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Robin Norgren

Name of business: Robin Norgren Studios

Social media links:
Website: http://www.robinnorgrenstudios.blogspot.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/robinlnorgren
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wellofcreations.myetsyshop

Years in business: 4 years

Brief Bio:
I strive to live life to the fullest. No matter what. I have grown into myself through my love for Jesus and HIS LOVE FOR ME. Art, motherhood, business, creativity and yoga are the cherished vehicles for this deepening. Life can be FULL, JUICY, MEANINGFUL, PURPOSE FILLED, LOVELY. I want to help you come to your fullest life. I create workbooks, ecourses and workshops that chronicle my change and growth and offer you ways to find out what YOUR FULLEST life will be.

Success in business is defined as….

For the first couple of years of my online business I wanted so much to really make all the money that people seemed to allude to. More marketing, more connecting, constant blogging, relisting on etsy, social media at all hours of the day and night. Oh! And make sure you are near your email just in case that huge wholesale order comes in…

After months and months of questioning my work ethic (maybe I was not committed enough) and my pricing structure (are my prices too high?), I finally stopped. I had to take a good hard look at the reality: the business was running me.

I had to admit that I felt this pressure ALL THE TIME about this business which at best was making a supplemental income for the hours of labor I was putting into it. Here are some things that helped me to redefine my definition of success:

1. I began logging EXACTLY how much time I was spending in each area of my business and correlating that with sales

2. I got REAL about my accounting for my business.

3. I took a break for about 30 days where I created NOTHING.

Today I define success in business as:
The ability to be able to create what I love in a manner that inspires me and thus flows into the quality and design of my products and feeds not just my pocketbook but my soul.

Robin Norgren is currently completing her life coaching certification and would LOVE to offer you a FREE 15 minute mini session – sign up for her mailing list here: http://www.robinnorgrenstudios.blogspot.com/p/life-coaching.html

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Hello !

I am happy to be part of a fantastic project initiated by Robin from Well Of Creations. She gathered 10 women who were all part of the first tribe of Kelly Rae Roberts’ «Flying Lessons» online class. It was two years ago already… and it completly was what I needed to begin to make art my business. I still struggle but it was the kick I needed. If you are interested, Kelly Rae made a fantastic e-book from what she taught, see the link on my side bar ——-»

We will all answer 10 questions about our creative business, each answer is assigned to one blogger (to make it clearer you will have 10 answers/blog to the same question).

My question is:«Success in business is defined by…….», so stay tune to discover each day one of the participant’s answer and then mine in two weeks.

PS: the first blogpost will be up in a few minutes from now

Stamping letter by letter has something kinda meditative.

I needed to calm my mind so it was the perfect technique yesterday, after what was maybe one of the mat stressful day of our life.

This is a question that comes a lot to me lately. It has always popped now and then but it’s been in the back of my mind for a while now so I guess it’s time for me to acknowledge it and dig (I usually proceed this way ;)).

Am I what I paint ?
Am I what I create?
Am I what I think?
Am I what I feel ?

I don’t think I hold the answer yet because sometimes it bends toward a “of course I am what I create” and others I absolutely want the answer to be a “no”.

There is a part of me in every single thing that comes from me, and this is obvious. I used to be a very pessimistic teen/young adult; always seeing what could go wrong first and focusing on that instead of trying to shift it. It is who I was and I don’t deny it. It occasionally still shows through my art in my journals.

My universe is filled with strange creatures and characters having a life of their own. Tim Burton captures very well what it looks like in my mind most of the time. But my Universe is also filled with colors and shapes and symbols that are way brighter.
Paradoxical ? Of course. I guess it’s not a coincidence I was born under the astral sign of the Virgo, which is a very double-sided sign.

Sometimes, I am doing something and suddenly I feel like I have just been punched in the stomach and can’t breathe anymore, and all the negativity I felt in my past comes back in, in a rush. And it hurts like Hell. All the fears and worries I constantly push away decide to hit me in the face. Journaling and painting helps me to make it go away.
I used to fight this darker side of me until I realized it was totally vain and that the best solution was to accept it (yes, it all goes back to acceptance again). Creativity is the only way I found to be helpful, even on the long term.

This blogpost makes no sense and I apologize for this. I guess I just have to work this through and thought sharing it with you might help. Please, feel free to tell me what you think.

Are you totally dettached from what you create ? Do you think you are what you paint and you paint what you are ?

My art journal is getting some love again.

I notice how my process and what I create in my journal changed over time.
I feel Luke i am more into simple pages. More meaningful.

I created this page with very few supplies: Lindy Stamp Gang’s Starburts Sprays, alphabet stickers and book pages. stamped tissue paper.That’s it.