“Don’t take yourself too seriously.” This is a line I’ve tried to tell myself as my business has grown. I’m not saying don’t take what you do seriously, but to remem
ber that you aren’t above anyone. We all start small. Yes, hard work and doing a good job is something to be proud of but don’t let pride get in the way for building relationships with other artists. I pray that I would never get too caught up in “bigger and better” things and not have time to pour into others. By no means am I saying I’m even close to knowing everything there is to know, but I would love to s
hare anything I do know and have learned along this beautiful journey. I would love to hear what you’ve learned and together we can all get that much better at doing what we love
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You can’t be all things to all people” For me, this was a difficult lesson to learn. I’m in nature some would say a “people pleaser”, I unfortunately care about what people think and I want them to think positive of me. But this is not possible, I can’t make everyone happy, and most the times in my efforts to make everyone else happy, I found myself unhappy. I’ve made the resolution that I will quit over thinking and worrying what other people like. I will post the images I liked best, edit the way I like, and take the freedom to be myself. If you don’t like it, not to be rude but save us both the frustration and hire someone else. I’ve had to realize that I can’t be all things to all people, and that is perfectly okay. I think as an artist this was tough for me because I wanted everyone to like my work, but some people just won’t. This year I have realized the importance of having clients that like MY style and ME.
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“In order to succeed, we must first believe that we can.” -Nikos Kazantzakis
I think that so many times we sit on our couches, scroll through our phones, and look at all the things everyone else is accomplishing and how exciting their lives seem to be. All the while we just completely discourage and psych ourselves out. We think “I wish I could do that!”, “I wish I looked like that!”, “I wish I had enough money to travel there”, and on and on it goes. It is easy to get caught up in this discontent cycle. Remember that everyone starts somewhere and we can’t get anywhere if we don’t start by putting one foot in front of the other and start believing in ourselves. If we don’t believe in ourself how can we expect others to? start. believe. go. do.
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