This is My Year

This week's prompt in my “Creative Dreams Come True” journey is to write a "This is My Year" list. As Andrea describes it, "Now it's time to buy a ticket for the creative dream jet plane. So our assignment is to chart out more specifically what dreams you want to have come true this year, to set our destination to make sure we’re getting on the right plane."

This is my health
I feel healthy, energetic and pain-free

Do stretches daily

Walk and do yoga consistently

Drink plenty of water

Eat more whole foods

These are my relationships
I feel connected, loved and inspired by my friends and family

Continue my weekly "trash tv" night

Be more proactive in relationships with my friends/family

Encourage other artists, both in person and online

This is my abundance
I am happy to be making a living at what I love

Get website up

Market business

Send at least 2 promo mailings

Track successes, both personal and professional

This is my creativity/purpose
I feel I am using my talents as best as I am able

Draw and/or write daily

Develop at least 4 of my picture book ideas into stories

This us how I practice self love/self care
I feel happy, nurtured and comfortable with myself

Take frequent breaks from computer/drawing to move and stretch

Continue my morning pages

Have 1 "artist date" weekly

This is how I experience happiness/adventure
I feel joyful in each moment

I am willing to try new things

I will be okay to experience things alone if anyone else isn't interested in doing them with me

This Year's Motto: Be a Phenominal Failure

You're probably thinking WTF? Why would someone WANT to fail? As Thomas Watson (the former CEO of IBM who came up with THINK for the company's motto) says: "The way to succeed is to double your failure rate." So, I'm going to try fail more than ever this year. I'm sick of feeding my Fear Fairy - Bitch it's time for you to go on a diet!
Hey, I've already got one failure, if you refer to my previous post about not being late for everything. It's the 6th of January and I'm just now figuring this out. But instead of giving up and not doing it because it's not the 1st, I'm doing it anyway. Chalk one up for the Failure List! WOOT!
Oh, I just thought of another one - I failed to be a corporate clone and now I have to try to fulfill my dream of being my own boss and to write and illustrate for children. Man, this failure stuff is rough! :-)