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Resolutions before the New Year

Patience comes in handy in the waiting room grasshopper...

So I'm sitting in the waiting room yesterday for an hour. Plenty of time to think. I'm about to have a biopsy and a minor procedure and about to hand over a couple hundred dollars of my very hard earned cash. This is the second week in a row I have been here and I know when I leave there will be another appointment next week on the books. More money. Down the drain. Money I don't have. So like I said, plenty of time to think. I have had an AMAZING 2012. It really has been my most creative and empowering. I have finally hit my creative stride and broken new ground on my work. I am just starting to catch the eyes of galleries and the venues where my work can be fully appreciated. I am closing out a year ...my second year....of doing this on my own. A successful year of freelancing where I didn't have to clock into a crappy office job. It was a year of learning SO MUCH and painting SO MUCH! But as smart as I thought I was and as busy as I was painting for everyone and making wonderful things...I forgot a very important thing. Perhaps THE MOST important thing.
Health.
I put myself on the back burner. When things needed to be turned in and deadlines had to be met I stayed at my work table till they were. I didn't leave my studio so I could work. So I missed many Piyo classes, many workout sessions and ate a lot of convenience food because I was TOO BUSY for me. And now? I pay the price with bad health and doctor bills I can't barely handle. I have to remember that RULE NUMBER ONE is...TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF SO YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF OTHERS. Now I'm waiting for biopsy results to determine if I may need another little surgery, if precancerous cells have returned. Don't think me vain if I turn stuff down to go to the gym. I'm not trying to look HOT I'm trying to LIVE. It's unfortunate my immune system isn't all that it should be and now before the new year starts I am making my resolution to put ME first. You won't realize this until you lose your health or develop some ailment or lose someone else to disease...HEALTH is like GOLD and is to be taken utmost care of. So if I can pass on any amazing wisdom for the upcoming year it is that...take care of your health in the best way you can. You will do yourself a favor and everyone that loves you. You will feel good and be able to take care of others properly. Now I'm off to Piyo class, still got a lingering cough but NO EXCUSES! :)

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