Learning to live as a senior in this strange world.
What is next as an entrepreneur ??
10–28–19 — Have you ever reached the point where you really can’t do it any more? That realization was starting to hit me that I really have to change. What do you do when it just hurts too much? Have you ever felt that way? It is your passion — that one thing that you have spent your life doing and loving. You get up in the morning and can’t wait to get to work. My passion was strong. It has been my thing for so long that I dont know what else to do. Anyone relate?
It started slowly a couple years ago with one medical thing after another. Auto immune diagnosis, copd, vascular disease, temperature imbalance, and arthritis, etc. starting to become worse - yeah, I was a mess. Kind of under control now somewhat with my doctors assistance, but then I started getting sharp pains shooting through my thumb joint to my wrist. Ok, after a couple years or more of that, I thought I solved it when I had surgery on my hand. Still hurts - trouble holding things or twisting off lids and more. Now the other hand is hurting. ugh. This has been causing me stress for a while and of course, it is getting worse. Ok I get it, I am getting older and have to change. So, what now?
My struggle now is to learn new kinds of ways to make an income when arthritis is making it extremely painful at times. I am a clay artist & potter (ceramic artist on a potters wheel) and also create acrylic paintings. Im not into taking a bunch of pain pills and being bedridden yet. I sure dont need some addiction screwing up my life. I still have a lot of fight left in me and hopefully, a lot of years left to create. Create something. Keep living. That is a great goal.
10–29–19 — Clay Potential Pottery is my brick and mortar pottery studio and gallery. It has been my home away from home since my husband and I moved from San Diego, CA up the coast to Riddle, Oregon, where we opened my shop. Come see my shop folks…. right on Main Street in this small very cute little town a couple miles right off of I-5. I have created some pretty cool things over the last 33 years. I was president of several art organizations and on the board of directors on a few more. A lot of kids and adults have been taught different ways to work in clay here. For a decade now I have had a couple local high school classes where students come to my studio two days a week.
I’m known at the high school by my students for having the cool class. Yes, I am the cool teacher — the clay lady, or Miss Carol to my kids and I love it. That is pretty gratifying, considering I was very apprehensive at first about starting a ceramic program for kids here. Really - true story! Teens or little ones in a small gallery and studio area combined? That was a scary idea. It has paid the bills though and for years I have loved doing this. During the summer I work at a few kids camps for little ones. It is a really cool sounding job, huh? It has been a great gig for years and now it hurts. So, what is next? Stay tuned!
10/30/19 — Im looking at maybe doing more online now. Needing to stop hurting myself, I started a marketing class a couple weeks ago. Today, I received the FREE book I ordered called Network Marketing Secrets. Pretty cool — I just had to pay the shipping cost. Looking for a non pyramid type of thing to develop and no idea what all is out there. Anyone feeling the same?
I wonder if any one else is interested in learning to work at home or just needing a little more income? I am looking for a way to move from my brick and mortar pottery shop to something less physical and it is a good guess that I am not the only one wanting out of your 9–5. I keep thinking that I want time to enjoy life and maybe go fishing. It would be cool to live next to a lake or a river someday. I still have a problem with giving up on my shop, so Im not yet, but there could be something really cool around the corner.
10/31/19 — Halloween today. Should be fun. My business is giving out candy to trick or treater’s today. I went with a simple efficient costume….. purple bat wings headband with a purple tutu. Because of course, purple tutu’s go with purple bat wings! Yeah Im a bit bat sh*t crazy and it is Halloween, so why not have fun! lol.
So now I need to get caught up on the book and see what I can still learn today. More later folks.
11–1–19 — Just getting lost on the computer today. Time to review it all again and think about what Im learning. End of the week and tired, Im leaving the Halloween decorations at my shop for another day to clean up. Are my thoughts relating to anyone? Good — then tell me what to do next. lol. Talk more another day folks.
11–3–19 — I was a couch potato today….. I love the Diy channel and enjoy watching the house fixing going on and on and oooh there is another one.
11–4–19 — Yesterday was my husbands last day at his job. No big retirement party was given at work, so we might have to celebrate together. This will be strange for both of us. I am usually at my shop, but I do enjoy having the house to myself when he was at work.
Im scared to retire — there, I said it. I dont know how to do anything and even one day a week as a couch potato is enough to send me back to my shop the next day. Nope, not ready to quit yet.
