Since I am no longer working at an actual job, I am taking advantage of this opportunity to live in my passion. My passion is to help others believe in themselves. That’s a very short way of saying something that is very important, I think. I’ve never met a woman who totally feels comfortable with herself, has no doubts.

I think all people, men and women, need encouragement to get through the day to day challenges of life. For those of us that are creative, another dimension is added. That creative piece can be very helpful, but it also can cause another area of doubt for us.

So, I’m trying to hone in on how I can really be helpful to the most people. That is why I posted my survey. I’d like to try to provide support for people who are seeking creative avenues to improve their life.

Of course, I love journaling and will always encourage people to use it as a tool. But I don’t want to limit my products or services only to journalers. So, I have been spending a lot of time in the “blogosphere” making contacts and trying to learn about marketing and networking. Yes, I hope to make a profit, but more than that, I want to reach as many people as possible.

I feel a very real connection to all of you who read my blog, and want to maintain that connection and even help it grow, if possible. So, it’s important to me that my marketing efforts never appear cheesy, spammy or to belittle my true intention in any way.  But, I do want to ask you to share my blog and/or newsletter link with anyone that you think might find this site useful in their journey.  If there isn’t anyone specific you want to share it with, you can click on the “Share this” button on any of my posts and that will submit the post to several social networking sites where others can be exposed to my blog.

I am spending a lot of time on developing new ideas so there are many things coming up!  I am taking the results of the survey very seriously and I truly appreciate those of you that took time to leave comments and help me know what you need.   Today I’m teaching myself how to record videos, so that’s one of the new things I’ll be doing in the near future.

Thank you all for supporting me and just being here with me on my journey!

I read a lot of blogs. The tech blogging community seems to have really worked to get themselves connected with each other. They read each others’ blogs and comment and try to promote each other in lots of ways.

I’m wishing that the art community would do the same. I have seen or been invited to several communities lately that are attempting to promote artists online. But none of these communities, or the people in them seem to be connected to one another.

I’m wondering why we are so disconnected as a community? Is it because we see each other as competition for the small market of buyers of online art? Is it because we are creative and not that savvy in business/internet marketing? I don’t know. But I’m working on a list of all the sites I can find that are intended to help artists get exposure, and support each other.

If you know of any of these communities, please leave a comment and give me the link. I’m thinking of places like Bldg 98, ArtPub, and even Etsy, although I think everyone already knows about Etsy.

Hopefully if we get the word out about all the sites, then we can all start becoming more cohesive and join together to help promote each other.