It's officially been a year since I stopped teaching full time (at a public school... granted I still teach when I give art lessons). It is hard to believe it's been a year! After three years of teaching in the same school I was very ready for a change. Now it is also cool to see that we have not went broke over the past year with me not working full time! haha. A lot of that is by God's provision... and Kyle is also wonderful at managing finances & keeping a budget. I decided I would rather be poor and happy instead of have more money and really be hating my job every day (not that I hated it EVERY day... but overall it was mostly like that). Since teachers don't get paid a whole lot, I must really be poor now! ;) It can be a bit scary now at times because when I am feeling sick (like for a month or two when I had morning sickness), or when I am just very low on energy, it can be hard to get a whole lot accomplished and I wonder how I will make "enough" money. And I know that when I have a baby it will be even harder to get work done! Some days lately I have even wanted to go
back to working a regular job. Simply because then I have a regular schedule that I have to adhere to instead of making my own schedule. But I know that I would end up regretting that, and I know that God has been giving me favor with my art lessons. And I even had someone from a newspaper randomly call me last week because they saw one of my art lesson fliers and I guess it mentioned on the flier that I am an artist... so they are going to interview me for a section in the newspaper where they do profiles on artists. And I haven't even been doing much art at all lately! Yet it just seems that God is blessing that. So I guess i should be content with that. Most of this year, I have really enjoyed what I've been doing. I've enjoyed working with the kids in art lessons, and more recently working with adults as well. I've also enjoyed selling dolls and other things on ebay. Antiques & collectibles are something I've always enjoyed finding and learning about. And I've enjoyed having the flexibility to sometimes spend time with people during the day, and just to set my own schedule. Overall I am very blessed. Even when I am overwhelmed by the huge collection of dolls I bought, and the amount of time it will take to sell them... and when I am feeling uncertain of my abilities as a teacher or as an artist... or wondering how we will make enough money once we have a baby...I am very blessed. I think I'll post some photos of my paintings.
It's officially been a year since I stopped teaching full time (at a public school... granted I still teach when I give art lessons). It is hard to believe it's been a year! After three years of teaching in the same school I was very ready for a change. Now it is also cool to see that we have not went broke over the past year with me not working full time! haha. A lot of that is by God's provision... and Kyle is also wonderful at managing finances & keeping a budget. I decided I would rather be poor and happy instead of have more money and really be hating my job every day (not that I hated it EVERY day... but overall it was mostly like that). Since teachers don't get paid a whole lot, I must really be poor now! ;) It can be a bit scary now at times because when I am feeling sick (like for a month or two when I had morning sickness), or when I am just very low on energy, it can be hard to get a whole lot accomplished and I wonder how I will make "enough" money. And I know that when I have a baby it will be even harder to get work done! Some days lately I have even wanted to go
back to working a regular job. Simply because then I have a regular schedule that I have to adhere to instead of making my own schedule. But I know that I would end up regretting that, and I know that God has been giving me favor with my art lessons. And I even had someone from a newspaper randomly call me last week because they saw one of my art lesson fliers and I guess it mentioned on the flier that I am an artist... so they are going to interview me for a section in the newspaper where they do profiles on artists. And I haven't even been doing much art at all lately! Yet it just seems that God is blessing that. So I guess i should be content with that. Most of this year, I have really enjoyed what I've been doing. I've enjoyed working with the kids in art lessons, and more recently working with adults as well. I've also enjoyed selling dolls and other things on ebay. Antiques & collectibles are something I've always enjoyed finding and learning about. And I've enjoyed having the flexibility to sometimes spend time with people during the day, and just to set my own schedule. Overall I am very blessed. Even when I am overwhelmed by the huge collection of dolls I bought, and the amount of time it will take to sell them... and when I am feeling uncertain of my abilities as a teacher or as an artist... or wondering how we will make enough money once we have a baby...I am very blessed. I think I'll post some photos of my paintings.
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HI, Renee, It was great to read your new blog. I loved seeing some of your art work. I hope you put more of it on your site. Thanks for sharing your heart on all the blogs. Your write well. Love, Christi
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