Ever since attempting to start my business, I realized I haven't made a single piece of art without filming and posting it, and I'm afraid I never will again😅 When's the last time you have just created for yourself? Not to sell, or to post?

Ok guys I'm feeling much better after a crazy few days, to recap I had the flu, one the worst I've experienced...I had a 103 fever for days and in the midst of that I had to help my friend and her 10 month old find a women and children's shelter to stay in, which is actually WAY harder than it should be it took 3 days and buying hotels rooms and calling people...anwayssss Taking my first "time off" from this whole art business journey that I started 8 weeks ago, feels weird and slightly stressful and I wanted to make a post amongst our little group here in case anyone feels the same. In our current climate there's a huge emphasis on social media, speed of growth, and consistency which I'm fine with!! It's how marketing works now and if you try to fight it you probably won't be successful. However...What I'm going to try very hard not to do is to let those "rules" takeover my life and define my self worth. This sounds DRAMATIC but I'm a very all or nothing individual, If I have streaks, I don't like to break them, If I have goals I usually do EVERYTHINGGGGG in my power to reach them. This is not always a good quality, especially in this instance because when days come up where I'm not able to post on my Socials or in this community, I feel I have failed, I lose motivation, I lose my rhythm and I feel like I'm "behind". So I had to remind myself that although I may be my own "boss", I don't actually have one!! THAT'S SO COOL!! Plus I'm pursuing my passion which NEWSFLASH -> I'm meant to enjoy it!!! If I'm behind I can apply for an extension and it will be approved, because I'm the only person I answer to right now. I hope someone else can relate to this, I'm excited to get back at it!!!

GUYS!! We have some new member who found us through Instagram!! YAYYYYY 💖 If you are one of those lovely people, please introduce yourself either below, or make a post of your own!! We want to get to know you, share your name, your art and your socials if you want 🎨💕

As artists we put large emphasis on time. Time it takes to finish projects. Time it takes to sell an original. Time it takes to hit a certain number of members, followers, or customers; and I have made what may be an impossible decision, I would like to take the consideration of time out of the equation. I'm doing this to prevent myself from possibly being discouraged if I don't meet certain time related goals. So my new metric for succeeding in my business goals, will not be how fast it takes to reach them, but how HARD I'm working to get there. As long as I know that I'm doing everything in my power to get to where I want to go, I'm happy. It will take the time that it needs.

It's now 9:30 EST and I have not yet painted, drawn, or designed anything... I suppose if you count content creation (filming + editing) you might say I was being creative; I however just feel like my eyes are going to fall out from looking at a screen all day, and like I wasted a ton of time. But I didn't!! I got a lot of things done on my laptop that I've been meaning to do! Why does it feel unproductive? Can anyone else relate?