The No Excuses Project: The jewelry career
April 21, 2010 by Juliet Chase
Filed under No Excuses Project
Maybe you are also one of the people that needs multiple interests going to be happy. Jewelry design is my second career passion joining photography. I could wish investment banking were a passion instead of ‘artistic’ pursuits but maybe that will come in due time. For now figuring out how to juggle everything without letting the excuses get the upper hand is critical.
Excuses I’ve used here are legion:
- I’ll do it tomorrow (when the garage will be less dark and cold)
- I don’t know what to do (how do you market something no one has seen before?)
- It will take a long time (compliments do not pay the mortgage)
- I don’t have the right equipment (actually this can be true, the secret is drawing the line between need and want)
- I don’t have any experience (I didn’t go to school for this…)
- I’ll lose interest before it’s profitable (ok, it hasn’t happened yet but surely there’s a limit to the designs I can come up with)
- It’s too big (there’s the making and the marketing and the selling and so on)
- It’s not my nature (how come teenagers can pay for college with just glass beads?)
Have you noticed that the more important the goal the more excuses it generates? It takes work and patience to peel back the layers.
Next week: getting jewelry made, no matter what
Holding Myself Accountable
An interesting week overall – here’s the summary:
Losing weight: ok, not as much exercise but a doctor visit that revealed low iron levels; sometimes it’s not the excuse that keeps you down.
Photography: Really taking action! an exhibit call, a new gallery proposal, and a charity event
Gardening: I like the new plan – vegetable garden is turned over, everything is fertilized and Spring is here.
True Love: I’m a little stuck – still working on my thought process and planning to do some re-reading for inspiration and the next step.
Treasure Hunting: I’ve got the tide tables for the whole year printed out and highlighted for weekends with low tides – it’s an at a glance plan for the weekend.
