I’ve made more progress today on cleaning out my art room. I have a total of FOUR 39 gallon leaf bags full of stuff to donate to the Veterans Thrift Store soon.
The thing I didn’t expect was that this project would make me so emotionally tired, too.
I’ve spent a large part of my life trying to create things, paint things, decorate stuff – to sell on my former website, Creative Artworks. Last year I closed the website down, shifting my work to Etsy and ArtFire.
Now I’m trying to pare down what I’m trying to create and the materials I need to make them. This is surprisingly hard, in that I’m closing some doors. I’ll feel better once this is finished and I have more room to spread out and start trying to make ideas rattling around in my head come to fruition, but I have to talk to myself, pushing myself to admit I no longer want to make something and actually gather the materials to give to others. I’m happy to provide materials for others who might love making use of them, it’s just hard to make my creative world a bit smaller.
So now I’m trying to picture my art room looking clean and spacious, trying to gather motivation to continue this needed project. Some things are more difficult to go through. It was much easier when it was pots and pans…
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I get this, Linda. When we emotional involved in some things, by one or another reason, it is more hard to give them up.
I have many hobby articles from my Granny and I find it hard to give them up too, because I think at her, when I see those things.
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Ooh, I would REALLY have trouble giving up the hobby things from your grandmother. Thankfully, I don’t have that problem, just facing the end of an era on a lot of former things.
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I have too, Linda. I find it also more easy to give away things, as I bought myself.
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I hear you and agree, Irene.
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