Friends, do you know who Casey Neistat is? If you are not familiar, without being too wordy I will just say that Casey is an inspirational guy who has risen from adversity to accomplish great things. He really is living life in a big way.
The Engineer and I watch Casey's daily VLOG post on YouTube every night right before we head off to bed. See Casey is a film maker, and because of this he has started publishing a daily VLOG on YouTube (though he has had a YouTube channel for quite a while). In one of his recent posts, he explained why he does this. Since film making is his craft, he makes himself publish a VLOG everyday to stay in practice and keep working at his craft.
I had a real light bulb moment as he was talking about that. Sewing is my passion right now. Though I don't make money doing it, I see some validity to just making yourself do something you are passionate about every day, even on days that you maybe think you aren't in the mood for it (que the bah chicky wah wah music).
Casey's mantra is DO MORE. He even has those very words tatooed on his forearm. Something about that has just really been resonating with me lately.
How does all this relate back to me? You all already know that I love to sew. I also am passionate about photography. You don't really get to see that side of me on the blog, because I am not the one behind the camera. I have been a shutter bug since I was four years old. I can't even begin to tell you how many rolls of film were sent off in the mail to one of those mail order film developers before I was even out of elementary school. Do you remember those places? The third thing that I am passionate about is writing. Honestly, the writing that do here on the blog doesn't come naturally to me. It keeps me in practice with (almost) proper grammar and punctuation, but I LOVE to write fiction. In high school I had so many stories, poems and other creative writings published. Then college rolled around, and I stopped writing for pleasure. I want to get back to writing fiction. I have a ton of material floating around in my head.
As I approach the blog's 1st Anniversary next month, I am starting to analyze things. There are many questions in my head. Do I want to continue to do this? What am I bringing to the conversation? Am I being my authentic self? What can I do to make a difference? Should I change the blog to a new format? Do I want to continue to sew my own clothes? Maybe I should just be an InstaBlogger. Chalk this up to soul searching. Don't worry friends, it's not that I think that I am going anywhere, but I just don't feel like I am giving you all my best. You take the time to read this little blog, and you deserve the best!
Friends, tell me what inspires you (be it related to sewing or any other aspect)! Whose work do you always read? Where do you get your daily giggle?
The Engineer and I watch Casey's daily VLOG post on YouTube every night right before we head off to bed. See Casey is a film maker, and because of this he has started publishing a daily VLOG on YouTube (though he has had a YouTube channel for quite a while). In one of his recent posts, he explained why he does this. Since film making is his craft, he makes himself publish a VLOG everyday to stay in practice and keep working at his craft.
I had a real light bulb moment as he was talking about that. Sewing is my passion right now. Though I don't make money doing it, I see some validity to just making yourself do something you are passionate about every day, even on days that you maybe think you aren't in the mood for it (que the bah chicky wah wah music).
Casey's mantra is DO MORE. He even has those very words tatooed on his forearm. Something about that has just really been resonating with me lately.
How does all this relate back to me? You all already know that I love to sew. I also am passionate about photography. You don't really get to see that side of me on the blog, because I am not the one behind the camera. I have been a shutter bug since I was four years old. I can't even begin to tell you how many rolls of film were sent off in the mail to one of those mail order film developers before I was even out of elementary school. Do you remember those places? The third thing that I am passionate about is writing. Honestly, the writing that do here on the blog doesn't come naturally to me. It keeps me in practice with (almost) proper grammar and punctuation, but I LOVE to write fiction. In high school I had so many stories, poems and other creative writings published. Then college rolled around, and I stopped writing for pleasure. I want to get back to writing fiction. I have a ton of material floating around in my head.
As I approach the blog's 1st Anniversary next month, I am starting to analyze things. There are many questions in my head. Do I want to continue to do this? What am I bringing to the conversation? Am I being my authentic self? What can I do to make a difference? Should I change the blog to a new format? Do I want to continue to sew my own clothes? Maybe I should just be an InstaBlogger. Chalk this up to soul searching. Don't worry friends, it's not that I think that I am going anywhere, but I just don't feel like I am giving you all my best. You take the time to read this little blog, and you deserve the best!
Friends, tell me what inspires you (be it related to sewing or any other aspect)! Whose work do you always read? Where do you get your daily giggle?
