Art Dreams vs Goals

Following last weeks Birthday Post - 31 Artist Thoughts - it got me thinking about the future.
And I've still got this quote from a course swimming about in my brain:

​"Hoping for something and working towards something are two different things." - Amir Fazal.

Dreams stay dreams unless we do something about it.
So I'm looking back at what I wanted to 'be' when I was a kid.
I love that.
I did a course with my dear pal Caitlin recently about calming your nervous system around money.
It turned out pretty great in the end and had some practical applications -
I think our respective partners did believe we had joined a cult, but we roll!
I followed the host on LinkedIn - so I don't think we did?
(that is a joke. Kate Northup is a cool cat and had some great stuff to say on compound interest, financial compursion and adding value to your life.)

Her mantra is about learning to 'be' before we learn to 'do'.
Working from a place of grounded resonance.

What did you want to be as a kid?

I've noticed I've done a big circle and I'm back to where I started but with more knowledge this time around.
I wanted to make art.
Play characters on stage.
Teach.
and I think I wanted to be a vet - but honestly. I know I am way too much of an emotional sponge for that. Maybe I will satisfy this by getting a pet again.

I tried the 'make a living acting' and it turned out - not fun.
To be fair to myself I had 0 plans and I was also not very well.
So I'm returning to the am dram roots and having fun again.

I tried the teaching out - in the form of coaching.
I liked it but I knew it wasn't fully me (the emotional sponge thing).

So I'm back to art.
And I'm looking at what went wrong from a place of curiosity.
- Have a plan 
- Understand business 
- Don't avoid the sticky stuff - it's the most important (accounts, maths, complicated stuff).
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So them's the goals right?
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That's how we get the dream into a reality - we put it in a calendar and work backwards.
And get sweaty palms when we publish shops.
And get a fast heartbeat when we message a customer the first time.
We keep going.

Here are some dreams I am trying to make a reality.

Writing it on here drives me to making it happen because - oh my god - someone might read it!
-laughing at myself with love-

1. Get some art into a gallery - feel like the real deal!
2. Get that YT following - make a community!
3. Teach some art - get someone else inspired!
4. Paint some portraits - help people feel seen through art.

That's my dream list for now.
One day I might look at it and think it's small in comparison - for now - it's pretty big.
I'm a fan of dreaming a step at a time.
I'll let you know if they get any bigger!

Yep, I should go make one of my dreams a reality - but first...