march forth and follow your dreams!

Welcome friend! Whether I know you personally or you stumbled across me via Instagram, I’m so glad you’re here.

I have to admit I feel a little old and really silly for starting a blog. That being said, I don’t think you’re ever too old to follow your dreams…and I realized today is March 4th, which seems like the most perfectly named day to take a step forward. So here I am. I’m doing this to hold myself accountable in my desire to live out my dream of being an artist.

Way too many years ago when I had the opportunity to go to college, I chose to study Interior Design. Though I actually really enjoyed interior design and figured it would be a much more practical degree, deep down in my heart of hearts I truly wanted to study ART.

Along the way I took several basic art and design classes as they related to my major. This is when I was most happy and in all of these types of classes I was the biggest nerd!

Eventually I graduated and went on to have a career as an interior designer. It was all well and good and I was grateful to have a job in a creative field, but at the end of the day I was out of creative energy to draw or paint for fun the way I always had. Unfortunately, I lost sight of my passion and also lost a bit of myself along the way. I’m sad I can’t get that time back, but it has added even more motivation to make the most of the time I do have.

So, here I am - following my dreams. And even though I feel old and silly, I also feel SO TRULY HAPPY and also thankful that I have the support and encouragement from my friends and family to do this. And if you’re still here after reading all of that, thank you. I’m truly grateful to have you along for the ride.

(Thank you to my friend LoriJo Daniels for once upon a time taking this photo of me…I don’t exactly know what I’m laughing about, but I love how happy I am!)