New Baby, New Year... Renewed Effort to Advance Artistically
Its amazing how fast a year can fly past. At this time last year I had just began midwife appointments for my second pregnancy, and now I am a mother of two! And the baby is already in size four diapers and is a month off from starting solid foods! She is the happiest little baby I can imagine and it is such a pleasure to be her mother. It is so natural to think that because I have a new baby I must be very busy, but really... since she is so happy, and since my 3 yr old is pleased with the transition, the opposite feels more true now. But back in October I was still in newborn mode and felt like I must be too busy for anything. So when the fellas and gal on 3PP talked about Cal Newport's idea of 'reinventing yourself before the new year' (an exciting way to say 'prepare now to be successful next year') I felt like I had a free pass. "I'm far too busy now to grow as an artist, maybe next time," I thought. But then time seemed to creep by so slowly! ...
