JUST ONE THING

 I get so many new ideas on a regular basis, that's just the creative me - always creating - I can't help myself and I don't know what to do anymore.  They say do one thing and do it better then anybody else, that's how you succeed in business.  But what about people like me?  are there people like me?  people who get excited when the new Hoegger Goat Supply catalog comes in the mail?  Not only because of the new items in the catalog but because of the adorable pictures of the goats in there? Are there people like me that will stop and take a picture of their food because they want to capture that steam coming off the hot soup?  Like me who looks at things and wonders what to create from it; I have apples- I should make chutney or hard cider or applesauce or pie or apple turnovers.  I've got goat milk - I should make cheese or butter or soap or shampoo or ice cream.   Are there people like me that get excited when the vegetable seed catalogs arrive and all I can think about is how to expand the garden or plant some new things I haven't planted before or design a new trellis for the pole beans.  Are there people like me that look at what some might consider garbage and see a new dining room table or plant stand?  Are there people out there that are this crazy? Because it's driving me crazy lately. Why can't I just focus on ONE THING?

It's a curse really to be this creative.  I've been rehashing my life lately; what I've done, what I haven't , why I have done something, and why I didn't. Where should I go and what should I do for my life?  I have so many letters after my name, too many, and for what?  Am I using them?  Not all the time and I am ok with that. Can I just do one thing?  Do I really want to do just one thing?  Is it truly possible for me?  If I have ever done just one thing I am sure I got sick of it after a few years and did something else, including some relationships.

I've been thinking about all the things that bring me joy in my life and how I can use them for success in business, but then I realized that if I focus on the money all the time, then I won't be doing what I love for the love of it, I'd be doing it for the opposite reasons, and thus - the love would be gone.

I thought maybe it was time to focus on just one thing and work it until it was so successful that I could retire in 5 years.  But I thought about it some more, and I realized that's not who I am. And when Samantha and I went and saw the movie, We Bought a Zoo! yesterday, I realized some other things too.

So I have decided that it is impossible and not probable for me to do just one thing.  That I will be doomed to forever not succeed in business because I can't just focus on one THING. I may not be able to be successful in business but I will/am successful in happiness by doing the things I love. {grateful sigh}

I will embrace my silly ways and create my products, projects and life in the way I see fit.  I will spend time with my ponies, time in my garden, time on my art, work with my photography, and be who I was meant to be: Dawn Sanborn, RENAISSANCE WOMAN!