I've just started reading a book by Alexandra Stoddard "Daring to be yourself". Although I've read some chapters before, I haven't really sat down and attempted to apply her principals to my life. Now that I have "retired" and have alot of time on my hands, I have realized that my dream of owning a shop is stronger than ever. But I feel as if my life isn't in order, so how can I be a shop owner?
I need to develop my own sense of style. After visiting many wonderful blogs and seeing other's creativeness, I'm am trying to discover my own style. I would be ashamed to let anyone see my home in the state that it's in. But as I look around at the "clutter" I realize that one of my downfalls is that I see beauty in the most mundane and ordinary objects. I see a wonderful little storage container out of a used holder of Pringles! A vintage cracked plate can be a mosaic birdbath. I have all these ideas and say that "One day I will make this or that" and then life happens and things get pushed back farther and farther. And I don't even want to get into the scrapbook lay out thing LOL. So I am on a quest to accomplish some of these projects.
I learned to make candles when we lived in Texas and I haven't made a single one since we moved to Florida. I also learned to make the cutest flip-flops, I have about 5 pair just waiting to be made. I was going to sell them, but I have to make them first :0) I have cross-stitched for 22 years and as of right now, there isn't a single x-stitched piece in our home! I have wanted to make a birdhouse (using recycled building materials) for a long time now.
So I am attempting to use this book to help me pinpoint my true style and learn how to creatively express it. I now that making things and being surrounded by beautiful things (at least beautiful to ME!) is what makes me happy. So bear with me, I might be doing alot of rambling in the next few weeks/months? as I attempt to find out who I want to be when I grow up!
Ciao for now!
*SOUP OF THE DAY*
There may be areas of your life in which you are stuck and others where you are gliding. When you understand what you want to do, you will experience an increased flow of natural energy. This feeds you and gives you the drive to go on. You sour in your own orbit once you move in the direction of self-discovery. You find out most about your essence by taking action.
~~~Alexandra Stoddard
*DESSERT OF THE DAY*
To thine own self to true.
~~~William Shakespeare
3 comments:
such a wonderful post, just beautiful! I feel what u are saying. I feel I still am not living my passion, you know? My creativity, my writing, I wanna have my own shoppe in the country one day too.. with a sb retreat on the property... so many dreams. a wraparound porch. country primitives everywhere. My own style. A studio where I work that ppl can come and pop by anytime. What a life that would be! I understand u so well. Wish you were closer, we could go in business together!
loving the post. I think that word style sometimes could be our greatest enamy. It's often what someone else label us with. Your style is a lot like Elsie's (I mean that's nice and all, but one more person says that my husband will freak out).
Find what you like to do and do it well. I think that's all it matters right. I love the desert of the day. My favorite from Shakespeare.
Michelle
there is nothing wrong with seeing the beauty in the ordinary. i have a clutter, too!
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