I can't focus, and I can't keep up!
okay, I can, but I'm just...
well, I'm still waiting for my sterling silver wire to arrive so I can finish up a necklace and get that order out. In the meantime, as of today I've got two more custom Braille pendants to create, a silk choker to whip up, and these two lovely pieces to the left have also said goodbye and are on their way to new homes as well (thankfully, these pieces are already made!) thanks to yet another lovely connection I've made through Ravelry.
Because of this, I was able to pay two more bills today (my phone bill, and my Etsy bill). Etsy does not autobill, and has gotten very strict about overdue fees - after three months, they simply shut down your shop.
Verizon, my mobile provider, operates much the same way, though they give me even less time than that. Losing either of these two resources would be akin to shooting me in the foot and then telling me to walk to work.
Yes, my friends, hand-to-mouth, that is my path at present, but I'm okay with this, as it's been my path for quite some time. I am a "simple living" kind of girl - I don't use credit, I don't generally buy beyond my means (okay yes, every great once in a while I spend my last dollar on yarn), and I generally only seem to bring in what's needed to get by. The universe has shown me, this month, that with enough hard work (and, of course, a bit of luck and magick, which has been helped along by some amazing incense from Summersea) I can support myself creatively if I continue my simple ways.
So, I give thanks for the successes in my own, tiny little world, and I continue to direct my thanks and gratitude and prayers out into the world - so much suffering and so much beauty are taking place in this world right now simultaneously.
I've accepted the challenge - I will live a creative life. I DO live a creative life, because I live in the present. I will learn, despite the challenges of off-the-charts, untreated (can't afford it, because I live in the lovely USA!) ADHD, to focus and stay determined, and I will remember to give thanks for every gift.
What helps YOU focus?
