Salon de Maria Blog

I’ve come to realize that doing nothing is ok.  Spending time with family and nurturing my relationships has taken precedence in my life. Making sure that I blog, write, or make jewelry everyday really isn’t as important as it used to be.

Perhaps I’m growing up.  Perhaps I’m a little burned out.  Or maybe it’s a little bit of both.  For the past year I wrote everyday and probably averaged about 1,000+ words a day.  That’s about 365,000+ words I wrote in one year.  

It was the overachiever in me.  However, because of that I did reach my goal of becoming a full-time freelance writer, so all that work did pay off!  

I was reading an article in last month’s issue of Forbes Magazine titled "Confessions of a (Recovering) Overachiever" by Alexandra Robbins and this quote stood out:

“Fulfillment leads to achievement, not the other way around.”

With that said, I’m going to really slow down - for real this time!  I’ve cut down my “To Do” list, I’m focusing on finishing my ebook, and I’m putting my jewelry and art business on the side for now.  Of course, I will still be there for my customers if they want to purchase something, but for right now I’m not going to put so much effort in marketing and doing shows.