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Letters From The Basement #3

11/3/2015

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Dear Friends,

I am crashing a little bit. 

My Instagram game is totally gone. I have posted only a few pictures all month. That directly stems from the fact that I have only been in the stained glass studio 3 times this month. About once a week. That dogged pursuit I described in the first letter has run into a hill. 

I am not giving up. But this is not shiny and fun. I am a little sick of creative business podcasts, I think I just feel a little information overload. I have done tons of research, and now I need to stop and just get to work. 

Ironically I intend to be blogging about my work, but working on the blog is taking time away from my stained glass work. -eyeroll-  Also, I'm not really sure how to blog about my work. How do I mix it up, and not just write the same thing? How do I do more than just show pictures? So, I mostly don't write about my side hustles except for in this casual letter format.

I am still figuring things out. I have goals that I want to reach, but my weekly rhythms and other commitments make it difficult to properly allocate my time. 

I struggle with focus, and that defiantly holds me back. It is not hard for me to work, but it is hard for me to work consistently on one project. Which makes progress a little flickering light just out of reach. 

There are wins though. This week I designed a flyer for a local event, and got paid for it. No I am not avidly trying to start a graphic design job, but it is fun, something I enjoy and makes me feel like I am really doing something. BUT that is time not spent putting pendants together.

I heard a summary of the creative process recently (of which there many graphics for and versions of) that goes something like this:

1. This is awesome
2. This is hard
3. This sucks
4. I suck
5. This is O.K.
6. This is awesome

I am somewhere in that hard and sucky part. I think I'll be in this rocky winter for a while. But I am holding onto the faith that the awesome will come back into view if I just keep going.

Stats:
52 IG followers (6 more than last letter)
10 Etsy Items
1 Flyer sold

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P.S. Yes my desk is that messy.
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    I'm Sara. I live in Portland, Oregon. I have chickens. I love coffee AND tea, I make stained glass pendants in my basement, and I love adventures and new ways to live. I have an Etsy store as well.

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