100 sketchbooks. Did I set myself up for failure? I have two responses to that. Firstly, no. I didn't. I never set myself a target time to have them done by, I genuinely wanted to see how long it would take me to make 100 sketchbooks if I pushed my artwork to the side for a bit and concentrated solely on them. I just didn't account for the little creep called "sod's law" that waits in the shadows for you to plan something and then jump out and spring an ongoing stream of things on you at the worst moment.
Secondly, even if failure was an option then it wouldn't have fazed me in the slightest because it's not something that scares me. Not trying something in the first place because I'm scared I'll fail? That's what scares me. How do we learn or know what we are capable of if we continue to dodge possible failures? I have so, so many failures under my belt but they have helped me to learn my craft, grow as a person and feel more confident in my ability to teach my children what I've learnt.
Fair enough, it was a bit of a mammoth task and would have left me with a LOT of pictures to edit and details to gather for all the new listings on my site, not to mention the ridiculous amount of shelf space I would have lost quicker than normal BUT I would have had that nice little feeling of accomplishment at the end of it.
Yes I had to put a hold on it and yes it was a bigger task than I currently have time for and there was no way in hell I was missing meetings based around my son's mental health or my daughter's sports day but I will be coming back to this not so small task another time and more than likely during the summer holidays.
Like I said, it is something I am genuinely curious about and really want to do, so it's going to happen.
Very soon
Stay creative
Sarah x
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