I'm not apologizing, I haven't finished my decorating, present wrapping, gift buying, and dinner menu for Christmas. Do you know what? I don't even care if it all gets done right now.
What I really, really wanted to do today was some painting. I've been having no fun at all with this holiday business.
How about you? Are you in over your head yet?
Every year it's the same feeling for me...first the calm, then nervousness, along comes stress, out right panic and then frustration followed by exhaustion. Phew, Christmas is over! The month of December is done. Where did our time go? All those hours gone, prisoner to expectations and tradition.
Today I began to paint a new painting and what a relief it was. It took me away for awhile out of myself, my worries of getting everything done. I'm a firm believer in taking time for yourself. In a post I wrote back in May I told you how I am now Making art a priority and enjoying life.
Nobody around me seems to be enjoying anything. All the women that I talk to are stressed. The lines at all of the stores are long and miserable. People are angry. We all have brought it upon ourselves with our high expectations.
I'm trying to stop letting society rule. I'm reminding myself to take ownership of my life. Do the things that I love.
Painting gives me my spirit back, gives me patience and joy. I walk away feeling like I've accomplished something. I rarely come away frustrated.
I am shamelessly taking the time to make art. Are you with me?
6 comments:
I understand exactly how you feel, I work two jobs and I'm working on a commission and I haven't even started my Christmas shopping yet. And this will be the first time I'll be with family at Christmas for three years so I'm very excited, but I can't seem to get in gear because I'm too busy. I'd love to paint a painting *I* want to paint!
Anyways I hope you enjoy a relaxing day of painting and don't worry about Christmas too much. Because what it all comes down to in the end is enjoying time with people you care about.
You know my feelings on Christmas,and I refuse to get caught up in the present buying madness,but I still seem to stock up on food ,which is a habit i just cannot break.
Love It! Yes, I completely agree. We all spend too much time measuring up to our own expectations of awesomeness and perfection, instead of just being who we are, who we're meant to be, and enjoy life and everything around us.
I also like to paint. I don't do it very often and that's my own fault. I don't make time for it. I don't allow myself the time for it. I also like to play guitar and write songs. I go through big spurts of song writing and then months of nothing.
However, I think we can all learn something from you, Denni :)
Enjoy life and do what you love! That is what we should be doing!
Thank you for this eye opener. Yes, I'm stressed because of this the holidays. I nearly almost always have a nervous breakdown during the Christmas season.
Thank you for giving me the perspective that I need right now. That not everything has to go perfectly :)
That my perfect life is just a life that I enjoy, not a life of getting a ton of stuff "done".
~Lisha
You took the words so perfectly out of my mouth! Your description of "the process" and then ending with outright panic is me- Every Year! Like clockwork.
My blog might suffer a little this week...
I'm so glad you got your creative juices moving forward!
Much love
Kimberly
www.kimberlyklinedesign.com/blog.html
Thanks to all of you for taking the time to write your wonderful comments!
I do appreciate and love reading them!
good for you! it is so hard, even in the everyday to make time to be creative. this time of year is perfect for slowing down - but somehow we all seem to get caught up in the busy rush. keep it up.
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