People are always asking me about balance. How do I balance life and kids and making art. How do I still find time for the blog? How do I still find time to be an organizer of flock & gather? Some days I answer that life finds a way, and that at times I’ve been more productive than before kids due to limited time and a greater desire to use that time wisely. Other days….well other days are like yesturday when I poured some casts only to be so distracted that I completely forgot about them and discovered them three hours too late – rather than five minutes after they were cast which was their proper casting time. Sigh. Some days it is too much. Some days put me back rather than forward. Some days I question it all. But most days….most days it is all worth it. I’m living the dream.
we raised two and found that some days it all worked and some days went to he** fast. Just being able to find the good and the bad is, has been, worth it all.
you are soooo not alone. Many distractions…to take us away…but at least we get to go back! Yesterday, for me, it was I'll just pick the kids up from school and come home…so I left some plates outside to dry…shouldn't have…one thing led to another and by the time I got home, I had to recycle all the clay because they were way too dry, warped, cracked…oooops
Good for you! Keep up the dream! I am experiencing a little – I say just a little of this as a new-ish Dad. Except there are dire consequences if I let my raku kiln over fire if i doze off….!
Keep up the great work!
Thanks Carole. Just what I needed to hear as I spent a day last week queesing my studio over to make room for auto repairs. Still waiting to get back in to throw. But I am working on small sculptures in my livingroom. You do what you have to do.