The natural order of chaos is to organize

There are days when I feel like the Queen of Starting New Things. Particularly this last year as I’ve tried to find the right entrepreneurial threads to tug.  From blogging (now up to six) to jewelry to the brief bread enterprise and so on.  I’ve filled out online profiles for contract jobs that never materialized and researched how to be an information broker. There have been times when it felt like nothing could possibly rise to the surface because there was too much floating there already.  I don’t expect this to be the last time I feel that chaos has reign in my life, either.

But about a month ago I noticed things were changing – the chaos of all those possibilities had gradually begun to sift out into three main categories: photography, jewelry, and writing.  Sure, there are some subcategories there – blogging and writing a novel are two different beasts, but at least they’re on the same family tree. And better yet, I’m happy with this trifecta; it feels right and it feels stable.  All three areas have room to grow and require different conditions to flourish – meaning I don’t get bored and there is always something that is right to be doing wherever I am.

So if the first part sounds at all familiar, take a deep breath and just start experiencing.  Let the things that don’t feel like they are moving you forward to something go.  You don’t have to know what the something is, just that there is positive movement.  Then see what categories start to emerge, you may find some very interesting patterns!

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