So, I thought I should explain the name "Veneto." It comes from where I spent a chunk of my life growing up. I grew up in this little town called "Vicenza" in the Veneto region of northern Italy. I honestly can't think of a more picturesque place to grow up, although, as a stupid teenager, I neglected to understand the amazing opportunity I had to grow up in a place like that. As an adult now, I find myself really missing the atmosphere that Italy had to offer. Despite my profound fear of flying on aircraft, I have found myself really wanting to go back - maybe even live there. As someone trying to carve out a place in the art world, I think back to my experiences there in Italy and I am attempting to gather inspiration from the memories I still have hidden in my brain somewhere.
I am working on some things to post online. Hope someone likes it. :)
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010
New to Blogging - Apparently, I'm from the past.
I think that I might be one of the few remaining people on the planet without a blog. I never really had a need for one, but I've just started up my new paper crafting business, and I figured that having a blog to help promote it would be a good place to start.
I'm a mom and a wife, and I guess that I've found myself stuck in this weird little rut. I've been at home with the kids for going on eight years, and I think that I've lost myself a bit. I don't feel like I have any direction, as all of my original goals and dreams were put on the back-burner when we started having kids. But the goals that I put on the back-burner were goals I had when I was a new mom in my early 20's. I'll be 30 early next year and my old goals have been lost somewhere in time. Those things I put on hold all those years ago are no longer relevant to me, so here I am trying to figure out what niche I want to carve out for myself in this big world of ours. I don't want to be famous or anything, but I wanted to find something to do to feel like I contribute to the household. But it's got to be something I love. I got into the computer field pre-kids because I knew that the jobs would pay well. I hated that line of work though. There was no passion in it for me and I hated every day. I think that when you hate your job, everything else just falls in line with that, and before you know it, you're just really, really unhappy. I could see myself going in that direction. At any rate, I'm noticing a trend of people making careers out of their hobbies and becoming happy entrepreneurs. I wondered if I could be like that.
I have gotten to a point where I don't have tiny babies running around the house, and it's time for me to do something for myself. I am hoping that this venture is successful. I don't feel like me anymore, and I feel like - if I can do this, and really make this business work, that I can be a better version of myself.
Anyway, that's it for my first blog in Veneto Paper Fashions.
I'm a mom and a wife, and I guess that I've found myself stuck in this weird little rut. I've been at home with the kids for going on eight years, and I think that I've lost myself a bit. I don't feel like I have any direction, as all of my original goals and dreams were put on the back-burner when we started having kids. But the goals that I put on the back-burner were goals I had when I was a new mom in my early 20's. I'll be 30 early next year and my old goals have been lost somewhere in time. Those things I put on hold all those years ago are no longer relevant to me, so here I am trying to figure out what niche I want to carve out for myself in this big world of ours. I don't want to be famous or anything, but I wanted to find something to do to feel like I contribute to the household. But it's got to be something I love. I got into the computer field pre-kids because I knew that the jobs would pay well. I hated that line of work though. There was no passion in it for me and I hated every day. I think that when you hate your job, everything else just falls in line with that, and before you know it, you're just really, really unhappy. I could see myself going in that direction. At any rate, I'm noticing a trend of people making careers out of their hobbies and becoming happy entrepreneurs. I wondered if I could be like that.
I have gotten to a point where I don't have tiny babies running around the house, and it's time for me to do something for myself. I am hoping that this venture is successful. I don't feel like me anymore, and I feel like - if I can do this, and really make this business work, that I can be a better version of myself.
Anyway, that's it for my first blog in Veneto Paper Fashions.
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