Last night my post didn't get made, because by the time I got home from work I was exhausted.  Today started out with a ton of energy, I made 5 dozen oatmeal cookies, followed by double limoncello cookies and a loaf of banana bread with sun-dried blueberries.  After all that was completed, I made 3 candy cane holders.  I took a little break and for some reason I didn't make it back up to the studio.  I think my body is telling me to relax, inventory is almost here and then after that I can work really hard at getting things made for the Holiday Bazaar. 

It's really funny because I can open up and put out 50 boxes of fabric, but it's more exhausting tidying tables and getting organized for inventory.  By early Friday afternoon it'll be all done and over with and everything will be back to normal.  I don't like sitting and doing nothing..for me, these days, is going to Etsy, searching and trying to promote the business.  Hopefully soon, someone will discover my shop and buy something.  In the meantime, I'm still waiting for that day that I relax and do absolutely nothing!!


True relaxation, which would do me the world of good, does not exist for me.
Gustav Klimt

Fear

Today was one of those days where I didn't get much sewing done...the day job wore me out.  I put on the same music as yesterday, but today instead of inspiring me, it depressed me.  It was a day that my fears deveoured me.  Some days I'm my worse crictic and today was that day.  I've been really working hard at trying to promote my business and I still can't get any sales.  It's really frustrating because I know I have a great product and is high quality...because I am a perfectionist when it comes to my sewing.  I always have been afraid to take this step and sell any of my work because I can't handle failure, who can?  I even asked a complete stranger to critique my Etsy shop, because I need it to be as great as the product I sell.  I hate it when I get down on myself, but it's just so depressing when you try so hard and you get nowhere. 

I love it when I can overcome my fears..hopefully this to can pass!!!

What are your fears?  What have you done to overcome your fears?

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change.... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says:  turn back.  ~Erica Jong

Today I was up in my sewing studio working away making some things for the holiday bazaar and I did something I haven't done in a very long time...turn on the CD player and listened to music.  I was listening to the sounds of Animal Kingdom.  It inspired me to get several things done as it transported me into my comfort zone.  I actually finished 11 napkins today!!!  I also made a Amarula Carrot cake with an Amarula cream cheese frosting(yummy!!).  It's funny on things that can inspire a person.  For me it's music, a thought, a memory.  As I'm sewing or working on a project, my mind goes to another place..it relaxes me, but at the same time I work harder on getting things done because I feel relaxed and not like I'm under pressure to do something.  What inspires you?

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul--Plato