As I promised way back in December, I would be posting my income at the end of every month, since I needed some accountability to make myself step up. December went better than November, and January went much, much better than December. Of course, I had to pay for my tuition, so I only had [...]
You’ll remember that at the beginning of December, I decided that I was going to make more money and declared all of my financial goals to you, along with a commitment to publicly reveal my monthly income. Right, so this is the first of those, for December. Now, in November, I made $626.95. Yes, it [...]
(To read part 1, a look back at 2011, click here.) I welcomed the New Year quietly. I spent the evening curled up on the couch, sipping martinis, and watching my boyfriend play Skyrim* and mulling over the year behind and the year ahead. *It is awesome. Don’t even judge me. As the hours counted [...]
It’s been a week since I declared my terrifying, but determined goal to step up and start making more money. Since then, the Universe has conspired in my favour – clients I haven’t heard from in years emailed me, I had a portrait commission and a print order, and then another portrait commission. I got [...]
As this year winds down, I’ve been thinking a lot about my plans and goals for the year ahead. I’m not really a goals-oriented person, per say – I find it hard to stick to them – but I am thinking about the directions I want to move in. It seems that when I wasn’t [...]
“So have you been selling lots of paintings lately?” Or a variation of that: “You’re an artist? So do you sell lots of paintings?” Gawd, I hate those questions. Because the answer is, inevitably, no. I know why too – I don’t market myself as well as I should. It’s also partially a career thing [...]
I had a realization this morning. A really obvious one actually, but I can be dense sometimes. When I do something for me and my own reasons, I succeed. When I do something to prove myself, or get approval, or from a sense of guilt, I never get anywhere. Really simple, but it explains a [...]
So I feel like I need to return to this subject and make a few clarifying points. Because I’m afraid I’ve been misunderstood. Lisa Call left this comment on my blog yesterday: I think this post is interesting in that it demonstrates that there are definitely some very negative ways to interpret the words success [...]
This is something that I have never, ever done before. I am so wearing my big girl panties today. I have absolutely no idea where to start. I’ve got a whole bunch of feelings about the year ahead, but not a whole lot of concrete things. So far, I know this much – I have [...]
I’ve finally figured it out. I’ve finally figured out why the word “goal” makes me itch and why attempting to set goals makes me want to crawl back under the covers. First, a bit of background. Me and goals have been struggling for a while. I’d set goals half heartedly, and then watch myself fail [...]
