There are so many things you can be in this life… whatever it is be a good one. Be the baddest bitch… become your idol. Be the person that 15-year-old you would look at and think there is no way that’s me…
I often take a step back and look at my life. See how far I’ve come, see how much further I can go.
One day I was in my kitchen rinsing out tie dye and listening to the song Sandstorm by Darude while dancing of course. I literally stopped what I was doing and thought, “there is no way in hell younger me would ever believed that I moved across the country, live in Seattle, am 35, single, having the time of my life doing creative things that I love.”
Recently, I have had a hard time finding my voice outside of work. I have let my career define me. When others ask me if I like my job my answer is I like it because I’m good at it. But, being good at something doesn’t mean it needs to define you.
I’ve always had creativity in my blood. When I was younger I shied away from being “artsy” because I always thought that what I created was not “good enough”. But the funny thing with art and creating is that there is no scale, no gauge, no requirements.
I’ve always had an issue that I have named the “glitter dilemma”. I don’t know how to stop when I’m creating, I feel like it can always be better. Just one more stroke of the brush, just one more line here, just a little more glitter… and poof! The entire jar of glitter falls all over your project and it is now ruined.
Creating is a way I express myself. Somedays entire jars of glitter falls all over my life, but that’s okay… when creating there are no rules.
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