I recently came across this poem which sums up the quandary of finding your tribe. Why is this important in helping to reduce some of the daily stress we are under?
When you have a group of people who are your tribe, you get
1) support – they have information or you do
2) encouragement – accountability helps keep you on track
3) listened to - as they get your ideas or are at lease open to hearing them
4) built in cheerleaders - they cheer you on when you are doing great
5) assistance - help you out when you need a bit of uplifting,
Bonus - the stress of the day, week, or month gets less. You can take a breath, collect your thoughts, and get back on track. In business, you do about 7X better with a tribe than without one. In life, it is probably about the same result - I will need to do some research on this.
FIND YOUR PEOPLE
They are out there you know,
waiting to be found or even just to be seen,
perhaps they are hiding in plain sight?
When you do find them,
they will like you, on impact,
just as you are,
because they are ‘your’ people.
How will you know when you come across them?
It’s a little fizz,
a tiny little spark of something,
that zips unseen between you.
A soul recognizing another.
Stop trying to be liked,
by those who don’t see your worth,
chances are they never will.
Find your people,
they are out there you know,
and they need you too.
Donna Ashworth
From I Wish I Knew: The uplifting Sunday Times bestseller https://amzn.eu/d/fXuUdAV
Art by Kelly's Art From the Soul
So you might be wondering what I mean about the Cat is out of the Bag. Well, I decided in 2019, that I wanted to start my art business, 3 P's in a Pod Art Studio. It was a way of transitioning out of my current career and have a way to put my two loves together - art and travel. I would be able to share what I know, sell what I love to do art, travel and see a whole bunch of places I still have not gotten to.
So where am I today, like the rest of you, dealing with the Covid crisis. I have had a whole lot of challenges, still working in my same career, concerned regarding the future, tried some things to promote my art business, family things going on, and boy, do have have a huge learning curve to get through.
At some point, life might be OK for travel again. I have learned how to photograph my art, post it in my art website - 3psart.ca, and am now learning how to do a blog and take videos and post those.
Here is my first attempt. I posted it on facebook so here is the link - https://www.facebook.com/3PsArt/videos/346680617072292.
So where am I today, like the rest of you, dealing with the Covid crisis. I have had a whole lot of challenges, still working in my same career, concerned regarding the future, tried some things to promote my art business, family things going on, and boy, do have have a huge learning curve to get through.
At some point, life might be OK for travel again. I have learned how to photograph my art, post it in my art website - 3psart.ca, and am now learning how to do a blog and take videos and post those.
Here is my first attempt. I posted it on facebook so here is the link - https://www.facebook.com/3PsArt/videos/346680617072292.
Headed to the family cottage for a well deserved vacation. Had to wait for travel to open up first though. The cottage is on the delightful Northumberland shore. I had hoped to sunny weather all week but instead got what I needed. I headed there to recharge my batteries. I had not realized just how tired I was. So I took time to just rest, relax, be present, walk my dog. Got 3 sunny days so on those days, I did head for the beach and listened to the waves. Boy, that is the best sound ever! It always calms me down. Walking into the water was a challenge as the ocean is still very cold. I call it refreshing but only ducked to my shoulders. A second attempt made it icy. It never did warm up in those 3 sunny days. But it was great to get back into the ocean.
SOOO - what did I learn to do? When stressed, you need to take some time to rest, relax, be present and recharge the batteries. I got to completely walk my talk and practice what I preach.
SOOO - what did I learn to do? When stressed, you need to take some time to rest, relax, be present and recharge the batteries. I got to completely walk my talk and practice what I preach.
Have not quite gotten my head around the recent support in the last 5 weeks and the sales of my artwork. I am 3 P's in a Pod Art Studio - offering paintings, photography, and pottery. I has been quite fabulous to see how well my art business is growing. Thanks to everyone for their support. Having a live - in person - pottery and photography sale March 26th. Hope to see you there. I am offering a VIP experience so you want to book a time for complete 30 minutes of viewing and meet the artist experience. Hope you will enjoy it.
It has been quite the journey of accepting my artistic abilities and then allowing others to see what I have created. The next step for me was letting my art find a new home when someone purchased it. There have been so many fabulous times when I look back on them. I had never thought my being an artist would be accepted or help me make a living at it. Many thanks again to all of you who have been there through my trials and tribulations.
It has been quite the journey of accepting my artistic abilities and then allowing others to see what I have created. The next step for me was letting my art find a new home when someone purchased it. There have been so many fabulous times when I look back on them. I had never thought my being an artist would be accepted or help me make a living at it. Many thanks again to all of you who have been there through my trials and tribulations.
I had my first introduction to whales as a child. That might account for my fascination in them. I remember all the whales in our local museum but they are all plastic. The big thing that got me what that the whales have a hand inside their fins. What a puzzle that started. They swam and did not come onto land but had a hand inside the fins??? Questions and more questions arose and my fascination grew.
I would go on whale watching trips at any chance I got. I went to the local aquarium to see them up close. It just added to the fascination. I had even thought of becoming an oceanographer so I could look into them more. And with my love of photography - I could then capture them on film. But life had different plans and I chose a different career BUT the fascination continued.
These whales are a Mom and her baby. Got to see them on a whale watching trip to Brier Island, Nova Scotia. Baby put on quite a show and Mom was checking us out regularly.
I found this quote by Ansel Adams who was a fabulous black and white photographer. He has been quite an inspiration of mine so I thought I would share his viewpoint and my love of whales. Hope you enjoyed the story.
Janice
#photographicprints #whales #whalewatching #humpbackwhales #artsalesonine
I would go on whale watching trips at any chance I got. I went to the local aquarium to see them up close. It just added to the fascination. I had even thought of becoming an oceanographer so I could look into them more. And with my love of photography - I could then capture them on film. But life had different plans and I chose a different career BUT the fascination continued.
These whales are a Mom and her baby. Got to see them on a whale watching trip to Brier Island, Nova Scotia. Baby put on quite a show and Mom was checking us out regularly.
I found this quote by Ansel Adams who was a fabulous black and white photographer. He has been quite an inspiration of mine so I thought I would share his viewpoint and my love of whales. Hope you enjoyed the story.
Janice
#photographicprints #whales #whalewatching #humpbackwhales #artsalesonine
