Alright, obviously I'm an artist now.
Things are getting serious around here ^^
It seems like I finally have a job again! If you can call it that, it really doesn't feel like any other job I ever had.
In every other job or when I went to school, my days and weeks and years were always scheduled by someone else. My employer set my working hours, the school system told me when to go on holiday. Everything was already decided, I didn't have to think about it, which could have made it a very relaxing lifestyle ^^
But it never really felt right this way. I could never really get used to living like that, I just wasn't happy.
My life now looks very different.
I quit my job in the beginning of last year, to move into a van, leave the country, and find out how it works to live a life that makes me happy, that feels more free.
And I found it! It's not all perfect and easy, but I couldn't be happier, because now I feel I'm finally on the right path, my path!
Life seems to be about learning, and now I'm finally learning things that I really want to learn!
Which leads me to the topic I originally wanted to write about:
Right now I'm learning how to organize myself.
And it's not that easy, because nobody taught me!
But it's okay, I'm welcoming this new challenge and opportunity to grow :)
I'm beginning to have more and more projects that I'm working on or want to work on in the future.
There's my blog on Hive of course, which is very important to me.
And I'm actually about to start a new blog project for the artist collective I'm part of :)
Then my art and everything that comes with it, always experimenting and learning and creating.
Some collaborations with other artists. Collaborations are always fun and exciting!
And there is also the worldly stuff that needs my attention. The most urgent one is probably the garden. It's getting quite wild at the moment, and it's hard to keep up with it ^^ It's also a learning project, for I've never had a garden before!
It's all very very fun stuff, that I really love doing, but I still feel a bit stressed from time to time, or worried that I'm not doing enough.
It's all a matter of organization, I guess.
So I got myself a notebook! And right now I'm practicing how to properly write To-Do-Lists ^^
I try to figure out how much structure I need to manage all the things I want to do, while at the same time giving myself enough freedom to be creative and able to care for myself.
It already helps to just write down all the project, to get them out of my head and have them all in one place. Then I can check the list every day and decide what I want to do. (Also I'm not at the risk of forgetting something^^)
Luckily I don't have many fixed dates to finish something, it's on me to prioritize my projects.
Although I'm still not that good at it, it feels so much better to be able to organize my life for myself, rather than live by a schedule made by other people.
I'm very grateful for that opportunity and I'm sure I can figure out a good management for myself somehow.
Art-Portfolio on Creary: https://creary.net/@anafae/projects
Gallery on NFT-Showroom: https://nftshowroom.com/anafae/gallery
Life of Mo Series: https://opensea.io/collection/life-of-mo
Gallery on OpenSea: https://opensea.io/collection/ana-s-mind
Gallery on HicEtNunc: https://www.hicetnunc.xyz/tz/tz1PgueFeqHU1nN8UzpsN48RSzKXHuMBTLB8
Twitter: https://twitter.com/anafae_art
all images by me
It's always so nice to read that someone found their happiness. It takes a lot of guts to just step out of the normal "system" as we know it, I've done it as well, even though it was temporarily, I never ever regret it and it brought me so much more than I could have had when staying stuck in the situation I was in.
I love seeing your artworks pop up on here or Twitter, and well done for finding your audience lady! You are a rockstar :)
Oh, thank you so much!! Such kind words <3
Yes I'm very happy with how everything worked out, I hope it stays this way and I can make art a little while longer, I enjoy this life so much!
Just to let you know, I actually do read your posts! I really need to make more time to also comment on things again ^^ So absorbed by art and as I told in this post, not good at organizing life ^^
I hope you can enjoy this way of life a lot longer as well.
But I'm sure if for any reason at some point NFT's won't be hot anymore, you'll be creative enough to find other ways to earn with your art ;)
Haha, no worries about it, I truly know how that goes, I read so many and think I'll comment later, and forget.. it's a pain sometimes and I feel guilty, but I know one day it will go all smooth again. And I also check your art on Twitter so I'm updated either way :) lol
Yes, I will just do this as long as I can. NFT's are still not really mainstream adapted, like the whole crypto thing, so it's quite likely that it will go on for a while longer.
I'm just so happy that I really feel like being an artist now ^^ That's the biggest thing NFTs have done to me :)
Ah, I'm relieved I'm not the only one! I'm reading and want to comment later but then I forget. But I'm learning some organization skills right now and try to put everything in order ^^
Yeah, I think it will go on for a while as well. And otherwise, you've connected with so many artists already and see what kind of income streams they are generating, so it will be fine ;)
I'm also lacking those a bit lately, but things have changed a lot lately here regarding boyfriend's work as well and there's some stuff that I need to do for him (making sure the invoices / taxes etc are all in order) so soon I'll have to manage stuff with care and I bet all the rest that I'm failing to organize a bit now will go smoother then as well. As I just have no other choice :) lol
Nice update and cute art!
This sounds ( somewhat ) like me but, no matter how much I tried to get organized, I even remember buying a book to learn this skill back in 2014 or 15 when I was still working a job and felt totally overwhelmed, it never really works for me. I guess I just need to accept that I will never be really organized.
I do have plenty of notebooks though and try to write TO DO lists all the time. It's just that even these lists are, at times, all over the place haha.
It helps to write down what I need to do though. That is about how organized I am. The next thing I need to work on is focus and prioritization. Those two are even tougher for me to handle.
Big hug
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Haha, I just wrote about that topic again a little ^^
It seems our to do lists look pretty similar, mine are just an A5 page full of scribbled notes. But it still helps to get the things out of my head.
I want to believe I'm getting better in prioritizing. I think I just have to get used to the things I'm doing. The life I have now is still pretty new to me.
Maybe it's not our role in this life to be the most organized humans, or maybe we just need a bit of chaos to feel free enough to be creative <3