The Elusive Horse

Hello All!

I have been absent for some time with regards to anything to do with MM or my artistic endeavours. I am getting back on that elusive horse and I have a structure that I will attempt to adhere too in order to keep the creativity flowing and you're welcome to join me.

It is the first Monday of the New Year, and if you, like me, are causally thinking about your life and remembering that you need to make some serious changes for 2016 to be better than last year, well.. you are not alone.

Look out for:

• Regular blog posts here at The Curio Cabinet
• Vicky's Word of the Week over on my personal Instagram
• New content on MM's Instagram, Facebook and YouTube
• New artistic projects from photography, to jewellery clothing, to art and writing.

I hope everyone has had a wonderful Christmas, or Holiday Season, and that your New Year has started off positively. 

The majority of people start off their years with wild resolutions and eager hearts, and sometimes we can quickly fall out of rhythm and neglect the new challenges we set ourselves earlier on. 

This year I decided to set myself some goals that I felt that I really could achieve, rather than crazily strict rules that I probably won't follow in the coming weeks because they're too rigid and unrealistic. Personally I think that leeway is important when making resolutions and goals, and realism is too. That's not to say that you shouldn't set yourself some real challenges and push yourself to the limits, because those things can be really healthy and beneficial too. 

For me I find motivation to be a real struggle and aspects of my being, such as my anxiety for example, can make me feel like I am unable to achieve anything at all. So little simple things like getting out of bed at a reasonable time on your day off, and achieving small things around the house can be real victories for me. And perhaps that might be the same for you, or maybe you are the kind of person that battles dragons daily and your resolutions and goals are of a more grander scope. Either way we should persevere, and celebrate our successes be they large or small.

If you were wondering what kind of resolutions and goals I have set myself you can take a look here:

• Suffer no fools - you are no longer going to put up with idiots that affect you negatively.
• Say 'no' - ask the question "does this serve me?". Sometimes you need to say no to things that you really don't want to do, because you can't please everyone and sometimes you have to think of yourself first.
• Improve - get fit and healthy both physically and mentally.
• Learn - read regularly. Learn some new things: to drive, sew, and the play the guitar etc.
• Get creative - keep making art regularly: photography, film, painting, writing, sewing, making, selling.

What kind of goals and resolutions did you set yourself this year? Let me know in the comments below. Thank you for taking the time to read this, and please do keep a look out on my other platforms for new content.

VM ♥