30 Week Picture Challenege - Week 12

A picture of something you love

I love arts and crafts.

I am addicted to coloring/sewing/painting/sculpting/drawing/cutting/pasting/printing/etc...

I knew I liked doing artsy craftsy things as a kid.  I had a ton of coloring books and beads and paints and activity kits.  I think it was an easy gift idea for my family for birthdays and Christmas.  It was my favorite part of school to learn different projects to do.  When I got to high school I got to take different drawing and computer graphics classes.  In college I took more drawing classes and a sculpting class.  I wasn't any good at either one compared to all the other students, but I enjoyed them anyway.

Now as an adult, it depresses me to know I can only do my fun creative things in my spare time.  Sometimes I get to color at work or I find an hour in the day to paint at my desk.  I rarely get to sew anymore, unless it's for a store order.  I don't have a reason to sculpt or build things, so I rarely get to do that either.

I'd love nothing more than to quit my job and sit and home all day with my craft projects.  I've gotten a sneak peek of Dr Phil's book "Self Matters" in which he talks about becoming the 'self' you are supposed to be, and not the 'self' you've trained yourself or thought you had to be.  I feel like I've made myself become the workaholic customer service rep who can type and answer phones.  I've trained myself to be good at this persona to get by in life and do what I have to do to survive.  But what about the self I am supposed to be?  My 'art' self.  My creative self.  Can I stop doing what I am told I have to do in order to do what I want to do?

With that in mind, I have a whole box of cross stitch materials someone gave to me.  Needless to say, I am super excited about it.