monumental decisions

Having worked as an office cleaner now for one week , and after being told that the job was temporary and not permanent as I thought , I have been forced into rethinking my lifes strategy!

So I collected all my certificates together and put them on the table ..................a mixed bunch I can assure you - but I was sure the answer lay before me !

I have teaching certificates, embroidery certificates, certificates for being able to grow plants and look after grass, language certificates , a highly commended at being able to do magic with ties (dont ask ;-)) oh and dont foget the piano certificates and the one for ballet .................now only 42 years old! proof here

Now, presuming that there is no call for a 53 year old who trained as a ballet dancer 42 years ago - and can only just engage in point work - I sat and stared at the certificates and wondered what on earth I could do with this mish mash of educational nightmares.

Of course the answer shouted back but it takes me a lttle while for me to fall in.....................but in all honesty - the screamingly obviously thing I should be doing is teaching and embroidering. My first love - the embroidery - and my inherited talent , the teaching (thanks Dad!). So this was decided then - my lifes path - simple really -cant think why it took me so long to get to it!

So thats it - I have decided from now.............today...............this moment ..............I am an embroiderer. I am going to embroider and try to sell (fingers crossed), I will exhibit, teach, write articles and generally be a poor , starving artist - but at least , I will be happy and doing what I want to do!

I will no longer cleanoffices , shovel snow, shovel snow and clean offices..................I will no longer dig and fill in graves, I will no longer drive a tractor, lug heavy machines or service engines!

I may not have a reasonable income or any income at all, but at least I will have been truthful to myself ...........at last!

I am going to revisit work I did 20 years ago - where I left off - it is going to be a very interesting journey but this time it will have a more professional approach. I am going to do a course in running my own business with the local job centre. I will discover how to keep my own books and produce figures for the tax man.

Everything will be logged and costed....................and last of all I am not going to feel guilty that I do it !!!!! It will no longer be a 'hobby' it will be my work and my wage earner! It is up to me if I fail at this or make a success of it!

So..................here we are - pictures of work I used to sell ....................oh at least 10 years ago...............but they did sell!!!

I am expecting it to be a bumpy ride..........................but a ride is a ride ..............................'

Zaz ;-)