Eyeliner for Crayons

Ladies, for most of us, each day usually starts out the same way.  We shower, shave, apply our makeup, hair products, and blow dryer.  We dress, apply deodorant, and top off the outfit with the appropriate jewelry accompaniments.  We then inhale breakfast and if we scheduled enough time (most likely not) sit down to enjoy a cup of coffee and a brief perusal of the newspaper before climbing in the car and heading off to work.  It’s another day invested in corporate America.

And weekends, what’s considered our time is usually spent catching up on everything that our day job prevents us from achieving during the work week.  It’s an exhausting circle of replication.

This was my life before letting go of the corporate day job with the repetitive schedule for my dream job of full time writing.  I can now set my own hours, which are no doubt more than my corporate hours were, but they are my choice to schedule.  I can work when my creativity level is highest and not just during an allotted time frame. 

I can climb out of bed and have breakfast in my screened Florida room while listening to the birds chatter within the surrounding greenery of our house.  I can read the paper, converse with my husband, give my pups some hands-on loving, and then head to my office – a mere steps away still wearing my pajamas and with my hair sticking straight up (if I want to)!  I don’t have to log personal, sick, or vacation time.  I can talk things through or plan things out with my business partner husband, but we have no annual reviews.  However, we do have a business plan that keeps us on track and allows us to enjoy lunch and cheap movie dates on Tuesday afternoons.

So yes, I have traded in my eyeliner for crayons.  The crayons referred to here are the keys of my computer that allow me to add color and vibrancy to my fictional stories.  They are bright and colorful worlds just waiting for guidance.  The bigger the crayon box, the better!

My wish for you is that you can dream big and trade in your eyeliner for crayons too.