Why am I doing this???

I was updating my website and re-read the list of things I have done in the past few years, I realized that I have ventured quite a bit both geographically and mentally. There are projects I have initiated and completed but nobody seems to know about them as I haven't been actively marketing my products. There are projects in my heads demanding to be born, and there are some which I simply dismiss as wishful thinking.

My passion and belief that 'I can' is the underlying foundation upon which I incessantly bring my projects out into the world. My likes and passion do change overtime and that is all the more reason to act on them before they become obsolete, believing that there is a message waiting to be shared and that I have the brain to make it happen. 

There has been a lot of changes, most of them challenging and involving some kind of sacrifice. Leaving the comfort zone is almost a constant but I get used to it. One of the major decisions was to let go of the need to be employed full-time in the conventional sense and to accept that it is just fine to be teaching on a freelance basis. I have more time to work on my own business and making art is now a scheduled activity. 

I can only tell you that to be doing what you love is an amazing feeling. Checking the stats doesn't interest me a bit. All I care is that if there is one person who visits my website, subscribes to my newsletter, reads my blog and feels good about him/herself, I consider my job well done. To me, sharing my thoughts and get my messages across with my words mean the world to me. I hope my efforts help my readers to be confident to be who they are, and be inspired and encouraged enough to live a different way of life.

To be completely honest, this is hard work; much harder than being an employee who simply sign in and out at specific times, without a doubt getting a paycheck at the end of the month. It is a daily effort to keep the passion burning. The hours you put in, the need to learn new software in order to make the business works, the tears and frustration when you tap on the wrong key by accident, and the anxiety of not generating an income are only a few of the many complications to put up with in exchange of doing what you love. But it is worth it.

I do believe that the world needs people like us to be unabashedly sharing our uniqueness and perspectives, inspiring and encouraging each other to be their authentic selves. I can't do this without you, my readers and subscribers who continue to read my weekly messages and pass them on to their circle of friends. Thank you for keeping my passion alive.

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