3 Minutes
It took me 3 hours to write this post. 3 minutes ago, this was the last  photo I uploaded before pushing “Publish.”

3 Hours
In three hours (12am), I will be push “Publish” and start my personal rebranding session…and today, shortly after 3pm,  I will walk away from my stable 9-5 and venture off leash, into the unknown.

As I write this (deep inhale), and as I get a chance to really contemplate what it could mean (deep exhale), I think, “WTF am I thinking? It’s  a scary place out there!”

To be honest, I haven’t really thought about it…much. It’s more of a feeling, really, that’s been brewing in my heart for quite some time. It keeps whispering, gnawing, and pushing me toward my camera, my blog, and my creativity—especially when I think WTF. I realize,  it’s now or never, and I really don’t want it to be the latter. So for the next 3 hours, it’s all about now.

3 Days
What’s that famous old quote by Helen Keller, “When one door closes, another opens?”  If Helen were with us today, she’d most likely be really old and probably think we were crazy. But, I also think she’d encourage us to seize the moment (i.e., open that new door). When you have to squeeze your personal life into less than 72 little hours each week, and your blind with what’s ahead, who has time to look for new doors? It requires trust in knowing that sometimes new doors come to you and you have to plan, even if it’s just for 3 days, what your next step will be before they arrive.

3 Weeks
Not quite a month, yet just a little more than a nice 2-week vacation, you’ve hopefully had some time to relax and disconnect. Now, and only now, can you really get down to business. What would that business be for you? For me, it’s focusing on health (can we say lunges?), passions (e.g., crafty, artsy, rolling-in-the-paint fun), and promises I’ve made to myself (i.e. I will call myself an artist). It’s also planning a real vacation with my husband and hopefully lying on a sandy beach somewhere. Okay, so maybe that’s not business, but the lunges leading up to that time will certainly be. Trust me; I can feel the pain and I haven’t even started.

3 Months
Three months in, I will have lunged, ran, and downward-dogged myself into better shape; I will be basking in all my etsy glory (i.e., finally starting an etsy shop) and actually developing an artistic style; and I will also be assessing where I am in my development and was it really worth it? “Of course it will be!” I will say to myself, as I will also be schizophrenic. In all sincerity, I’m sure I will be happy that I went on this journey and took the time to stop, think, and do. I will also be hopeful for what is around the corner, as I will have learned to trust myself and my instincts.

3 Years
Wait! It wasn’t supposed to go this far, but who knew? I knew! And before you know it, 3 years from now will be history.

Just think: whatever you do in the next 3 minutes, hours, days, years could change your life. Take three minutes and make it happen!

Here I go. I’m about to change my world. This next week will be my last week in the office before I set sail on my own; doing what I want and wanting to do what I do. I’ve been so busy with work, it’s hard to fathom having the time to explore and create. It’s a scary, vulnerable feeling—like I’m walking around naked for all the world to see—but one that I am SO ready for. Look out world, here I come! It’s me, in all my nakedness.

BTW, the word “naked” is the Sunday Creative prompt this week on Madeline Bea’s Photography blog. Check it out and post to it, if you can. It’s fun and a great way to start the week!