I miss having fun, really having a fun time in my life daily. My email inbox accumulates daily with stuff. I read all of the marketing ideas, all of the messages from friends and family, I visit Facebook at least once daily along with other social media, renewal notices, membership expirations, advice on everything from where to hang art to what shampoo is best for my hair type. I read these emails daily or at least spend significant time organizing the emails to their designated folders; junk, read later, read now, family, friends, work, important... etc. After this intense mind warp, I head to the studio to do one of the most fulfilling things to me; create art. I love to paint, read energy, interpret energy… but my world is not only about creating the art, but selling it. I work every day on ways to sell my art; marketing different audiences, where can I install my art, where can I get the best publicity, what networking venues should I attend, etc. It is hard work and I am grateful that I create art for a living. I am very fortunate to have passion for the thing that brings me financial support. BUT, I want to have fun too! Painting used to be true fun when the business side was not attached to it and it was more of a hobby or research.

By the time I am finished with my art business for the day, it is family time. And I have learned quickly that if I do not hang my business hat at the door, my family hat does not fit well. So the family consumes most of the evening and then it is into the late nights that I spend time catching up on the emails and business stuff I didn’t get to in the day.

Where is the fun? This story of my day is not a foreign story to most artists, let alone most people with a business. I have recently learned how important it is to own a fun hat too. You can incorporate fun in all parts of your life, but to section out a part solely for fun, a fun hat, is rare. Ask people what they do for fun. Just ask them what fun means to them, and see how many people give you an answer that is purely fun, and not meshed in with family, business, and the other duties of life.

What I have learned recently is that if I do not find what defines fun for me, and I do not act on that often, my other areas of life suffer and become burdensome. This is not fair to the other parts of my life. By adding this aspect to your life, you enrich not only your own life, but the enhancement of the time you invest in the lives of others around you in priceless.

So I encourage you to venture onto the path of a life involving periods of enjoyment. It may be hard at first to find the space and time, but that is the one thing we humans have from now until the end of life… time. Manage time well and you will find life a much more fulfilling asset.