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jesstucker · 07-03-2009, 09:16 PM

I'm an unemployed artist. In the past month I have been trying to work on my courage to "follow my bliss" which is in this case dedicating my time to making art. Despite feeling some denial, I knew that courage was the area in which I needed the most growth, so recently I decided to stop looking so begrudgingly for irrelevant sources of income (job hunting), and decided to leap on an act of faith that if I focused my time to making art work, that the income would follow.

Immediately because I allowed myself to do what I love, my mood soared greatly, and I was eager to tell people how great it is to be doing what I love. As a result, and to my great surprise, I have lined up a number of interested buyers, sold one work, and I have felt just super swell and (relevant here) successful. As a result of this feeling I have been attracted to following my bliss elsewhere, and before I knew it I found myself in the midst of a romance despite having none for almost 10 months.

It's been interesting telling friends about this... it seems that some of them don't say anything, almost as if I am speaking a foreign language, or holding their tongue, and others are so encouraging and helpful. To the encouraging ones, their enthusiasm really begins to match my own. They become very creative in helping me achieve my goals, such as a friend who is willing to sell me an old camera so that I may take slides of all the work I've been making recently. And for a really great price that I can afford!

Reading this particular article has just really felt validating that doing what I love has caused an emotional shift in me that has attracted something similar in others. Hopefully this commitment to doing what I love will continue to be perpetuated by the fact I find it so fulfilling, and that I am sharing it with all those who will listen, who in turn want to help me and who will willingly get it from me in return.

Thanks so much Steve.

07-03-2009, 09:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
jesstucker Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: chicago, il Posts: 9	I'm an unemployed artist. In the past month I have been trying to work on my courage to "follow my bliss" which is in this case dedicating my time to making art. Despite feeling some denial, I knew that courage was the area in which I needed the most growth, so recently I decided to stop looking so begrudgingly for irrelevant sources of income (job hunting), and decided to leap on an act of faith that if I focused my time to making art work, that the income would follow. Immediately because I allowed myself to do what I love, my mood soared greatly, and I was eager to tell people how great it is to be doing what I love. As a result, and to my great surprise, I have lined up a number of interested buyers, sold one work, and I have felt just super swell and (relevant here) successful. As a result of this feeling I have been attracted to following my bliss elsewhere, and before I knew it I found myself in the midst of a romance despite having none for almost 10 months. It's been interesting telling friends about this... it seems that some of them don't say anything, almost as if I am speaking a foreign language, or holding their tongue, and others are so encouraging and helpful. To the encouraging ones, their enthusiasm really begins to match my own. They become very creative in helping me achieve my goals, such as a friend who is willing to sell me an old camera so that I may take slides of all the work I've been making recently. And for a really great price that I can afford! Reading this particular article has just really felt validating that doing what I love has caused an emotional shift in me that has attracted something similar in others. Hopefully this commitment to doing what I love will continue to be perpetuated by the fact I find it so fulfilling, and that I am sharing it with all those who will listen, who in turn want to help me and who will willingly get it from me in return. Thanks so much Steve.