If you've been reading my blog for some time you'll know that I love to be creative. Ever since I can remember I have enjoyed
being creative, I love dreaming up ideas in my mind and then seeing those ideas comes
alive through creativity. Although
I love my job I have always wanted to be my own boss and pursue my creativity
but to me that's a really scary step to take.
My parents always supported my creativity and
my dreams but when it comes to pursuing this specific dream I didn’t feel the
same support. I felt they had an expectation that in order to succeed in life I
would need a 9-5 job, work hard and have a steady income in a job with benefits
and security. I have challenged my
parents on this a number of times and I understand now that they also fear that running a creative business is not only challenging but scary and unpredictable. They explained it wasn’t that they
didn’t support my dream, they just want what they thought was best and they
were worried that I would struggle as a creative business owner.
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Putting my fears behind me, I took a leap of
faith and strive to reach my goal.
I am taking it slow and learning along the way but I’ve set goals and I'm work hard to reach them.
I have been working toward my goals for a few
years but it was only a few months ago I started to see real growth and that’s
because I implemented a few key things that I think we can all benefit from
regardless of the goal we are striving for. So this is what I did, I got myself a binder, and some page
dividers. I divided the binder
into different section ‘brainstorming’, ‘schedule’, ‘to-do list’, and
‘goals’. Having a plan written
down has really helped.
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I started brainstorming, this is an area I
write thoughts, ideas and concepts. I recently started carrying a journal with me everywhere I go because I seem to get crazy ideas in the most random places, so with my journal I can write my ideas down regardless of where I am, so I don't forget. A lot of my goals stem from my brainstorming. Then I go to the goal section of the binder and jot down my
goals, I have long-term goals and short-term goals. The long-term goals are my big picture dreams. Right now my goal is to start my own
creative business but once I achieve that my long-term goal may be something
like “Build my business so I can quit my day job and do this full time”. So really the goal will be forever
changing. Some of the short-term
goals would be things like, start a blog, create items to sell, open an online
store. The most important thing is
to set deadlines and even though they may change I work as hard as I can to try
and meet my goal deadlines.
Once I had some short-term and long-term
goals, the ‘to-do list’ and ‘schedule’ became my best friend, this helps me
keep on track. The to-do list
helps break the goal down in to bite size pieces. Maggie over at Gussy Sew wrote an amazing advice post and
said, “Write down your to-do list! It’s never as overwhelming on paper as it is
in your head”. It’s so true and I
am glad I listened! Once my to-do
list is nice and long I start to arrange the tasks in my schedule, and I get to
work. Some weeks I have more time
then others depending on other commitments to family and friends but at least I
am still working toward my goals.
Just remember, even
when you working hard to reaching your goals and fulfill your dreams … HAVE
FUN!!!
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