Make Room for Your Dreams
What are your dreams? Are you living them, or at least working toward doing so?
I hope so, because there’s something about actually spending time working on making your dreams a reality that’s just amazing.
I spent a few hours yesterday working on an oil painting — one that I fully expect will take at least a few weeks to finish — and it just felt so right to be working on it. I’m not sure I’m happy with the painting itself right now, but actually painting? That felt right.
In order to do so, I had lay down a drop cloth, drag a large easel out of my son’s closet, get out my paints and brushes from another closet, pick up the blank canvas I prepped weeks ago from where it was leaning against the wall, get my palette out of the fridge, set everything up against the bookcase in the dining room, open all the blinds, and change my shirt.
Because I don’t have a studio, all that was just to get everything ready to begin painting. Then there’s the painting itself (which usually takes a few hours), followed by hanging the painting somewhere safe to dry, cleaning the brushes, and putting everything away.
In other words, it’s a lot of work. And that doesn’t include the time spent at painting lessons, buying supplies, etc.
Which, I suspect, is why it’s often easier to say “Oh I always wanted to do _____” than it is to actually do it.
But it’s worth it to make room for your dreams, both in your schedule and sometimes literally too. When you pursue the things you really enjoy doing, good things come to you.
My dreams involve hanging out with friends and family, vacations with my husband, and now blogging is a big part of it – I’m enjoying getting there!
Those sound like fun dreams :)
This is so important. I’m an avid homebrewer and am housing hunting for my first home and one of my requirements is a room enough in a garage, extra bedroom, kitchen or laundry room for a permanent homebrew set up!
May as well get that space right up front right? Especially if it’s important to you.
My dreams involve sleeping in. I think I will have to wait for my kid to get bigger.
Hah! How old is your kid? You can start them out on the “here’s how you pour your own cereal routine once they’re about 4…
The hardest part is just starting. I always think of the analogy of a plane lifting off the ground… a steel bird as they say.
Good luck with your dreams!
I agree, getting started is often the hardest part.