High ideals, strict requirements, ethical principles

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Something I absolutely love about owning my own small business is that it is a raw, honest, and passion driven extension of me. There is no room to hide and you wear your character on your sleeve 200% of the time. ← yep, that is above the 100% average because that is just how I am. What you see is what you get, and you better believe I go the extra mile. I don’t admit that for any reason other than that is what I believe my fans, collectors, community, and clients deserve it.

I’ll just lead with this, I am incredibly hard on myself (who isn’t?). In more than one way I push my mental and physical limits for no one other than myself. I’m a clean freak in my house, yet my studio is allowed to be disheveled. I try to always follow up with a hand written thank you, I’ll tell you I love you (everyone should always know they are loved), I’ll make a simple gathering into an over the top experience, I’ll humiliate myself just to bring laughter and comic relief to a situation, I’ll be brutally honest and blunt when a situation calls for it. I am loyal, and will advocate for others till I’m blue in the face.

What I don’t do is bend on my high ideals, strict requirements, and ethical principles that are engrained in me. Respect, integrity, and morals to name a few are my own pillars of excellence that I hold no one to except myself. Why is it impossible to hold someone to my standards? Because we are two different people. Expectations can be communicated and standards outlined, but the human side of things will reveal holes and room for error. No one is perfect and I don’t ever expect anyone to be.

Recently someone asked me if a statement I made was a “flex”. A “flex”? ( one definition states: to brag specifically to make someone else feel inferior). Mentally I was stunned and looking back slightly insulted someone would make such an assumption.

There are few things in this lifetime that really ruffle my feathers. And if anything this short interaction affirmed that I do not waiver in what I stand for. That makes me proud of me. My business, my faith, my marriage, my personal and physical goals are nothing to flex about. They are what I guard and cherish as a living and breathing part of my existence in this lifetime. Embedded in my work. Ever evolving to become the best version to no one else’s standards but my own.

I don’t write blogs like this often. But after all I am human. Unapologetically steadfast in my morals and character I hope they shine through in every interaction without question. Many areas of my business and artwork can stand for improvement. I’m not striving for perfection, but a well oiled machine and the best effort I can put forth.

Thanks for reading this entry. It may or may not stay in the blog mix of things, so read it while you can. :)

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