This month's topic was to come up with three "compass words" for 2011. Tonya Davidson from Whole Lotta Whimsy came up with an exercise that helps you reflect on what you've done and then contemplate your future - but using the written word instead of just in your head. By writing the exercise down - and publishing it here in my blog - it shows a greater commitment to change, rather than just a casual exercise. The "compass words" then become a focus for the year ahead -whether they apply to your business or home life or both or whatever. I hope you'll take the time and find your own compass words by clicking on the above link. If you do - please add them to the blog post in the comments section.
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The "confident" compass word relates to several aspects of my life....I can feel quite confident in something one day and then have no confidence the next day. So this is definitely a good thing for me to focus on. My singing in the quintet particularly comes to mind with the "confidence" compass word when I frequently feel inadequate.
An idea that Tonya suggests you do when you identify your compass words is to write them down and put them somewhere where you will see them frequently, as a constant reminder. I'll definitely be doing that when I get home. Maybe we'll have to do a follow up blog post at the end of the year and see if change has happened in relation to our compass words.
I hope you have time to click on the links of the other merry go round team and see what compass words they all came up with for this year. We live in all different places around the world, so time differences may impact when we all get our blog post up.
Laura at Blue Terracotta - http://blueterracotta.com/
Monika at Red2White - http://red2white.wordpress.com/
Ruth at Birdland Creations - http://insidetheartisan.blogspot.com
Kim at Vilt a la Kim - http://viltalakim.com/blog/
Sara at Crafts of Texture - http://sarastexturecrafts.blogspot.com
Fabienne at Easterya Jewellery Creations - http://easterya.blogspot.com
Mariana at Florcita - http://florcita.eu/wordpress/
Agathe at Le Bar du Vent - http://lebarduvent.blogspot.com
Lily at Lily Pang Art and Design - http://lilypangart.blogspot.com
Mitsy at ArtMind - http://artmind-etcetera.blogspot.com
Or else you can follow the links to the actual blog post below:
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12 comments:
whishing you luck with all your compass words.
this year i go with the flow, and try to do what i want to do, so no compass for me. love, riet
Exploring new techniques and media sounds like fun and a great way to grow this year! I look forward to reading about your discoveries.
Beautiful compass indeed. :)
Love your photos!
Love to read your post.
I am very similar with you, I also need more confidence.
This is going to be a great year !!
Kisses !!
THanks Riet. Maybe your compass word is "go with the flow"! Sounds a good one!
Thanks Laura. Its been a fun ride so far and it's still on January! Who knows what will come up in the next 11 months!
Thanks Agathe and Lorena.
We shall have to keep and eye out this year, Lorena, and remind each other of our "confidence" focus! You've just had a great boost with your CraftEdu! Hopefully that'll keep you going for a while :=D
I'm always a firm beliver in growing and exploring... always learning is how I'd like to live. I can't belive I forgot to add that as one of my words!
I definately identify with your compass words and wish you lots of luck working on them throughout this year... it would be great to see where we all get too.
Sx
I struggled trying to add my link to the linky thing there until I realized it was already there! oh dear...
I find it fantastic all the techniques you are learning and experimenting with. I always say that if there were a school for textile art or something like that in the area, I would the first signing up! Sometimes I crave that organized exploration a workshop or school can give.
Good luck to you!
Thanks Sara. Yes, I think maybe we should post again at the end of the year on whether our compass words impacted at all on our year.
Mariana - thanks for trying to add your link to the hop. That is the idea that everyone adds their own but I thought I'd do it this time!
You are write about schools too. I try to be experimental at home but when things don't go right after many attempts, it is disheartening and I know if only I'd taken a class, I would have found a way to solve it!
Have you heard about the Craftedu.com website that offers classes now? I think they do some textile and fiber classes but haven't looked at what sort of level. They are also looking for instructors so maybe you should take a look....
I love your compass words, Ruth.
I think they are a constant reminder of what keeps us busy. No matter what, we should always try to grow, explore and be confident about what we do. Not always easy but it looks like being stuck in routines is not something you'll be doing this year. Good luck in doing so - I look forward to see the progress!
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