Inspiration Through Action

It's easy for anyone to tell people what to do or how to make their lives better. I believe it's more than that though and that's exactly why a lot of my postings on social media are items I've created (bucket bags, paintings, food, my books after they have been published). While I can tell people what to do all day long, it's more inspiring to see someone living a life where they are doing the things they want to.

With work, daily responsibilities, and everything else that makes up our lives, it’s a challenge to find the time to do activities and hobbies that make us happy. But if you truly want to be happy, then you need to find that time.

I posed this challenge to myself in 2011 when I realized my fiction writing was getting away from me. And then I did it again after my mom died in March 2014, realizing that time isn’t getting shorter and I didn’t want to wake up one day realizing I wasn’t creating as much as I’d like to.

I won’t say it’s a cake walk to find the time to do everything I want to. I have to find a balance with living my life with Greg and other people in my life. However, I do that by setting small goals, setting aside short snippets of time, but most of all, being flexible on how I spend my time. It means sometimes I look like a Twister board with my body going every which way.

Ultimately though, creating is what makes me most happy. So while most people can’t believe I share so much of create, I’m doing it because I’m excited to accomplish something so important to me and hoping to inspire others.