Affirmations and Ideas for a New Year

The holidays have not been good for my unblocking, I must admit. I have been stuck in week eight of the Artists Way for over two weeks now. I can't even remember the last time i took an artists date. Julia would not be pleased (sometimes when i say stuff like that i feel like Julie from the movie Julie and Julia, only a whole lot less whiney.) So now we are a week into the new year and I am finally getting myself together. No, I haven't started my vegan challenge yet, and as you know I haven't been especially great at keeping up with my blog. What I have been doing, however, is catching up with friends who were away for the holidays and A LOT of interviewing. And the good news is over the past weekend I was offered two jobs, with the strong possibility of a third offer in the near future! They aren't career jobs, per se, but they are a foot in the door with two excellent companies with strong missions and practices towards health and wellness.

The first job, which I got in Friday and started yesterday, is with Greenfix Organic Smoothie (http://www.greenfixsmoothie.com/). In short, I am working at farmers markets around San Diego selling this amazing green smoothie stocked full of kale, parsley, romaine, dandelion, chard, collards, apples and bananas. Am I forgetting anything? Possibly. This stuff is really good for you. And believe it or not, it tastes great! Everything is organic and 12oz gives you a full days supply of vitamins. And it is boiling over with those leafy greens that we are all supposed to be getting, well they are truly cancer fighting superfoods with enormous health benefits. I am so excited to be working for this wonderful company and such great people!

I am thrilled about the second job as well. Chi Chocolat (http://www.chichocolat.net/) is a cafe and catering company very close to where I live. While I will be starting out mainly as a barista, I will assist with the catering as needed, hopefully moving into a position with growing responsibilities in baking and catering. I have always loved food and cooking, and this is an exciting opportunity for me to be a part of a growing business. Chi is also involved with the school lunch programs of several local schools, and nutrition education is a growing aspect of their business.

I am hopeful that these opportunities will open some doors for me in the future and I am proud of the work that I will be doing. Getting a job was one of my New Years resolutions (even though I don't make resolutions) and it feels great to have accomplished so much in the first week of the new year! Another *resolution* I have made is to improve the quality and readership of this blog. Be prepared, changes are under way. I want this blog to be a place to find tips and resources on health and wellness, food, and holistic living. While I will continue to talk about my own journey of self-discovery and share that with my readers, I hope to broaden to site to be more inclusive to a greater readership on the ongoing struggles of living meaningfully in a modern world. Thank you to my readers who have stuck by this blog is some of the worst of times. 2013 is going to be a very exciting year for me both personally and professionally, and I cannot wait to share that with you!

And now, some affirmations for a new year! From The Artists Way by Julia Cameron, chapter 8:

I am a talented person.
I have a right to be an artist.
I am a good person and a good artist.
Creativity is a blessing I accept.
My creativity blesses others.
My creativity is appreciated.
I now treat myself and my creativity more gently.
I now treat myself and my creativity more generously.
I now share my creativity more openly.
I now accept hope.
I now allow myself to heal.
I now accept gods help unfolding my life.
I now believe god loves artists.