Goals of sorts, of course

Hey Cutie-Pies! Hope you are having a beautiful bubbly day. I am cause I'm choosing it. (be gone bubble popping pins, you have no power here!!)

I've never made goals or resolutions at the start of the new year, but as 2009 approached, it just felt different than any other year. More full of ????? whatever. So, I began writing goals. As I went along, there were more and more, AND the way I wrote them changed. I decided to 'art' about them in my new journal. Here's a few:


You'll soon notice - They've all turned out to be #1. ;) Eh, why not? And they are very broad. I like that because it's very inclusive and I have lots of opportunities to be successful.




My #1 job this year is to create, Create, CREATE! I want to be dedicated to it - spend specific time, have a goal for the day (like today's goal was to take pictures of the pages I've completed and share them here - later, I've drawn a woman's figure, which I will make several copies of so that I can practice putting clothes on her until I figure out which I like best....then I'll go over to the 'real' painting and copy it on there....so much better than messing up the awesome work I've done so far).

I want to get up on the days when The "What's the point" Jerk is hanging around my neck and art anyway!! I've seen other artists talk about how dedicated they are: setting an alarm to get up early (I believe that was Miss V), even though they don't have to 'clock-in' per say OR working when they just don't feel like it. In the past, I would have slept on both occasions or watched TV...especially when previously mentioned Jerk is around.





My #1 pursuit in 2009 is to say YAY to the Day! in whatever way that is. Part of that is the previous goal of creating. Part is spending some time connecting with The Universe through

~ visualization (sometimes when I'm bothered or can't sleep, I take myself on a lil mental/visual journey - I will be sharing some of those this year *BTW, that's "Major Change #2*)

~ spiritual movement (see the picture of the woman I painted? She's doing yoga. Like I said on the page, I always mean to, I usually want to, but do I actually take the time out and do it? No. I WILL spend time doing some form of spiritual movement - yoga, tai chih chi, inten Sati - which is more a work-out video, but it is verbal intentions combined with movement....it's hot, I like it)

~ some form of ritual (I don't know what this will be yet - following the rhythms of the moon, ????? - I don't know, something)

This 'goal' is also blended with some others that I will post about later. Saying "YAY to the Day" is very complex easy-peasy....I know you know what I mean.


So there you have it.

What I'm YAY'ing today: getting back into 'watching' (more listening to as I clean up around here) "The Waltons" and "Little House on the Prairie". For some reason, those two shows always give me some umph to get stuff done. Plus, they're so cute and warm and cozy in their back-in-the-day'ness.

So, I'm off to YAY the rest of my DAY. You YAY too!

~Smoochie Poochies~
Melis