My Latest Endeavor
It's been a while since I wrote a blog post here. Happy Holidays to all of you! I hope this finds you all fat and happy.
Well you know what I mean... I guess happy and healthy works, too.
I am fairly certain I have mentioned my meditation practice here before although I don't write about it all the time because some members would not see the benefit to an online business.
The truth is a regular meditation practice will bring you benefits in every area of your life.
Don't leave, that isn't really what the post is about...
Through my meditation practice I discovered flute music, which I absolutely love. I have also experienced a explosion in my always expanding creativity. I have been an artist my entire life, but like many of us, some of our passions get shifted to the back burner, so to speak.
Since I started my journey to explore my soul more deeply I got back to drawing and painting, I built 4 websites, designed tons of graphics and expanded my writing talents.
Recently, I decided to research flute making and found it to be a very rewarding creative outlet. The flutes I am making are in the Native American style, which is an end blown flute, as opposed to a transverse flute.
I have created several wooden flutes, a couple of bamboo flutes and a couple of PVC flutes. Along the way I have gotten better at playing, too.
Today I created a new website which I am going to build out to write about my flute making experience and to put up some handcrafted flutes for sale. I still have a lot of work to do but I'm on my way.
Yes I am still maintaining the other sites and will probably have to look at beginning to outsource some writing, what with all the work in the shop and holding down a job.
I'll share more about it when I make some progress. I would love to hear what you think.
Take care my friends... here's to an awesome 2017!
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As long as it's something you're passionate about (and I can see you are) then it's the perfect idea for you Steve. All the best :-)
Sounds like a great niche idea. Not only do you have your own product, but you are passionate about it which will shine through, I'm sure. If I had the talent for that I'd do it in a second!
Thanks, Carol, Good to see you here... well sort of. I seem to remember us starting around the same here at WA. Hope all is well with you.
Thanks for remembering me, lol, I haven’t been leaving many comments lately, but I am VERY much around. Totally loving building my site and completely active as far as that goes. But I am still working my regular corporate job so I find it hard to fit in enough time to be too active within WA. Hope things are going well with you…best of luck!
Wow I'll check that.
By the way he is a resident of the part of India I am from - Odisha. And he comes from the most 'underdeveloped' part like lacking basic facilities - electricity and safe drinking water.
The world knows him!
Hi Steve bingo you have passion, sometimes blessings arrive out of nowhere. Looks really promising to me. Go for it who said business can not be fun.
Thanks, Alexander... you're so right about the passion. Sometimes you can start with passion and then turn it too much into a business and suck the life out of it. I'll have to keep the focus on the fun and enjoyment of it.
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I read your most recent post and realized i hadn't read this one. I think it's great that you've started a website about something that you're truly passionate about. I'm happy you've figured how to keep the production costs down. Well done!
Erica
Thanks, Erica.
Hope all is well with you. Happy New Year!