some reason, it felt pretty good though. I could actually bend down to put cat food in the cat's bowl today. Usually, I have to bend at the knees because of the pain, and hold on to the table in case it spasms so I don't fall down. I am hoping it is not a degenerative problem, cause I cannot afford to go to the doctor to have it looked at. I'm hoping it will just go away. But pain is a way of life for me. If it isn't the back, it's the knee the horse fell on 25 odd years ago. Or my arthritis acting up. Or my muscles hurting. Or almost anything else my body wants to throw at me. But I get through each day as best I can.
And I think, no one wants to read an account of my daily routine or thoughts. And I have to remind myself, that is not why I started this blog in the first place. I started it to hone my writing skills and get my mind active. And I started the food blog to keep myself in the culinary world. And I started the photography blog to practice with my camera and see what I can do with it.
Life goes on and I have to go with it.
I want to be doing so much right now. Work with crafts, write, take pictures, work on organizing my recipes, the list goes on. Plus, I need to figure out what to do with my life. I have to make some kind of life for myself now that I am unable to do so much of the physical things I used to do. At the age of 45, I do not want to live on Disability for the rest of my life. With this hanging over my head, I feel like I am on some kind of deadline. I think about it everyday.
The problem with my back seems to nag at me all the time. Today for some reason, it felt pretty good though. I could actually bend down to put cat food in the cat's bowl today. Usually, I have to bend at the knees because of the pain, and hold on to the table in case it spasms so I don't fall down. I am hoping it is not a degenerative problem, cause I cannot afford to go to the doctor to have it looked at. I'm hoping it will just go away. But pain is a way of life for me. If it isn't the back, it's the knee the horse fell on 25 odd years ago. Or my arthritis acting up. Or my muscles hurting. Or almost anything else my body wants to throw at me. But I get through each day as best I can.
And I think, no one wants to read an account of my daily routine or thoughts. And I have to remind myself, that is not why I started this blog in the first place. I started it to hone my writing skills and get my mind active. And I started the food blog to keep myself in the culinary world. And I started the photography blog to practice with my camera and see what I can do with it.
Life goes on and I have to go with it.
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