Restless and Productive

Here we are again, I am feeling restless, my brain can't focus or shut off, I am an impressive idea factory that can do literally anything that pops into my head! Is it hypomania setting in? Am I just in a good place? Who knows, but I do know that in the last 48 ish hours, I have taken up a new hobby, created a whole plan of things I want to do with the new hobby, written and formatted a new children's book, sorted outgrown baby AND toddler clothes, folded several baskets of clean laundry AND put it away, finished dishes, wrote a new blog post in addition to this one, wrote three new recipe cards and posted them to the site, worked, hosted a dinner with in-laws, and emailed my boss several ideas and projects I would like to take on. This is all in addition to my regular daily mom tasks.

When I get this burst of motivation, I try to be as productive as possible because it never lasts. I love when my brain gives me this extra few days or weeks of boost!

I have decided to start making candles. My goal is to make beautiful candles that people don't want to even light, but they kind of do because they smell so good. Mermaids that smell like the sea, lemons that smell like lemons, roses that smell like roses, you get the gist.

My newest children's book is a story of a mother's love for all the children she cares for, not just the ones she birthed or that look like her. It also heavily focuses on children's emotions that sometimes don't present as what they really are. This book I am especially proud of because it caused George to get emotionally overwhelmed and he immediately told me how good it was. However, he said that it is really clear that some of the content is from personal experiences with children in our home, and we may need to wait for anyone to see it. I am conflicted. If this children's book can help other parents and children in similar situations, I want to get it out as soon as possible, but the situations and people it was inspired by probably would not like their "business shared."

I also last night was brainstorming how to get my loyal readers something tangible for their support. I was also wondering if there is a way to make any money off of these musings and recipes when my physical products, the books and clothes, have not generated as much interest as I had hoped. I am in the process of trying to get my books onto Amazon, hopefully that will help. I want to see about sending out the recipe cards I create and keep for easy access to as well. If you would be interested in receiving hard copy laminated recipe cards from me please let me know how. Would you like a bunch at once or one new recipe a month? Would you like these to be an ongoing option or just a one time thing? Open to any and all ideas here because I can not choose one of the many floating around in my head! Would you like to see more of my books maybe read aloud on video to know a little more about them? What stops you from interacting or purchasing from the site? Maybe you just do not need the things I have available right now? We all need to eat though...

I appreciate any of you that have taken the time to literally read my ramblings from my busy brain! Please take the time to tell me why you read these blogs and what you may like to see written about or added to the site. Happy Monday!