Remember the line from Forrest Gump - Run Forrest, Run! Well, I've been running for the past year - and now it's on to PAINT Mimi, PAINT!

Even as I work to claim it as my livelihood, it still feels like a treat and indulgence.  Last night, as I prayed before sleep about how I should spend today, the nudge was "be Mimi the artist."

Sounds like it should be so simple, but life intervenes.

I did spend the first hour or two at two different beaches, painting Mini-Mimi's in the front seat.  Three new ones (below.)

Why did Forrest run?  At first it was to run away from the bullies.  Until he realized he was good at it.

I don't thinking I'm painting to run away from anything, but who knows, maybe on some level I am.  Painting to run away from part-time job after part-time job that I thought would do the trick for me financially, and constantly fell short.  Maybe when I paint more, I'll discover that it IS what God put me on this earth to do.

Gosh, I sure hope so.

Thanks for reading.  Stay tuned.

​Mimi

Been here before, though this time is different.

November 1, 2019.  Today I announce to my radio sales clients that I am retiring at the end of this year to focus fully on Mimi the artist.

Different this time because I've prayed about it for the past two years, a fervent "what is it you want me to do, God?"  and every time the quiet whisper of an answer has been "paint." 

That's it. Just 'paint.'

Asked so many times that when I re-read my bullet journal from January 1 of this year, I tired myself out in hearing the question asked over and over and over and over again, like a whiney child in the backseat asking repeatedly, "are we there yet?"

I am thankful to God that God is patient with me, because even I got tired of hearing my same question repeated.  To the same response.

So, wild as it may be, and quite honestly terrifying at times to ponder, I am retiring from the sales gig I have clung to for the past five years to re-focus my marketing and sales experience on Mimi's Art.

What will this decision look like a few months or years from now?  Your guess is as good as mine.  I simply know that I honestly have no choice but to listen at this time, because yes, Mimi, I think we are there now.

Time will tell. 

Thank you for reading.

Here.  I.  Go!!!!!

xo
Mimi

PS - The photo?  That's Dora, sitting on the table this morning as I wrote letters to my sales gig clients, watching the Secret Lives of Pets 2, totally intrigued by the cartoon cat!!!  #toofunnyDora