Learning to Pace Myself

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You know the excitement you feel when you land your dream job?  That job you’ve worked for you whole life.  The one you’ve trained for and studied for and given everything you’ve got to obtain.  The one that makes the saying, “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life” -Confucius, come true for you.

That’s.  Where.  I.  Am.

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And yet there are still days when I feel like I should do more.  Be more.  Accomplish more.  Then I see things like this.


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I have to tell myself continually that living out a dream means just that.  Living.  Out.  A.  Dream.  Living isn’t just about today or how many pieces I revamped this week.  It’s about watching a dream from childhood (creating and making other people smile) come to life.

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It’s about seeing the glass half full instead of half empty.  It’s about taking all of the opportunities that are at your fingertips and making them happen.  Not today.  Someday.  One day….at a time.  So even though I have 263 ideas for how to convert an antique wooden window into a piece of art and I’d stay up all night if I could to accomplish each one.  I have to find succes in finishing just one.

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Do you suffer with this?  Maybe you haven’t found your dream job.  Maybe your’re in a dead end situation that doesn’t seem to have an end.  Life is challenging and painful at times.  If I’ve learned anything over this journey it’s that having a dream is one thing.  Taking the TIME to make it come true is something different entirely.

(All images in this post were obtained through Google.  I take no credit for any of them.)

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7 Comments

  1. I could have typed EVER word of this!! Thank you for this…a moment for me to breath and realize that living my dream isn’t always “dreamy” BUT it is Great anyway! ~Sonya

    1. May we always remain dreamers in the most sensible way. LOL!

  2. Hi Beth-
    Thank you so much for inspiring words! They came at just the perfect time! I owned my own hospitality contract consulting business for 18 years and got sooooooooooo burnt out and a few years back “discovered” my creative side. I had NEVER had one creative bone in my body! Well I am now obsessed with repurposing, decorating, anything I can get my hands on. I love taking old and making new. I have taken the leap of faith to move my life in that direction and make a “job” of it. I still do not know what that looks like but I feel that God has put me on this path and I am just going to go with the wave of the universe for once and see where this leads me. I do want it to become my business just now sure how. But I know I will enjoy the ride!! Thank you for this post. I too am going to Haven and look forward to meeting you!!!

    Lynda
    =)
    Come visit my little blog if you have time. My FB is starting to grow, don’t laugh I only have 130 likes but it continues to grow each day.

    1. Oh I never laugh at likes. It just takes 1 at a time. 🙂 Can. Not. Wait. to meet all of my creative cyber-peeps in person. Haven is going to be a blast. Like a big-girl slumber party!!!! Yippee!!!!!

  3. I would love to visit with you thru email….I too….have been repurposing furn for 10 years and decorating homes and painting inside homes and painting and distressing cabinets……would love to show you my work
    And, for the past couple of years I have wanted to blog….I read blogs everyday while I am at work….I am addicted….I just feel GOD keeps leading me to the blogs daily….my FUN job is what I want to do full time….I have enough clients to do just that….but, I am still insecure with stepping out there leaving the 8 to 4 mon thru friday job…..but, working 7 days a week….leaves no time
    LOVE YOUR BLOG!
    lori rawls
    lorirawls2@bellsouth.net

    1. Thanks! There’s no get rich quick blogging answer that’s for sure. I say do what you love. Start small and be prepared for it to take lots of time to grow. NEVER give up on your dreams!!!!

      Blessings,
      Beth

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