The weekend turned out to be tougher on me than I anticipated, and (of course) not in the ways that I was dreading.
The adult leaders were not the impediment to the Scouts that I was expecting, and my middle son handled his troop reasonably well (despite dealing with a cold).
I, however, didn’t have such a great weekend, and after several days recovering (while being on call with the day job) am looking forward to finding the glow from last week.
Perhaps as a matter of foresight, I didn’t include notes on my progress in that last post. With luck writing about the positive (if, baby) steps toward making my creative passion self-sustaining will get me vibrating near the level I was on last week.
I made another contact at the community gallery, and while I think the facility director looked at me a bit askance, she did pass the message on the the gallery manager, who called and gave me permission early this week. I’ll try to stop and shoot the next video over the next few days. I did make a video using some of my kites and a wall mural at one the local schools for an example, but I look forward to testing this vision that I’m pursuing.
The inspiration that I was receiving from the D(J)KYDJ community didn’t just make me feel good last week, it moved me to break with my standard of quiet reserve. I posted responses to a couple of posts that (I thought) needed my specific light, joined a list of folks looking for accountability groups, and even sent a message to Cathy via her website after a particularly moving episode.
I also started a file based on the concept of a Vision Board.
The highlight of my week (so far) was that in Cathy’s episode this week she made reference to a kitemaker that had joined her accountability list. I was exhausted from the weekend, and not having the day I wanted to be having, so the recognition didn’t carry me far, but it did buoy my spirits.
I’m looking forward to more progress, but I’m less than certain how close the next steps might be. I’m on call until Friday night, another Scout meeting tonight, and the Fall Kite Festival (where I can’t get any public recognition) is this weekend, so I’ll spend the next few days looking for opportunities for progress and promotion.
Smooth Winds