Right now I have a million different ideas and goals swimming around my head and I feel like there's not enough time/money/resources/energy. So what happens with that? A lot of the time nothing. That blurry mental tornado ends up paralysing me as time continues to tick tock it's inevitable course. So if I have a to do list of 10, rather then get 5 done, I end up doing none. Very counter productive.
This idea of rebirth and metamorphosis has me wanting to do soooooo much! It's a good thing because this time I have the zest and energy to do it. But what I need and what I'm lacking is structure. Time for the artist to get a little more methodical...
The best way to get things done, I think, is to take a weekly/monthly approach. I'll keep setting smaller, maintainable goals for myself weekly and keep adding to them. Monthly though, I will set a bigger goal that will tackle a major life area. At the beginning of each month, I'll work out what I have to do, and then spend the next month following through. Not a novel idea, I know. But definitely new ground for me.
So Spring is here (I don't know about 'officially' but March/April/May is Spring to me), I just re-signed my lease for another year so what better time to get the foundation organised? So yes, ladies and gentlemen, I have selected April to be the month of environmental overhaul, out with the old, and in with a little new. In other words - spring cleaning!
This is not just a tidy up I'm talking about. I'm talking about repainting my room, doing an unforgiving clear out through all of my belongings (and as a hoarder and a sentimentalist the mere thought of this terrifies me!), perhaps buying a few key furniture pieces, clearing out a storage unit and possibly giving up the art studio space I rent (which means making space in my room for some massive canvases!).
The one thing that is making this easier for me mentally is that for the last year relocating has been something I have strongly been considering. That won't happen for a while yet (hence the re-signing of the lease) but the mentality has stuck. So as well as the terror, there is an excitement and sense of adventure to be throwing things out. Plus, last year was such a horror that it will be a blessing to see the back of many things. So while I'm sorting through 50 lip glosses with a colour range from sheer to slightly pink sheer, and clutching at clothing I've owned for over ten years, I'll ask myself, am I really going to move this across the country? And when that fails, I'll tell myself I simply have to throw it out - I need room for all those Louboutins that are winging their way to my wardrobe! ;-)
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