{"id":743,"date":"2022-01-13T06:00:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T06:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ourartsmagazine.com\/kathykmcclellan\/?p=743"},"modified":"2022-01-13T03:40:52","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T03:40:52","slug":"ambitious-or-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourartsmagazine.com\/kathykmcclellan\/2022\/01\/13\/ambitious-or-crazy\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambitious Or Crazy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I have been asking myself if I am being ambitious or if I\u2019m crazy.\u00a0 Not only am I participating in a 365 day Personal Art Challenge but I also signed up for a seven day with a specific theme!\u00a0 That\u2019s two new creations with descriptions and keywords each day.\u00a0 While in these challenges I am also trying to keep our apartment clean, buy groceries, cook and clean up the kitchen each day, add Writing Skill subjects to Our Arts Magazine, write a weekly blog, take care of a Chihuahua, take care of a time consuming dental health issue, and generally take care of myself.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I very much admire those artists who are not only participating in both of these challenges but also working full time, taking care of small children or sick family members or all of those things!<\/strong><\/p>\n

For years I have heard retired people joke that they don\u2019t know how they had time to work.\u00a0 Since I am retired and not \u201cworking\u201d that describes how I have been feeling.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then I remember:\u00a0 My artwork IS my work.\u00a0 It is not supporting me financially right now but it IS supporting me emotionally.\u00a0 It is my lifeline during the depressingly cold, dark season that I am experiencing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do you have a lifeline for dark seasons in your life?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is your lifeline a physical one such as working out at the gym or with home exercise equipment, hiking or running?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do you have a creative lifeline in your life such as writing, drawing , painting or creating digital images?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please feel free to share the story of your lifeline in the comment section if you have one just as I have in this blog.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lastly, thank you to each of you who took time from your busy schedule to read this post.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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