Hiatus

I took an unexpected hiatus from writing. Last year ended up being insanely busy and I lost my focus. I didn’t prioritize in the best way and felt overwhelmed with the responsibilities and tasks I took on. I learned that with the amount of unpredictability that my life includes I need to be more lenient with a schedule of producing items is. I gave up on the fact that if I couldn’t follow a set schedule, I shouldn’t do it at all. That was not the best way to go about growing my brand.

This is still something that I want to do. I’ve learned that I still enjoy having a creative outlet more than I want to repress it or ignore it. It’s more so finding a way of making it work while having several things on the go. Aside from having family responsibilities, work responsibilities, and general life responsibilities, spending time being creative does make me quite happy. At one point this brand was more so about generating an income, but I was trying to force it to mechanically versus letting it flow and grow naturally. I’ve learned that with building a brand you at times need to let it grow in its own way. The results will come with time once there is the right amount of effort put into it.

One thing I learned about myself is because I wasn’t tracking all my efforts appropriately, I felt as if somethings I never spent enough time on and others, I spent way too much time on. This year I’m using a new habit tracker which has been great with keeping me focused and helping me ensure I’m accomplishing more things than I was last year. Looking at it is how this blog post even got written. 

I’ve moved several my goals away from being timed based to project based and the amount of time it takes, is the amount of time it takes. There’s a quote by Sam Levenson: “Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep Going.” That will be one mantra that I follow this year.

I’ve gotten better at working on things with more consistency. If I stay patient with the results but keep working on the projects, I’ll get better. I think I’ve still be resistant to the growing pains of building certain skills which is why I took a hiatus.