Greetings, Salutations, Bienvenue...and all that jazz!
So many things have been happening, so many changes have been going on for me. New ventures, new ideas, restructuring this, rethinking that. Whew!
It's time to take a much-needed breather in this moment of Now, to tell you what's been going on with me.
First off, because Mercury Retrograde is doing what Mercury Retro does, I've been doing a lot of reorganizing, rethinking, reworking, and so on.
Part of this has brought a new venture. I signed up to present my considerable writing and proofreading skills on the freelancing site known as Fiverr. I currently have four gigs, and am about to create a fifth, likely sometime later today (it is currently 5:48 AM my time, as of this posting!). It has only been one week and I have managed to earn myself some money already. Not a lot, since I'm just starting out, but the two gentlemen with whom I've been establishing a long-term business relationship over the last week seem to have no real end of work, and that is a very good thing for me.
Granted, it's not a "regular job," but I am feeling this is part of the career transition I've been needing and wanting for so long. I am tired of trying to knock on doors that have already been knocked on. It is time to turn my sails in a different direction. And yes, I do go by my inner guidance, to say nothing of what my angels and guides have been telling me via my intuition.
Now, the interesting thing about joining Fiverr and getting gigs already is that I am feeling that this is not only a decent step towards a career transition, but it is providing me lessons in prioritizing my time, energy, money and other resources. Things seem to be lining up for me little by little, and thanks to the fellow who's been providing transcription work for me already via one of my gigs, I am practically taking an MBA-level crash course in marketing--and being paid for it. All because he was willing to take a chance on me, despite prior lack of transcription experience. It seems I did a good job with the first transcription, because he gave me an excellent review and a pretty much instant recommendation to others.
I gotta admit, that feels awesome.
Now, back to the prioritization thing. Finding out just how busy I am likely to be, it has led me to the decision to consolidate my two geek blogs into one. Meaning, there will be no more "Once & Future Geek" or "Of Grails, TARDISes and Towels." And I got the name idea for the consolidated blog from the image I conjured for my friend as I was driving him home:
Two smaller galaxies colliding to make one great big one. And you know how big a cosmic event that is, if you've ever seen pics and video from NASA.
And boom! There's the name for my new, consolidated "geek" blog: "Galactic Geek." It will feature the same geeky stuff I'm into: arts, sciences, humanities, philosophy. If I geek it, it will be there. It will be a LOT easier to manage, especially since I am going to also create a writing-oriented blog over at Tumblr, in order to create a Tumblr page for all my ventures. Yes, I will have this blog over here, but over at Tumblr, if you want AdSense or AdWords on your blog, you have to get a separate domain.
Perhaps I will, at some point, but I need to do some more planning, logistics, etc...which will also take time prioritization, because I got the Fiverr stuff going, plus I still want to get back to my music, write my fiction stuff more, plus, of course, reading for others on the Doreen Virtue page. I've dropped the ball like crazy on that, and I need to get over there and tell them what the heck's going on with me.
Things are shifting in the positive, and maybe Mr. MBA-Dude's level of professionalism has been rubbing off on me already. I don't know.
All I do know is the more I get organized, time-wise, the less I will stress. The less I stress, the better I feel both emotionally and physically. And the more I get organized, time-wise, the more time I will have for the things I want to do, because I know I have the power to decide what gets priority, and what gets back-burnered for the time being.
Maybe what I might do is choose certain things that will relax me--like learning how to weave beads, which could turn into a money thing. And weaving beads is something I can do while sitting in my room, in privacy. But that means I have to figure out a place to keep the stuff. Another thing to plan for.
But you know what? I am in a deep learning phase right now. I am taking the bull by the horns, taking control of my life, and it feels so gosh darn good!
Way more emotionally satisfying than making pizzas for a company whose corporate office could care less about its workers. Ugh! The silver lining in that recent cloud was that I met some really good people to work with, and I finally learned that convenience store jobs like that just aren't meant for me. It finally sank into my very thick Aries skull that I absolutely must acknowledge and honor who I am, how I'm wired, etc.
Plus of course, my inner "Erik," (aka "The Phantom of the Opera") has been pushing, pushing, pushing at me to get back to my music, art, writing, etc. He's the "voice" that reminds me to do what I'm passionate about, what I'm born to do, what makes me dive into the ocean of passionate feeling and express it.
And yes, my friends...that also includes learning French. And I would be completely inauthentic if I did not say "Erik" and his story have been a main source of inspiration for a lot of what I feel and do as a human being. Because it has.
Oh, don't get me wrong: Jon Anderson (formerly) of Yes has played a key role in pushing me back towards music work. His music is, and always was powerful for me, well before I knew about Le Fantome. But I've been rediscovering that particular high school Love in the last year. And yes, it's felt divine. Is there a spiritual reason for it? As they said in the town where I went to high school:
"Ya, sure, you betcha!"
I will see you all later with another report. Perhaps not quite as long, or perhaps more with "bullet points" and a more organized post "format." But another report, it shall be!
A bientot, mes amis (See you soon, my friends!),
Kat ^.^
