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I’m the bad mom this morning. Last night, our 7th grader went to her first concert. She went with a friend and a friend’s dad. She met the band members, got them to sign her Ipod and tickets and even exchanged a penny for a personalized guitar pick! She rocked out for four hours.
She had achieved nirvana!
The downside was that went didn’t know it was a school night when we agreed to the concert. The deal was that she would have to go to school the next morning — no excuses. (Apparently her friend gets to sleep in.)
Of course this morning I heard: “I’m sick.” “My throat hurts.” “I’m just going to the nurse and come back home.”
Fine. But you are going to school. This is as good a time as any to learn that there are some days you have to do what you don’t want to — even if you feel sick. You just have to do them. And you have to be cheerful about it.
I feel that way in the studio a lot!
It takes discipline to work on something because the deadline looms. It takes discipline to finish a commission you didn’t want to do – but you needed mortgage money. It takes discipline to start new bodies of work, strike out in new directions — especially when there are no guarantees of success.
It takes discipline to finish the boring stuff before we can get to the fun stuff.
I have a few of those projects hanging over me right now. Guess it’s time to get to work.
Beyond the Art Fair 
>OMg I have heard that “”I’m sick.” “My throat hurts.” “I’m just going to the nurse and come back home.” line in my home. How ingteresting it’s always after they wre alowed to stay up late. Keep up the great work of being a mom and a professional artist.S