My Hiatus and the Lessons I Learned......

Sept. 19th, 2010

Well Hello There!

Where have I been you ask?  On a hiatus of sorts...one of Learning, Creating and Re-evaluating....mmmm...

I took my hiatus from technology...mostly....

What did I learn you ask?  Oh soooo many things...and I'm still learning...but...

The one thing I do want to address is what I learned about my blogging endeavor...here on my blog site....

First of all...I thought that blogging my way through Barbara Call's book would be easy enough to do daily...that proved not to be so...it seemed the more I surrendered myself to my craft, my true talents....the more it opened up to me the less time I had to blog...and I do love blogging...which thoroughly amazes me still, considering my allergy to technology and all...

But my Life...my Life is FULL...Full of Life and Love and Energy, Excitement from the simplest to the most outrageous happenings and Laughter, lots and LOTS of Laughter....Laughing with one another, at ourselves, our mistakes....

I was confused of course at first as to why daily blogging had become so difficult, not for lack of desire mind you...just difficult to accomplish what I had set out to do....No...I never once considered it could of been because of all the irons I already had in the fire, because in my world there is always room for just...one...more

So I considered the characters that I had gleaned the idea from in the first place...yes the movie "Julia Julia", but more specifically, Julia Child's herself and the other Julia who was cooking her recipes....

First of all I noticed that neither of them had any children...let alone children at home, grown children in college and children with children of their own, my grandchildren...my life is FILLED with children...and I could have stopped there and said, "Well, that says it all right there"...and...it would be partly true...but was that the real reason....?  Was it?

So I snooped around just to find out that I was not the only one after all to have been inspired in such a manner...yes I know, I know already...naive..yesssss, I actually thought this was an original idea...OH ALRIGHT you can stop Laughing Now...!  That's it Yuck it Up....

Anywho...as I was saying...I started snooping around and found others, yes there where others, who'd had the same idea....and there....stuff...wasn't turning out all that hot either....either sloppy work or difficulty following through...etc...

Yes and it only took me 30 plus days to discover the problem wasn't because of all the new opportunities opening up to me...it was because the "Julia Julia" concept/syndrome...(that's what I'm calling it)....was inspiring...meant to inspire maybe...but not a flippin' blue print.....I think the woman from Daisy's Cottage was on to something when she emailed me about not pressuring myself...hmmmm....

It worked for her because it was her's...her destiny to do just what she did...nothing more, nothing less...she owned it, very likely in ways, SHE, didn't even know or understand...at the time anyway....

We have to find our own path...and mine is...slow and contemplative...creative and imaginative...I want to spend more time sharing a specific thing...instead of 20 or 30 or 40 things...in a short amount of time...but this is me...

I mean, I type on my blog by candle light because it feels like Christmas that way...this is me...my own way...I like cozy and warm...romantic and soft...silly, giggly Laughter...these are the sounds and feel of my world, my home, my life...and this...this right here...it what I want to share with you...to let you glimpse into my world and me into yours...through the creative, thoughtful and heartfelt process of Creating.....

So no more Mad Cap all Nite blogging sessions...okay, this may actually happen on occasion....but out of choice and for no other reason....Not to mention...it will actually give me a chance to complete the ten thousand projects I started because of this bloomin' book...lol...

So I may be here every night...sometimes...I will visit weekly, bi-weekly even...so grab your favorite mug...and pour yourself some coffee...belly up to the Bar...here at "The Artist's Pub"...read, share, chat, email...look...but most importantly...Enjoy...

Blessings & Joy, Alexia xoxo

Sweet Dreams......