First off, I want to apologize that I only posted once last week even though I was hopeful to post more! I had a good bit of posts I wanted to share, but I ended up feeling stressed and decided to put it on hold. The reason for the stress:
Last Friday I put in my two weeks notice at my job... because I'm quitting to work for myself full-time starting February 12th! This was my last goal to complete for 2009, and probably one of the biggest goals I've ever set for myself.
It's such a weird mixture of emotions to finally be sharing this: I'm excited, relieved, nervous... I've been working towards this for a long time and it's amazing that its finally happening! I can't stop smiling - I'm really looking forward to starting my career as a freelance illustrator and making more time for my Etsy. Also - I'll be accepting commissions again, so if you were ever interested in having me draw you something - now is the time to email me! ;) I'll touch more on that later...
So what does this mean for my blog? I plan on posting a lot more :) I'm basically coming to work for you guys! Ha! No really, I will be making blogging one of my top priorities so I can share art and give back. I'm currently planning what kind of things I want to cover this year... I'm hoping to finally get a P.O. box for a contest idea I have - holding a few give-aways - and trying to make more videos and tutorials! If you have any suggestions as for things you'd like me to blog about this year, please let me know. :)
Anyhow, enough text! I think its time I shared my goals for 2010:
My goals this year are pretty lengthy - matter of fact they are currently 2 and half pages! I didn't really want to paste all of that into my journal, so I tried to summarize them to a few key points. For 2010, my goals are to take better care of myself through exercise, work hard on my new career, be smart and creative about money, and travel more to visit my friends out of state. I'm excited about the plans I've made so far and looking forward to creating a memorable year! :) As far as exploring the person I want to be, I found that I was kinda already going in the direction I had hoped. I decided write it down anyways for documentation's sake and so I can look back at it when I want to feel inspired.
On top of sharing my goals, I thought it might be nice to share some of the awesome visual goals a few readers came up with:
1. Julie from Rotten Cupcakes, 2. Krissi from Krissi's Art Studio,
3. The Bunny Geek, 4. Sam from Wrongdecade
Aren't those too cute?! I'm really excited people tried this out for themselves - I hope everyone accomplishes great things this year and that the visual list method helps!
So yeah - longest post ever... but! Much <3 and big thanks to everyone who has visited my blog in the past two years. All the comments, support and kind words over the years have really helped encourage me on taking this big step in my career. SO THANK YOU thank you thank youuu :) You guys mean so much to me!
Stay tuned for awesomeness starting February 12th!
