Hang On

I found this band's music on my harddrive the other day. My high school photo teacher introduced me to Pink Martini my senior year of high school and this has always been my favorite song of theirs, so I thought I would share it with you.

Four Simple Goals

The fall semester is about to start in a week now, which means I will have a more regular schedule. I am hoping that this will not only allow me to actually start blogging regularly, but also achieve a few other goals. Elsie from abeautifulmess challenged her readers to create four simple goals to achieve by the end of the year and so I decided it would be really great to participate. So here are the goals I have chosen:

1. Create an Etsy shop. This means that I need to start making stuff and making stuff always helps me feel well a bit more creative. I want to sell a variety of things including prints and cards, cool headbands and clips, and whatever else I decide to make. I think it can be a really exciting venture and I think it is a good start to one day owning a business.
2. Get my second tattoo. I really want to get my second tattoo. I have the design done and the artist picked out and I will hopefully have money to spend once September comes around. The most difficult part of this whole thing is that my sister wants me to wait till she is able to get hers as well. She however has no idea what she wants and says she will not have the money. I am not entirely sure how this will play out, but I am definitely getting anxious.
3. Let life flow as it will. When I was in middle school I came up with the saying, "Flow like a dead fish in a river." (or something like that anyways.) I am not exactly sure if dead fish do flow, but my point was that I wasn't going to worry about how life plays out. This past year I have had such a difficult time with this. It was only recently that I have begun to relax about things and accept them for what they are. I can only do my best and even that will never be able to change the plans that God has for me. So I want to keep reminding myself that this throughout the rest of this semester. I get really intense about my grades, cakes, and well, anything that I think is not perfect and it is really just too stressful to keep living this way.
4. Draw more. I know that I am a very talented drawer. I mean, I did get a perfect score in my drawing 1 class last semester. My biggest problem with drawing is that I think about it too mych and then I expect that everything has to be perfect, and, earth to Amanda, it doesn't. It is the practice that counts. I want to draw for at least an hour a week, if not more than that.