17 May Make the Time

Plant Cell 1, watercolor on paper. Design and photo by Jess Cooney Interiors

Time constraints can work in your favor. This artwork was created in a quick painting session I grabbed while my husband wore our infant in a baby carrier and made dinner. I only had the hour (cause… breastfeeding) and at the time I was painting on my living room floor while my girls swirled around the house. 

I made 2 key decisions that day.

1.) I asked for help. I told my husband that I needed him to be on the kids for the hour so I could focus on what I needed to do.

2.) I used that time to paint. Not do laundry, tidy up, respond to emails and texts or do any of the myriad number of things that could be done. I would give painting my undivided attention.

I ultimately entered this painting in a design competition (hello Minted) that would change the course of my career. The thousands of prints that ended up on the walls of influencers and designers and then posted to social media would give me the incredible exposure as well as the confidence to know that this  “art thing” deserved a real shot at becoming a bonafide business.

So my Monday motivation is this…MAKE THE TIME…even if it’s 15 minutes today…that’s enough.

That’s where you start.