I have been through a lot the past year and a half and had promised myself if I survived it all, I would live my dream. I pretty much have been a work-a-holic most of my life. Often times I put my work (be it a job or my art career) above anything else. I realize I may not live forever and I cannot keep putting things off to work more.
One of the biggest life lessons I learned during this time is to be more patient. There is no need to be in such a hurry all the time. I can stop and smell the roses and stare at the clouds, it's okay. The world will go around anyway. I also learned that I am not getting any younger and time does seem to go by much faster than it used to. I dared to dream. When I thought I only had a few months left to live and was very sick with chemo treatments, I had plenty of time to think. I rested a lot more.
I always planned to go back to college and get a more advanced degree to get away from Business Management and really pursue an Art Education. Finally, I have taken all the steps needed to get funding and have attended orientation and will be working on my life's passion. I have always loved school and learning. Most of my life I have taken classes, courses, workshops and seminars and really believe in lifelong learning.
I have built an art career and now it's time to really develop my skills and increase my knowledge and build up my credentials so I may have my MA in Art Education. Since, I have a part time day job, I will be attending mostly evenings and with attendance, work and homework, plus continuing to do my own art and hang art shows everywhere I can, there will not be much time to write 3 blogs, keep several FB lists and 4 facebook pages.
I will be doing all my own writing on my ARTSAILS1 blog. There is a FB like page for it and I have it set to Twitter share and if you subscribe to ARTSAILS1, my updates will automatically appear in your emails.
Yours Truly,
Jeanee
http://artsails1.blogspot.com
