I will admit December kind of sucked as far as productivity. My husband and I took a trip back east for Thanksgiving for couple of weeks and we came back and got sick. And Christmas happened, well let's just say I am very happy the holidays are over and I can get back to work.

I learned something really important(and a bit obvious I suppose) over the last month. It is that I can't do everything myself. I was trying to build a portfolio website and driving myself crazy. I soon realized I really have no idea what I was doing.  So I decided, through a few tears,  I am hiring a friend to help with all the coding and getting the website to run smoothly. What a relief.  It feels so good to let some of the pressure off  of thinking I have to be an expert in everything...

2011 resolution? Finding Strength in Myself...via this

So,  what is in store for January?

1. Finally get the mini-book done.  The paintings are 99% done. I just need to photograph them and get them to work  in the book. 
2. Rework text for mini-book and rework book layout in Adobe InDesign.
3. Work on prints to sell on Etsy.
4. Create an Etsy page.
5. Create banner and logo for website.
6. Finish new portfolio pieces and revamp some favorites.
7. Perfect wording for website copy.
8. I'm taking my first Letterpress Class at San Francisco Center for the Book.
9. Keep improving blog, finding my voice and show more of my artwork.
10. Get my work published in at least one blog/website a month.
11. Mediate/Exercise/Walk daily!!!!
12. Continue volunteering at SFCB.
13. Take more pictures.
14. Get out in nature at least once a month.
15. Learn to use my time more wisely.
16. Illustration Friday!
17. Get website up and running....
18. Start working on my own stories again. 
19. Find new income streams and implement them.

What a great way to start off the new year. Yay! I hope you are all are also in a happy work mode. I feel really positive about 2011. I think it will be the year that everything comes together.

What about you? Are you feeling awesome about 2011? What are your biggest challenges for the year?

What is the Meetup thing, you ask? It is a group of creatives that encourage each other each month to make and complete their goals. Join us...it is an amazing to watch the progress of others and yourself...
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