"Follow Your Inspiration" Catherine Darling Hostetter
This weekend I was reviewing what I had coming up on my calendar, and realized that I am not accomplishing nearly enough. I am one of those artists that is not the most organized. I thought "what am I going to do to change this situation"!
I remembered a few months back when my son and I were reading a book together, called The Success Principles by Jack Canfield. I recalled during the time that as I was studying it and applying it's principles to my artistic existence, I was accomplishing more and felt very productive in all aspects of my life.
So... I dragged the book out yesterday and determined to read a chapter a day and work it like I was going to school with assignments and all. This time through the book, however, I am not going to read it and then forget what I learned. I will diligently try to make it a part of my life habits. Having experienced already that if I don't focus and make a goal of this, I will fall back into old habits. I know that for a fact, it's the story of my life!
Chapter 1: Take 100% Responsibility of Your Life. Don't worry I am not going to go through the whole book here on my blog. But I will summarized some of the amazing info found there.
I would like to quote from the book something that made a lot of sense...
"Ninety nine percent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses"
George Washington Carver
Great advice, take accountability for your own choices and don't make excuses. Another great insight from the book - If you don't like your outcomes, change your response. Sure, a lot of things happen in our lives that we don't have direct control of , but we do have the choice to determine how we respond to it.
The last thing I want to mention is: You have to give up blaming and complaining.
That's it for today. If anyone is interested in joining me as I change my life and would like to change yours, get yourself a copy of the book, and lets go for it!
I adore this watercolor painting 'Follow Your Inspiration'. Are you going to be making prints of it?
ReplyDeleteI still have your Red Queen Doll from the 'Cloth and Clay' ning site challenge days.
I made a point of using the word 'focus' for this year of 2015. It has really helped me keep on task and focus moment by moment. I am not usually one to choose a word as a New Year's theme, but this time, I did.
Your artwork is fresh and vibrant.
Cheers!
Teresa in California
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