Kelly Gibbons, artist and writer, about me

Sunday, November 21, 2004

OOPS! I missed some anniversaries. I think it happened because right around the time I should have been celebrating my one year anniversary of walking away from cubicle land, I was starting a new job. Fortunately, I like this one, and there isn't a cubicle in site.

Even so, I still felt like I had let myself down by going back to work. I felt like I had failed at my quest to become a writer and an artist because I had to get a "real" job again. (Which by the way I don't like using that term "real" but couldn't think of a better one. ANY job that a person does, paid or unpaid, is REAL!) I forgot that many (most?) beginner artist and writers have to do this. Stephen King worked as a teacher, and in a laundry for years before he was able to write full time. He also says his best material came from those years.

Back to the anniversaries...I missed celebrating "I Finally Quit My Crappy Job Day," "Hey I Have a Website Day," "My first Journal Entry," and "I Published an Article (and got paid for it!) Day." I think it is time to celebrate, and part of my celebration includes making note of these missed anniversaries here.

In a year of doing this writing and art thing, I have found that pats on the back and outward celebrations by others for your accomplishments are almost non-existent. I'm not complaining, just stating a fact. The world is full of busy, busy people, and as much as we would all love the world to stop and celebrate every time we do something fantastic, it just ain't gonna happen. Sad, but true. That's why self-celebration is so important.

Stopping every once in awhile to note your accomplishments is also important. So today, take a few minutes to think about all the things you have done over the past year--I bet it is more than you think--and celebrate all those fantastic accomplishments.

If you list them here, I will personally note them with you and give you pats on the back (see comments) and include you in my celebration!

I also wanted to mention two new things on my sidebar:
I joined Notify me, and if you would like to be notified when there is an update here or elsewhere on my site, you can sign up. I did this because I'm a sporadic updater and I am trying to save you some clicks!

Hope's post reminded me of a great new find, Three Beautiful Things, and I added it to my favorite daily reads. I thought this was such a great concept, to quote the site, "Every day I want to record three things that have given me pleasure." Nice idea, don't you think?

posted by Kelly @ 11/21/2004 07:30:00 AM

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