Good and Bad News: Your Work Is Never Done
Newsflash! You’re just getting started.
Whether you think this is good news or bad news depends on your disposition. Some people feel fulfilled and complete every day. I envy them.
I want more. Not more “stuff,” but more out of life. More experiences, more love, more friends, more cats. (Only kidding about that last one!)
I know it’s not fashionable these days to want more. “They” say I should be content where I am and live in the moment.
Can’t I want more and appreciate the present?
I have come to realize and accept that I will never be complete. I am just getting started.
My work is never done.
I will never feel like I’ve arrived. There will always be something more to look forward to, and new goals and dreams to pursue that are optimistic about the future.
This is different than being unsatisfied. People who are unsatisfied are negative, unhappy, and, often, annoying.
I’m satisfied because for me, satisfaction comes from a job well done: getting some exercise, cleaning out the garden, or ironing napkins for dinner guests (I know … ironing … weird, but true).
There is great satisfaction in taking the steps toward your vision and seeing each project to completion.
But the vision may shift, and the dreams will get bigger, which brings the next set of projects.
This is how I’m wired. I’ve been this way … um … forever.
I have come to embrace this part of my nature, and I’m happy and positive because I’m enjoying the journey. I can’t imagine a different perspective than the one ingrained in me.
This brings me to your life as an artist.
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