2012 may be the year of the dragon on the Chinese calendar, but in my world it’s the year of the blog.
This is the year that I’m going to honor myself by taking the time to do what I love and feel passionately about – decorating – and enjoy the thrill of writing about my experiences and sharing them with you.
Like so many of you, I spend the vast majority of my waking moments tending to people and things other than myself. Raising my kids as a single mom, working full time to pay for everything that my family needs – from basics like food and housing to college tuition for my college-age kid.
Of course all of these things are important. But I’m also finally beginning to learn that in addition to meeting everyone else’s needs, I also need to tend to my own needs. Especially when I hear a voice inside of me, dying to come out. A calling. I owe it to myself to heed the call. So beginning this year, I will begin to peel away the layers of the onion. I will heed the call to be creative. To create. With my home as my canvas.
But I’d be kidding myself (and you) if I said any of this would be easy. I’m busy. I’m tired. I’m stretched too thin already. Single mom. Full time job. Kid at home. Kid at college. Chronic fatigue. Not enough money. Not enough time. All valid reasons to do little or nothing.
Until I realized that maybe I need to push myself. If I love this – and I do love this – then maybe I need to sweep out a corner of the world for myself. To fulfill my dreams, and not just contribute to the fulfillment of other people’s dreams.
A time and a place for me. Life is too damn short to let it pass me by when I have a passion so strong.
It’s time to heed the call.
What’s the little voice inside of you telling you to do?
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