breathe for a moment
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 at 2:38 pm by annie | Subscribe to this post's RSS feedYou can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
you know, sometimes with all the chaos and stress of running a small business, i completely and totally forget myself- who i am, and why i’m doing this in the first place.
this very thing happened to me in the past few days! here i am, running around getting ready for this show coming up this weekend- fretting about details like: what kind of track lighting i need to buy, will that big new sign arrive in time? is this the right size label? did that company REALLY discontinue the necklace busts that i always use?. . . i could go on.
on sunday i pinched a nerve in my neck and i have no doubt that it was caused by stress. today i set aside a few hours to make some final pieces of jewelry for the weekend and as soon as i sat down at the bench and picked up my jewelers saw. . . i felt myself finally breathe again. i remembered that my first true love is jewelry making! i’m a jeweler first and foremost and i love this job.
just had to share. don’t know when i’ll be back, but i’ll talk to you soon.
xoxo
just breathe… and then we’ll go get drinks next week.
Don’t be discouraged! I love all of your designs and I was lucky enough to snag the octopus necklace when it was available. You have a lot of talent and that is rare in jewelry these days.
Best of luck,
Rebecca
I fully understand…
I find myself choking on air sometimes with the stress and worry.
(Like- trying to move my studio from home- all the way out to the venue where I will be teaching. Hopping I do not forget something or that my things arrive in one piece… then having to get it all back home again.)
Then I step outside into the night air and I can not help but stop and listen to the angry crickets making night noise, look to the sky for stars and take a moment to breathe deep. Everything seems to not be so hard when you take time to stop and stand still.
Yes… Taking time for yourself is very important!
And in the end- Art will always SAVE you…
Ahhh Summer.
Bravo for your upcoming adventure!!!!
XoxoxoX
I always have to laugh at YOU being worried about your booth setup. If YOU’RE worried about the current state of YOUR amazingly put together and hip display…. I really out to be sick to my stomach over the big lumpy piles of would-be-trash we call “stacks of folded tshirts” at our table.
You will do spectacular this weekend. Your display is killer, your jewelry is amazing. Wreck Philly.
Rachel
I completely know how you feel! I’ve found that even when I’m in a slump, or bad mood, etc., if I just go and make myself make SOMETHING, anything, within moments my mood will have lifted. It’s amazing!
Good luck with the show!!!