I'll be the first to admit I have WAY WAY WAY too many hobbies/interests. I 100% think of myself as a real "jack of all trades master of none". Honestly, 90% of the time, I wholeheartidly love and enjoy my hobbies....but sometimes, SOMETIMES, it comes back to bite me in the ass. where I run into trouble, is that I decide I want to try to learn/make/do something....I research it, and jump in head first to see how I land. If I do terribly, at least I tried. Sometimes it comes out moderately OK, and I decide how I would do it differently next time and maybe some random amount of time later, I'll try again. Then there's that third possibility....I give it a shot, and it comes out seriously impressive given a first timer attempt and I realize I found something else I am really good at.
Now you're probably wondering, "what the heck is so terrible about that?". I'll tell you what....someone notices my work, and asks if I would be interested in making another one of whatever it is I made that came out great, and makes a monetary offer I cannot refuse. I do this person a kindness and make them one, only to box up something I put pride into and allow someone else to enjoy it. I actually like that part of it. Anyways, what happens is, someone else hears I did this for that person, and asks if they give me the same compensation if I would make another one. Of course, I'm not going to turn down decent sums of money that outweight the time I would put in to make one. The problem comes in when this snowballs, and I am too nice a person to start telling people "NO", I instead ask them to wait a week or two and remind me.
This has become the case with a few different things I have dove into and tried. I am 25yrs old currently, and I am finally at a point where I have acheived a serious number of the goals I set forth for myself a long time ago....and it would be nice to sit back, relax, and enjoy myself a bit doing some things for ME. The problem is, I seem to have begun building a name for myself and I'm a touch overwhelemed with the demand....and I had really high hopes that this summer might be one of the most meaningful and memorable of my life and that I really want to make it count. But alas, my talents are seeming to haunt me and possibly jeopardize that possibility. So that leaves me asking.....is this really a gift? or is it a curse?
I suppose when it comes down to it, I need to learn how to start turning people down, regardless of the fact I tend to enjoy the "work" involved.....but my time is more important to me than that. I'd really hate to look back and realize my twenties were all work and no play. I'd like to live my live free of regrets or "what-if's"
Anyway, feel free to comment what YOU think talents are....
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